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FMC00.660 shows a high level view depicting the evolution of the Cosmic fractal, which consists of spiritual beings in constant evolution on a pathway of ever developing consciousness (see Twelve Conditions of Consciousness), in various grades of knowing one's self. Three simple pictograms:

Above left: the make-up of the cosmos or creation are various classes of spiritual beings, see Overview of the spiritual hierarchies and a.o. Schema FMC00.273 and Schema FMC00.661. The infographic is inspired on Homer’s Golden Chain.

Above right: the CoC-ladder of twelve conditions of consciousness, see e.g. Schema FMC00.048.

Below: the horizontal axis depicts the dynamic of the Cosmic Fractal along Three dimensions of evolution driven by the Cosmic breath of Brahma or the three Logoi. Only the large steps of the planetary stages of evolution are shown. When considering the cosmos from our current perspective and Earth stage of evolution, we are contemplating a 'snapshot' of the whole with our contemporary waking consciousness using our intellect and the faculty of thinking. This is just a conceptual map or representation of a spiritual reality that can be experienced through initiation and higher stages of cognition, see stages of clairvoyance.

The horizontal axis of the evolutionary dynamic gives rise to different worlds of consciousness and different (bodily structural) principles, but ultimately the cosmic fractal is made up of beings. Besides providing the 'big picture', anthroposophy also zooms into Man - the human being, in this spiritual scientific framework, describing bodily principles, subsystems, functions, rhythms, and more.