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FMC00.667 shows an excerpt of handwritten notes by Frederik Willem Zeylmans who worked on a book on the spiritual hierarchies. In the biography by his son Emanuel Zeylmans, the latter mentions that his father F.W. never wrote the book he intended to write on the hierarchies, but that he did leave 'tonloads' of notes on the subject. Note: the Zeylmans legacy is kept at the Ita Wegman Institut in Arlesheim.

The example shows the approach using the categories of Aristotle: doing / being affected - or suffering (Tun/Leiden), location in space / time - or where and when (Ort/Zeit), and quantity / quality - how much and of what kind (Quantität/Qualität).

This is given as an illustration of work that could still be done to compile these materials and make available what might be of interest, given there are hardly any books on the subject of spiritual hierarchies given the extreme complexity of the subject matter.