The Three Matrix Cards

[anagogy]

I consider the mind to come first, then body, and then spirit. All exists in potentiation though even before the universe is created. (The possibilty / idea of manifestation exists as the Limitless Light-Ein Soph Aur.) To express the Mind of God, manifestation is necessary. This is reflected in us.

I suppose it depends on what context you are talking about it in.

In terms of the development of the archetypes of the adept, they proceed in the order you described (though I don't believe they were necessarily constructed by the Logos in that order, because some archetypes were added later, though, since this occurred outside of time that line of inquiry, due to the complex components of causality, becomes even more of a nebulous undertaking to discover of what import that is or is not).

In terms of the intelligent infinity, I would say they are unified, and indistinguishable (they become integrated at the gateway). Thus, in that sense, I wouldn't call them hierarchical, since they existed always in latent potential. I think they all serve equally important functions. But I think the mind is the chooser. It is also equivalent, in my opinion, to the Logos manifestation. The focusing of intelligent infinity, Love, the creator.

In terms of encompassing one another, I would say the spirit is broader than the mind, and the mind is broader than the body. Again, that doesn't make one necessarily better or anything, just that there is a fundamental distinction of general to specific. They serve different functions. Imagine a circle within a circle within a circle.

"The infinity of the spirit is an even greater realization than the infinity of consciousness, for consciousness which has been disciplined by will and faith is that consciousness which may contact intelligent infinity directly."

So again, it really just depends on context. For example, there are some archetypes of spirit which are opposite of body, and yet some others are not. There are some archetypes of mind that are opposite the body, and yet some others are not. The interrelationships are many and complex (just like the subtle bodies and their relationship to our day to day experience). So there are a lot of things that are true in one context, and yet not true in another context.

So it requires quite a bit of discernment.