I.   Introductory provisions

The Chain of Being, also known as the “Great Chain of Being”, also known in Latin as scala naturae, is a Judeo-Christian and Western Philosophical concept created in the 17th Century expressing a detailed hierarchical structure and order of all matter and life that is claimed as originally decreed by the Divine Creator, also known as God. Despite not being present in any official text of the Holy Bible, since the 17th Century and the work of Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz, the Great Chain of Being is considered a key element of the biological and ethical framework used by the church, elite political and financial apparatus of the western world.

The structure of the Great Chain of Being from highest to lowest level called “Degrees” is claimed to be:

(i) God - The highest level of the Chain of Being was listed the Divine Creator, also known as God but also those who have perfected “godlike” perfection;

(ii) Angels - Directly below God was nine (9) ranks of Angels including (in order Seraphim, Cherubim, Ophanim, Dominations, Principalities, Powers, Virtues, Archangels and Angels.

(iii) Mankind - Below the angels on the Great Chain of Being was placed the king, or monarch holding Parens patriae (“father of the world”), then underneath was Rational (Intelligent) Man, then underneath Rational Man was Rational (Intelligent) Woman.

(iv) Animals of the Land – Below Mankind was the animals of the land with the primate being the Lion as “King of the Creatures” followed by wild animals, then useful land animals (such as horse, cow, humans, etc.) and then domesticated animals (such as dog or cat).

(v) Animals of the Sky – Below Animals of the Land is animals of the sky with the Eagle as primate followed by birds of prey, carrion birds, worm eating birds and finally seed eating birds.

(vi) Animals of the Sea – Below animals of the sky is animals of the sea with the primate being the whale, followed by larger fish (sharks) and smaller fish.

(vii) Plants – Below animals of the sea were plants and arranged in hierarchical order (highest to lowest) as trees, shrubs, bushes, crops, herbs, ferns, weeds, moss and fungus.

(viii) Minerals – Below Plants is listed minerals beginning with the Diamond as primate of the crystals and gems, Gold the primate of the metals and marble the primate of stone.

(ix) Outside of the Great Chain of Being and therefore free to roam as technically a visitor is Satan depicted as Baphomet also known as Saboath.

In defining and defending the Great Chain of Being, the philosophers Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz considered the movement upward on the Chain as greater degrees of perfection and good, while lesser levels (degrees) represented lesser perfection and good.

It is Descartes who also added claimed credibility to the Great Chain of Being through the deprivation of Universal reason for all mankind through his reversal of logic and stating “I think, therefore I am” versus the ancient truth “I am, therefore I think”. Based on the work of Descartes, the church and the ruling western elite could argue that not all men and women have reason, therefore can be classed as a sub class, or “creatures”.

Given all men and women are granted immutable and irrevocable Divine right of use of divinity of their Divine Person, also known as Soul through their mind and body, the claim than men and women are less than angels or that some may be regarded as lesser creatures is fatally flawed and therefore renders the Great Chain of Being without reason, logic or any positive quality.

As the Great Chain of being wholly contradicts Divine Law, Natural Law, Cognitive Law, Positive Law and Ecclesiastical Law, it is a concept and philosophy that is rendered null and void.

Any claimed authority, premise, agreement or claim built upon the former existence of the Great Chain of Being itself is fatally flawed and must therefore be rendered null and void from the beginning.