- Paleolithic — shamanic — non-authoritarian — hunter/gatherer
- Neolithic — polytheistic — authoritarian — agricultural
- Earth-centered Cosmos — theistic — monarchial/theocratic (hierarchical) — urban
- Sun-centered Cosmos — monotheistic — divine right of kings — colonialism & imperialism
- Mechanistic universe — deist or atheist — democracy, capitalism, communism — industrial/technological
- Relativistic universe — Modernism — cybernocacy — post-industrial (electronic)
- Quantum universe . . .
-Hakim Bey
