How numerous, and of how many hierarchic orders may these then be?
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
We see that the organic world presupposes the ministry of the inorganic; and the animal world, that of the plant world; and that the human world depends on the ministry of all three; and our whole conception of this world as "cosmos" is simply the filling in of this hierarchic framework.
"The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)"
George Tyrrell
Rebels to the hierarchic order, ...
"Secret Societies And Subversive Movements"
Nesta H. Webster