Arenas in the Will?

Architectural Analysis

The Root Domain has a structure similar in some ways to the Purpose Domain, for example in having a tertiary hierarchy that is holistic and forms a structural hierarchy. However, an open question for a long time was whether the Root Typology enables a Q-expansion with 7 Arenas as Purpose and all the other Primary Domains do.

While it is certainly possible that the Primal Quests (RH') have a Style Hierarchy applied to generate a 28 level structure with 7 Arenas, nothing has been discovered to date.

During the discovery of the Root Hierarchy, it became apparent that there was a Root Style Hierarchy, but it applied to the basic Root Hierarchy, not to the Typology. The Root Style Hierarchy is specified as follows:

Style α: Pursuing
Style β: Organizing
Style γ: Harmonizing
Style δ: Directing

The Spiral complex in the Primary Domains turned out to be the 7-Level structure that overlaps Root Levels. The Spiral provides the Primal Means of the Domain and the derived Tree specifies the Primal Need of the Domain.

These Primal Needs belong to the Root Levels. So it appears that the Arenas of Thriving (postulated as the Primal Need of the Will Domain) are the 7 Primal Needs defined by the Levels of Will.

These Root Arenas have the same structure as the Primary Domain Arenas i.e. they have a full Spiral complex.

Current State of the Inquiry (Jan-2026)

RQ1: ClosedAchievement

RQ2: ClosedKnowledge

See Taxonomy Notes for provisional findings:

  • PH'2C : Establishing Conjectures
  • PH'2CHK: Determinants of Knowledge (see more here).
  • PH'2sH: Increasing Certainty
  • PH'2CsH: Evaluation of Conjectures

RQ3: ClosedFitting In

  • PH'3C : Improving Clarity
  • PH'3CHK: Determinants of Fitness

See Taxonomy Notes for provisional findings:

  • PH'3sH: Ensuring Acceptability
  • PH'3CsHK:  Criticism of Clarification

RQ4: ClosedIndividuality

  • PH'4C : Strengthening the Sense of Self

See Taxonomy Notes for provisional findings:

  • PH'4CHK: Determinants of Individuality (see more here).
  • PH'4sH: Sustaining Well-Being
  • PH'4sHK: Adaptation of a Self

RQ5: ClosedAssociation

See Taxonomy Notes for provisional findings:

  • PH'5C : Strengthening a Shared Reality
  • PH'5CHK: Determinants of Association (see more here).
  • PH'5sH: Enabling Understanding
  • PH'5CsHK: Contesting Conceptions

RQ6: ClosedGovernance

RQ7: ClosedEffectiveness

See Taxonomy Notes for provisional findings:

  • PH'7C : Strengthening Mastery
  • PH'7CHK: Determinants of Effectiveness (see more here).
  • PH'7CsH: Maintaining Selflessness
  • PH'7CsHK: Refreshment of Mastery

Originally posted: 26-Jan-2026.