As I imagined these Seven Stages of Learning playing out, I remembered the seven stages of spiritual discovery taught by eastern mystics in Attar's The Conference of the Birds and Baha'u «llah's The Seven Valleys, or, closely connected, the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path. (edutopia.org)
Relevant religion seeks not to defend old orthodoxies but rather to aid persons in spiritual discovery, encouraging them to be as true to their own light as the prophets and Jesus were to theirs. (religion-online.org)
I see nothing farfetched in the idea that man may one day consider it just as important to make spiritual discoveries and live in harmony with the spiritual pattern as he now thinks it so important to discover, and cooperate with, physical laws. (religion-online.org)