These are indeed very significant needs. The next level up includes your needs revolving around your sense of love and belonging. Now, in Maslowâs opinion when you have your basic bodily needs, feel secure and have a sense of belonging and expression of love you will then go after your esteem needs.
Mata Amritanadamayi, known as Amma the Hugging Saint, is a woman of Indian birth who has amassed a huge worldwide spiritual following.
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack. He who is conversant with all kinds of wisdom will be pre-eminently a gnostic. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries Annie Besant. We hear frequently of gnostic prophets and prophetesses, see my notes on Herm.