The previous example may be re-worked using a With (Recursive) Group, while yielding the same results.
Example - With (Recursive) Group

The SQL generated by the base query in this case is:
WITH RECURSIVE "Referral Seed 1" ("cust_id", "level") AS
(SELECT
"_twmSQ0"."cust_id" AS "cust_id"
,0 AS "level"
FROM "twm_results"."_twm_referral" AS "_twmSQ0"
WHERE "_twmSQ0"."referred_by" = 1362480
UNION ALL
SELECT
"_twmVC0"."cust_id" AS "cust_id"
,"_twmVC1"."level" + 1 AS "level"
FROM "twm_results"."_twm_referral" AS "_twmVC0"
, "Referral Seed 1" AS "_twmVC1"
WHERE ("_twmVC1"."cust_id" = "_twmVC0"."referred_by") AND ("_twmVC1"."level" <= 3)
)
,
RECURSIVE "Referral Seed 2" ("cust_id", "level") AS
(SELECT
"_twmSQ0"."cust_id" AS "cust_id"
,0 AS "level"
FROM "twm_results"."_twm_referral" AS "_twmSQ0"
WHERE "_twmSQ0"."referred_by" = 1362489
UNION ALL
SELECT
"_twmVC0"."cust_id" AS "cust_id"
,"_twmVC1"."level" + 1 AS "level"
FROM "twm_results"."_twm_referral" AS "_twmVC0"
, "Referral Seed 2" AS "_twmVC1"
WHERE ("_twmVC1"."cust_id" = "_twmVC0"."referred_by") AND ("_twmVC1"."level" <= 3)
)
SELECT DISTINCT * FROM "Referral Seed 1"
UNION ALL
SELECT DISTINCT * FROM "Referral Seed 2"
;
In this example, the result set is exactly the same as in the previous example.