Category: Psychology
In the book ‘Archetype and Character,’ Jungian analyst V.W. Odajnyk identifies the types of Freud, Adler, Jung, Einstein, Jung’s wife (Emma Jung), and Hans Schmid-Guisan (with whom Jung corresponded on the matter of Psychological Types.) It should be stated that Odajnyk’s book is generally not concerned with classical Jungian typology. However, in the passages from[…] Continue Reading
V. Walter Odajnyk Archetype and Character: Power, Eros, Spirit, and Matter Personality Types Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 In one sense, the last truly ‘philosophical’ book on Jungian typology was published more than 40 years ago. It is not that new titles on Jungian typology and Myers-Briggs have not appeared; it is rather that these books have[…] Continue Reading
According to Jung, he had originally written ‘Psychological Types‘ as a way for him to make sense of his dramatic break with Freud, which had had a severe effect on his mood as well as his social situation (as other Freudians would no longer talk to Jung or refer patients to him). Throughout the course[…] Continue Reading
We wish to be clear that we do not mean to discourage others from using their own judgment in typing. We do not ask others to defer to our authority. Indeed we are aware that we continually make mistakes and also that we have blind spots and lots left to learn. We welcome thoughtful arguments[…] Continue Reading
DISCLAIMER: The following typology is obviously more archetypical than ‘seriously’ psychometric in any sense. In the book C.G. Jung Speaks (Princeton University Press 1977), Jung offers a taxonomy of “Dictators” or “Tribal Leaders” which he divides as follows: There are two kinds of dictators – the chieftain type and the medicine man type. (p. 93)[…] Continue Reading
As Jung says in the Face-to-Face interview with BBC in 1959, he was studying Kant during the early parts of his career in order to better understand human cognition. As Jung says: “I was studying Kant. I was steeped in it.” Kant believed that sensing and intuition are factors that condition our conscious experience of[…] Continue Reading
The following comment has been put to us regarding Frank Ocean: Ni seems much higher in his stacking than Tert. He doesn’t seem at all like the other popular Fi/Se musicians who are more sultry and seductive and far less cerebral and metaphorical in presentation. Here is our reply: We are quite certain of Ocean’s[…] Continue Reading
In Psychological Types Jung says of Socrates: “[T]he strongly rationalistic attitude of Socrates repressed the intuitive function as far as possible, so that it had to make itself felt in the form of concrete hallucinations since it had no direct access to consciousness.” Meaning that according to Jung, Socrates had an S in his four-letter[…] Continue Reading
In her book Psychotherapy the Jungian analyst Marie-Louise von Franz asserts that Thinking is Einstein‘s dominant function, meaning she identified him as either INTP, ISTP, ENTJ or ESTJ. Reference: Von Franz: Psychotherapy p. 42 (Shambhala 1993)