The shadow side of the eternal child (tertiary) function of the personality type is the trickster. Jungian analyst John Beebe came up with the trickster archetype for this function (and all of the shadow function archetypes) based on his study…
When considering savior Blast in the Objective Personality System, it’s tempting to reduce it down to talking, teaching and organizing. But first you should ask yourself which of the 8 types of savior blast is under consideration. You need to…
John Beebe assigns the eternal child (puer) to the third function of the personality type for good reason - it is a function that remains weak and childish throughout life. Here is what Marie-Louise von Franz (Jung's close associate) says…
The parent function is the auxiliary (second) function in your personality type. It is the function we use when "parenting" and encouraging others. It has a shadow side: the critical parent. The archetype John Beebe uses for this function is…
It can't be emphasized enough that Jung believed his psychological types should not be used to classify people. Instead the types were to be used for "sorting out the empirical material" that comes up during psychoanalysis. This helps a patient…