"When you see people through the eyes of death you see them very differently. The beauty of the other person is then more visible." That's a rather remarkable thing to ponder, isn't it? It also seems to be in keeping…
When I lived in Massachusetts 30 years ago, I found myself drawn to books about Robert F. Kennedy, because I was fascinated with the transformation he made after his brother was assassinated. He went from being a bully who went…
It's pretty much a given that personality tests aren't consistently reliable. Yet figuring your type out on your own isn't so easy either. When Jung created the psychological types, he didn't use a test. He and the first generation Jungian…
It's refreshing to take a break from modern forms of personality types for a bit, with their pesky cognitive functions and whatnot, and look at things from the perspective of ancient philosophies. With Pooh thrown in for good measure, of…
Carl Jung had a circular view of the personality, as you can see from his drawing below of the four functions as a compass: That's because Taoism strongly influenced the development of Jung's typology. The Chinese concept of the Tao…