25 / Counseling, Coaching, and Psychotherapy
Tags: autism, extraverted feeling (Fe), extraverted intuition (Ne), extraverted thinking (Te), Hasmik Michelle Israelyan, hyper-arousal, hypo-arousal, inferior, introverted feeling (Fi), introverted intuition (Ni), introverted sensation (Si), ISTJ, Temple Grandin, Trickster
October 7, 2015

The way an autistic individual perceives the world is of significant interest to researchers, for neurological differences have been found to impact the autistic individual’s perception and information-processing tremendously. Because Jung’s typology frames investigation of the psyche in terms of such mental processes, it can provide a new perspective on this very complex condition.
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Is differentiation of an ego-syntonic function-attitude somehow different from differentiation of an ego-dystonic FA? Or maybe differentiation works the same for all function-attitudes and it’s just in the subsequent integration process that the distinction between ego-syntonic and ego-dystonic comes into play. Do we need a more refined understanding of typological development?
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25 / Culture and Cultural Typology / Research, Theory, and History
Tags: alchemy, Buddhism, cauda pavonis, color symbolism, individuation, Intuition, Kiley Laughlin, mandala, psychoid, quaternity, Secret of the Golden Flower, Wolfgang Pauli, yoga
October 7, 2015

Jung believed that colors symbolize dynamic psychic factors that evolve with consciousness. An analysis of his color studies suggests that the psyche uses color as a way to distinguish different kinds (i.e., functions) of consciousness. “The personality passes through many transformations which show it in different lights and are followed by ever-changing moods.“
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