In this groundbreaking work, author John Giannini offers an in-depth and often philosophical and autobiographical exploration of psychological type that seeks to reconcile type and archetype in Jung's original and subsequent works. Developing the larger implications of the functional couplings is one of Giannini's main objectives in Compass of the Soul. He posits that the couplings are the four archetypal modalities through which the Soul perceives and judges the outer and the inner worlds. These couplings, he writes, constitute the four directions of the type mandala, or, borrowing Jung's term, the Compass of the Soul.
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"This book...gives rich review of theory and integrates the approaches of both analysts and type practitioners who interpret and implement Jung's theory in different ways. No one else has done such a valuable work...Early in our correspondence Giannini wrote that he had three main agenda in mind in writing this book;(a)developing the original archetypal nature of the types, especially the couplings;(b)bringing the analysts and MBTI communities to a better understanding of each other; and (c)adding to type theory more of the richness of Jungian thought that is often overlooked in MBTI writings, e.g. dreams, imaginations, literature. I believe the book is on target with all three. Mary McCaulley, PhD and co-founder with Isabel Briggs Myers of CAPT.
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I'm surprised no one has reviewed this book. This book is truly awesome, and I don't give my praise lightly.
The only books I can think to compare it to are The Trickster and the Paranormal by George P. Hansen and The Culture of Make Believe by Derrick Jensen. I compare it to these books because it is also a very large and detailed book that analyzes our culture, and each of them is an intellectual feast. Compass of the Soul focuses mainly on society, but the lense through which the author looks is Jungian personality typology. The author is both a Jungian analyst and a MBTI practitioner. If you want an overview of, Jung's view of personality and those who developed his ideas there is no better book than this. However, if you don't have some basic familiarity, it might take you a while to grasp his viewpoint. This book isn't meant to be an introductory work. I should point out that this isn't just another book on Jung's ideas or on the MBTI. Hansen goes way beyond that. He analyzes our entire culture based on a very profound psychological understanding. Combine your reading of this book with the other two I mentioned and you'll have insight into our culture like few people possess.
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THE INTENSE STRUGGLES and sufferings that accompanied the developers of typology, Jung, Briggs, and Myers, in their creative efforts is the subject of this chapter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
numinal accent, archetypal couplings, coupling consciousness, inferior coupling, typological psychology, adult archetypes, gross motor level, typological cross, archetypal directions, brain quadrants, type mandala, ancient temperaments, whole brain model, typologies versus, four couplings, inferior function, type compass, four spiritualities, thinking dominance, inborn forms, lover archetype, priori determinants, judging functions, feeling function, typological terms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Princeton University Press, Isabel Briggs Myers, Myers-Briggs Type, James Hillman, Consulting Psychologists Press, Native American, New Perspective, United States, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Typology Revisited, Bulletin of Psychological Type, The Creative Brain, Toni Wolff, Carl Jung, James Newman, Dichotomies of the Mind, Ned Herrmann, The Type Reporter, Erik Erikson, Isabel Myers, Jung Letters, Mary Loomis, The New Economics New!
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numinal accent, archetypal couplings, coupling consciousness, inferior coupling, typological psychology, adult archetypes, gross motor level, typological cross, archetypal directions, brain quadrants, type mandala, ancient temperaments, whole brain model, typologies versus, four couplings, inferior function, type compass, four spiritualities, thinking dominance, inborn forms, lover archetype, priori determinants, judging functions, feeling function, typological terms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Princeton University Press, Isabel Briggs Myers, Myers-Briggs Type, James Hillman, Consulting Psychologists Press, Native American, New Perspective, United States, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Typology Revisited, Bulletin of Psychological Type, The Creative Brain, Toni Wolff, Carl Jung, James Newman, Dichotomies of the Mind, Ned Herrmann, The Type Reporter, Erik Erikson, Isabel Myers, Jung Letters, Mary Loomis, The New Economics New!
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- Psychological Types (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.6) by C. G. Jung on 96 pages
- Gifts Differing by Isabel Briggs Myers on 25 pages
- Analytical Psychology by C. G. Jung on 24 pages
- Analytical Psychology: Its Theory and Practice (Ark Paperbacks) by C. G. Jung on 24 pages
- The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche (Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 8) by C. G. Jung on 14 pages
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- The Handbook of Jungian Psychology: Theory, Practice and Applications by Renos K. Papadopoulos on page 150
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