Construction

2. Circle and 12 types of characters.


The main element of the Mandala of Characters is the circle.

The circle symbolizes an infinite number of human characters.

I am using here mathematical metaphor. It is because, in mathematics, the circle consists of the infinitive number of points that form the circle. Specifically, it is like in definition of the circle that I quote below.


A circle is a shape consisting of all points in a plane that are a given distance from a given point, the centre; equivalently it is the curve traced out by a point that moves in a plane so that its distance from a given point is constant.
Source:
Wikipedia
Circle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle

However, as I mentioned above, in this work, I consider only 12 types of characters. That is, from all points forming the circle, I distinguish 12 of the most characteristic points.

These 12 points, that is, the main types of characters, have been recognized, among others, by such researches as:
— outstanding ancient thinkers,
— Carl Gustav Jung and his successors and predecessors,
— Enneagram creators and researches,
— and other researches of the secret of human characters.

Specifically, I created 12 types of Mandala of Characters, mainly by analyzing and associating personality types from three personality theories, which are:

  • Ancient Typology—4 types,
  • Jung’s “Psychological Types”—8 types,
  • Enneagram—9 types.

Mandala of Characters Ancient Typology Carl Gustav Jung’s “Psychological Types” Enneagram
1. — Introverted Intuitive Type Type 1—Perfectionist
2. — Extraverted Feeling Type Type 2—Giver
3. Water,
Phlegmatic 		— Type 3—Performer
4. — Introverted Feeling Type Type 4—Romantic
5. — Introverted Sensation Type —
6. Earth,
Melancholic 		— —
7. — Extraverted Sensation Type —
8. — Introverted Thinking Type Type 5—Observer
9. Fire,
Choleric 		— Type 6—Loyal Skeptic
10. — Extraverted Thinking Type Type 7—Epicure
11. — Extraverted Intuitive Type Type 8—Protector
12. Air,
Sanguine 		— Type 9—Mediator
(The names of the Enneagram types I took from the book—Enneagram, written by Helen Palmer).

The foundation of the Mandala of Characters is Ancient Typology. To Ancient Typology, I adjusted appropriately the Jung’s “Psychological Types” and Enneagram types.

The types that are similar to each other I connected together.

Therefore, in total, we have 12 types of characters on the Mandala of Characters. These types I placed on the circle like the hours on the clock-face.

Personally, I like the fact that 12 types appeared from the composition of Ancient Typology, Jung’s “Psychological Types” and Enneagram.

The division into 12 types has many advantages. First of all, it has a deep symbolic character. The number 12 is basically part of our culture and our lives. This number has a very long history. It is used in various areas of our reality.

Each of us knows the number 12 well and each of us can imagine it. At least in the form of a clock-face with twelve points on it indicating hours. The fact that everyone has 12 in their imagination support the use of the Mandala of Character.

In the diagram below, I present the first elements of the Mandala. That is, the circle and 12 types of characters, which are marked as points arranged around the circle.




Jacek BŁACH

Reference:

Wikipedia
Okrąg
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okrąg

Wikipedia:
Circle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle
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