31. Areas of basic psychological functions

In this chapter, I will graphically present where are areas of the basic psychological functions on the Mandala of Characters.

The basic psychological functions are:

• Intuition,
• Sensation,
• Thinking, and
• Feeling.

These functions I took from Carl Gustav Jung’s personality typology. This typology Jung described in his book “Psychological Types”.

In the diagram below, I present the first two psychological functions. That is, I show the areas of Intuition and Sensation.

In the diagram above, we can see that INTUITION is at the top of the Mandala of Characters. We can find there the following types:

• Air,
• Moist Air, and
• Hot Air.

In a sense, we can say that there is the source (or pole) of Intuition. From this point, the influence of Intuition extends downwards of the Mandala. However, the influence of Intuition gradually decreases. Decreases as it moves away from the top of the Mandala (that is, from its source).

The gradual decrease of Intuition is symbolically represented by shading (gradient). Where Intuition is the most, shading is the most intense. Further, the shading is brighter, the weaker is the influence of Intuition.

Analogically, I presented the area of SENSATION (or Sensing). We can see that the Sensation is most intense at the bottom of the Mandala. We can find there the following types:

• Earth,
• Cool Earth, and
• Dry Earth.

Further, as we move away from the source of Sensation, the impact of the Sensation gradually decreases.

Next, in turn, I present the areas of Thinking and Feeling.

In the above diagram, we can see that THINKING is the most intense on the left side of the Mandala of Characters. In this area, there are the following types:

• Fire,
• Hot Fire, and
• Dry Fire.

In turn, FEELING is the most intense on the right side of the Mandala. We have there the following types:

• Water,
• Wet Water, and
• Cool Water.