Creation history

7. — Hans Jürgen Eysenck and his scheme.

Now I would like to refer to the scheme presented and used by Hans Jürgen Eysenck. This scheme is based on the ancient temperaments scheme, to which Eysenck add his concepts and 32 personality types.

The Eysenck scheme is, like to Mandala of Characters, based in the Ancient System of elements and temperaments. However, Eysenck scheme is differently located. That is, it is turned 135 degrees to the right in relation to the Mandala of Characters.

In this case, let’s turn the Eysenck’s scheme 135 degrees to the left. It means, turn it to this point where particular elements from Eysenck’s scheme will match the same or analogical elements on the Mandala of Characters.

In the next diagram, I present the Eysenck’s scheme, which is appropriately suited to our Mandala. The scheme also includes the poles of Introversion and Extraversion and poles of Judging and Perceiving. I was writing about these poles in the previous two chapters.

And in this way, the Mandala of Characters has been enriched with components which we can find on the Eysenck scheme.

I came across the Eysenck scheme quite late. It was only when I already constructed the Mandala of Characters. That is when I matched together Jung’s typology, Enneagram, and the Ancient System of temperaments and elements. Nevertheless, I was glad that I came across on the Eysenck’s scheme, because it is a great complement to the Mandala.

Thanks to the combining the Mandala of Characters with the Eysenck’s scheme, we can use the achievements of this great scientist in the field of personality research.