Fire - Introduction

Fire—Introduction

Fire equivalents in other personality theories:


Typology Type name
Ancient Typology Choleric
Classical Element—Fire
Quality of Classical Element—no equivalent
It is located between qualities:
— dry
— hot
Enneagram type — 6 — among others called as:
The Loyal Skeptic
External Declarations and Internal Conditions:
I want to trust. BUT. I don’t want to relax.
(Jacek Błach—modifications)
I want to trust. BUT. I don’t want to act.
(+) Essence and (-) Fetor (or Stench):
(+) will
(-) distrust
(Jacek Błach—modifications):
(+) will
(-) restraining
Carl Gustav Jung’s
“Psychological Types” 		No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • Extraverted Thinking Type
  • Introverted Thinking Type
Hans Jürgen Eysenck’s
personalities 		Changeable,
Excitable
MBTI®
(Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®) 		No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • INTP
  • ESTJ
Steve Myers’
MTR-i™ (Management Team Roles Indicator™) 		No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • Te — Extraverted Thinking
    Conductor
  • Ti — Introverted Thinking
    Scientist
Raymond Bernard Cattell – 16 personality factors No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • O. Apprehension
    apprehensive ↔ self-assured
  • Q1. Openness to Change
    open to change↔ traditional
Big Five No close equivalent:
The nearest traits:
— high Extraversion (Surgency)
— low Agreeableness
David Keirsey — typologies No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • Rational
  • Guardian
Interaction role: between:
  • Responder
  • Initiator
Role variant: between:
  • Architect: Designing (Attentive type)
  • Supervisor: Enforcing (Expressive type)
John Beebe — Eight Function-Attitude, Eight Archetype Model No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • INTP (Superior Function – soft Ti – Hero/Heroine)
  • ESTJ (Superior Function – soft Te – Hero/Heroine)
Socjonics – Model-A
(A – Aušra Augustinavičiūtė) 		No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • ILI – Intuitive-Logical Introtic
    INTp (naming based on MBTI®)
    Critic, Observer
    Honoré de Balzac
  • LSE – Logical-Sensorical Extratic
    ESTj (naming based on MBTI®)
    Director, Administrator
    Sherlock Holmes, Max Otto von Stierlitz
Socjonika – Model-G
(G – Victor Gulenko) 		No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • Quadra 3 (gamma – γ)
    ILI – Intuitive Logical Introvert
    INTP Critic
    Honoré de Balzac
  • Quadra 4 (delta – δ)
    LSE – Logical Sensory Extravert
    ESTJ
    Administrator
    Max Otto von Stierlitz
Socionics — Temperaments No equivalent.
This type is located between:
  • Linear-assertive socionics temperament
    (Judging Extraverts)
  • Receptive-adaptive socionics temperament (Perceiving Introverts)

Type of character—Fire—general diagram.



In the diagram above, we can see that one of the points is labeled as — Fire. The Fire point is also labeled — Conscious State.

Conscious State has this attribute that each type of character tries mainly to follow this state. Therefore, all types of Mandala of Characters take their names from the points where their Conscious States are located.


The next key states of the type Fire, which also have a significant impact on his psyche, are located in the following places:

  • Unconscious State (or Complementary State) at the point:
    — Water,
  • Strong Self-Esteem State (or Power State) at the points:
    — Air, or
    — Earth.
  • Soft Self-Esteem State (or Vulnerable State) at the points:
    — Air, or — Earth.

These three states, although they do not play a leading role in our psyche, like Conscious State, they are also significant and necessary. And they have essential functions in the life of any type of character.

As we can see, Power or Vulnerable States can be in two places. So, these two points can put us into both Power and Vulnerable State. Simply put, this is because, for example, a given matter, problem, job, task, etc., at one time, can make us feel powerful or at another time—vulnerable.



In the next four chapters, I will show the four main psychological states of Fire, namely:

  • Conscious State of Fire,
  • Strong Self-Esteem State (or Power State) of Fire,
  • Soft Self-Esteem State (or Vulnerable State) of Fire,
  • Unconscious (or Complementary) State of Fire.

Then, in the next three chapters, I will present three main areas of our psyche, namely:

  • Conscious Triangle of Fire,
  • Unconscious Triangle of Fire,
  • The Self Square of Fire.



Jacek BŁACH


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