the following table is based on, but differs
in sequence, to the seven Seven Chakra theory as interpreted by Christophere
Hills (rainbow body)
Absolute
type
spiritual consciousness, mysticism |
Creative
Imagination type
higher creativite imagination, occultism, artistic creativity |
Intuition
type
higher head consciousness - visionary imagination |
Intellectual
type
head consciousness - mental intellect, working with ideas, reason and logic, scientific and rationalistic memes |
Feeling
type
tradition, society, religion |
Optimistic
type
Social egotism and personal expression, lifestyles and fashion, culture, wanting to be seen |
Self-assertive
type
home life, friends and family, providing for self and those around |
Sensation
type
Physical pleasures - "sex n drugs n heavy metal (never mind rock n roll!)" |
see also A
brief introduction to the Chakra System
Psychic stratum | Chakra | Gross
(self-centered) |
Middle
(interpersonal) |
Subtle
(transpersonal) |
||
Creative Imagination | lower Sahasrara | Creative
Imagination
(Introvert Intuition) |
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Higher Mental (Intuition) | Indu & Manas | Intuitive
type
(Introvert Thinking) |
||||
Middle Mental (Thinking) | Ajna | Intellectual
(Extrovert Thinking) |
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Emotional-Feeling | Vishuddha
Anahata Manipura 2 |
|
Introvert
Feeling
Feeling type |
Imagination
(Introvert Sensation) |
||
Physical-emotional | Manipura 1
Swadhisthana Muladhara |
Extrovert Sensation | Introvert Sensation | |||
Physical | Muladhara (in part) |
There is no doubt that there are many parallels between the following systems:
These different systems all fit together quite well, apart from the few inevitable difficulties. The result is an overall theory of human consciousness, although whether they can be correlated a la Ken Wilber's integral synthesis into a single linear system is another matter altogether. When I was younger I thought that I could, now I regard such attempts as inflexible and simplistic. This is not to deny the value of creating a taxonomy of archetypes of human (and presumably other sentient) consciousness. The integralists idea of a strictly linear scale is however an illusion; the atomistic linear model represents one polarity (what Stan Gooch would call "ego" or "System A", the non-linear or field/like holistic model is another polarity
The Keirsey Temperament and
Character Sorter
Just as the phenomena of the cosmos, the Geosphere and the Biosphere can be classified taxonomically, so can the Noosphere. The Noospheric types in fact can be defined "archetypally", except that these so-called "archetypes" are probably no more - and no less - archetypal than the "archetypes" of the organic world, or of the Chemical Elements, or of different types of stars and galaxies.