What Does the MBTI Prototype Book “Psychological Types” teach about Opposites?
Consistently Jung teaches about reconciliation of opposites, even of good and evil. Jung comments in MDR : “…a large part of my life work has revolved around the problem of opposites and especially their alchemical symbolism…”(89) Through experiencing Goethes Faust, Jung came to believe in the universal power of evil and “its mysterious role it played in delivering man from darkness and suffering.”(90) “Most of all”, said Jung, “(Faust) awakened in me the problem of opposites, of good and evil, of mind and matter, of light and darkness.”(91) Being influenced as well by the Yin-Yang of Taoism, Jung believed that “Everything requires for its existence its opposite, or it fades into nothingness.”(92) Dr. Gordon Lawrence, a strong Jungian/MBTI supporter, teaches that “In Jungs theory, the two kinds of perception – sensing and intuition – are polar opposites of each other. Similarly, thinking judgment and feeling judgment are polar opposites.”(93) It seems to me that the setting up of t
