Posted by Rich on December 23, 2001 at 18:10:12:
In Reply to: Gandalf: a seer but also a leader-Adventurous too? posted by Rich on December 23, 2001 at 16:12:30:
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: : Gandalf: a reflection of Tolkien’s psyche?
: : Tolkien’s character Gandalf is an idiosyncratic wizard, alarming in his abrupt transitions between geniality and crankiness. Gandalf seems to match Oldham’s Idiosyncratic Style of character (same as Claudio Naranjos enneatype E5 (subtype) , Millon’s schizotypical personality, and MBTI’s INTJ type). I wonder; could Gandalf reflect’s Tolkien’s own character in some way? Tolkien’s world, the people living there, their names and talk styles are rather ‘different’ and a bit detached, even when compared with Harry Potter’s fantasy world. Tolkien seems to be a ‘thinker’ (rationalist); his fictional worlds don’t offer such things like romantic love or sensitive, lovely, understanding (‘feeling’ in mbti) women.
: : Jan
: Hello Everyone:
: I see that there seems to be a general agreement that Gandalf has vast knowledge,but at times be a strong leader.Maybe, he also has a strong touch of the Adventurous Style!
Gandolf seems to have the noncomformity, mutual independence, persuasiveness, and no ergrets of the Adventurous Style. Gandalf's Ennea Type seems to be:9w8/INFJ.To me, he seems to be a little too steelly to be a plain 9w1....