Posted by Abi on December 28, 2000 at 04:24:02:
In Reply to: Etypes & MBTI posted by Laurence on December 28, 2000 at 01:19:03:
: The Enneagram is built on the presupposition of a core belief which organises the whole personality as if it was its spinal bone, while the MBTI describes capacities and behaviors in a rather binary way, The enneagram is a dynamic inductive system while the MBTI is a static factorial description, the former sets its motion from the core while the later starts from what's visible outside. Such basic differences may explain why there are some correlations yet it isn't a one to one correlation. I tend to agree with Cory that several MBTI types may describe one single etype, but there can't be major contradictions...
Hi, Laurence.
While the MBTI system itself may be a static factorial description, the concepts on which it is founded are not. In a way, I think it is unfortunate that the MBTI has become synonymous with Jung's work in most peoples' eyes.
I think our preferencial use of the four functions and two attitudes is very dynamic and that is why most people find it difficult to pin down their MBTI. If we step back from our designated TI and realize our access to the whole system, it becomes a much more valuable tool.