{"id":15691,"date":"2021-10-01T15:35:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T14:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/?p=15691"},"modified":"2025-12-18T13:53:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:53:41","slug":"the-seven-types-appendix-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/the-seven-types-appendix-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seven Types – Appendix 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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By S\u00f8ren Hauge and Kenneth S\u00f8rensen<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It has been our intention from the start to present a modern version of the philosophy of the Seven Rays. As with many exponents of Western mindfulness, we have focused our exploration into the psychological element, choosing to omit underlying cosmological considerations. But, in a book focused on psychoenergetics, it would be reasonable to briefly cover the historical roots of the Seven Types.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The ancient wisdom traditions evolved throughout history across many cultures, with a core of teachings that have been expanded, maintained and held sacred by countless practitioners. A key aspect of these traditions is an attempt to encapsulate and understand the diverse range of types that we find expressed in humanity. Indeed, the primary focus of the Seven Types, which is an updated version of the ancient philosophy of the Seven Rays, is an attempt to explain human diversity. In modern psychology, this study of types is referred to as differential psychology<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With the ancient traditions, astrology, which examines the zodiac and its astrological signs, is both a typology and an example of profound psychological wisdom; in its esoteric form, astrology has a close association with the philosophy of the Seven Rays.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Another ancient typological system is the teaching of the four temperaments associated with the elements earth, water, air and fire. Invaluable insights can be also found in the ancient Indian understanding of the three basic forms of energy that are reflected in consciousness \u2013 the Gunas <\/em>\u2013 namely tamas <\/em>(inertia), rajas <\/em>(motion) and sattva <\/em>(rhythm).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In recent times, Carl Gustav Jung reformulated the wisdom of the four temperaments with his archetypal psychological types (sensation, intuition, thinking and feeling \u2013 each with an introverted and extroverted expression), which he presented in his book Psychological Types <\/em>in 1921. An expanded version of Jung\u2019s theory was later developed as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which describes 16 possible psychological types. Another modern attempt to understand the spectrum of human nature is the Enneagram, which was developed primarily by George Gurdjieff, Oscar Ichazo and Claudio Naranjo, and which also has references to ancient wisdom. Also in recent times, medical science has developed a typological system to categorise pathology; in the field of psychiatry, the ICD-10 and DSM-IV manuals are attempts to categorise pathological symptoms to assist in the treatment of personality disorders.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

These are just a few of the numerous systems and methods for understanding the spectrum of human nature, with each of them offering valuable insights and practical tools.<\/p>\r\n\r\n