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Function Levels

I am making the argument that Carl Jung's four psychological functions (Intuition, Sensing, Feeling, and Thinking) originate as developmental levels.

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Thus:

  • Intuition has similarities to how people experience the world in infancy;

  • Sensing has similarities to how people experience the world in childhood;

  • Feeling has similarities to how people experience the world in adolescence; and

  • Thinking has similarities to how people experience the world in late adolescence and adulthood.

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Disclaimer

I don't have any formal education or training in psychology. I have an amateur interest in Jungian psychology, and the blog is written from a layman's perspective.

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This blog is an amateur project and is still a work in progress. I have completed the chapter on Intuition, and I'm two-thirds of the way through the chapter on Sensing. I will be posting more essays to the Sensing chapter in March - April 2025.

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Table of Contents & Links

Preface: The Jungian Psychological Functions as Developmental "Function Levels"

Sigmund Freud and Psychosexual Development

Jung's Psychological Functions

Supplemental essay: Psychological Functions

Supplemental essay: Weak Instincts as Brain Architecture

References

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Intuition (N)

Introduction

Reconstructing the Thought Processes of an Infant

Uroboric Environment

Supplemental essay: Mithraism as an Example of Nature Worship

Description of Intuition

The Great Mother Versus the Father at the N Level

Supplemental essay: The Terrible Mother

Son-Lover Versus Struggler

Supplemental essay: The Maiden

Supplemental essay: The Muse

Extraverted Intuition Versus Introverted Intuition

Supplemental essay: Extraversion versus Introversion

One-sidedness and Centroversion at the N Level

Supplemental essay: One-sidedness and the Daemonic

Supplemental essay: Centroversion

References

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Sensing (S)

Introduction

S level = childhood

Separation of the World Parents

Supplemental essay: The Transition From N-level Association to S-level Differentiation

Supplemental essay: Examples of Fragmentation and Projection

Description of Sensing

Great Mother Versus Great Father at the S Level

Supplemental essay: Assimilation of the Aggression of the Antagonist

Supplemental essay: Men's Societies

Sexuality Versus Spirituality

Supplemental essay: Devaluation and Objectification

Supplemental essay: "Gender as a Social Construct" Versus "Gender as a Binary"

Supplemental essay: Creativity

Supplemental essay: The Androgyne

The Se Champion

Supplemental essay: The Anima Fight

Supplemental essay: Matriarchal Orientation​​

Supplemental essay: The Great Mother Fight

The Si Redeemer

Supplemental essay: Religion

Supplemental essay: The Great Father Fight

The Champion Versus the Redeemer

Supplemental essay: The Se Nurturer

Supplemental essay: The Si Guardian

Supplemental essay: The Odyssey as Hero's Journey

One-sidedness at the S Level

Supplemental essay: The Hedonist and the Submissive​

Supplemental essay: The Punisher and the Fury​

Centroversion at the S Level [Under construction; check back in March - April 2025]

References

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Feeling (F)

[Under construction; check back in early 2025]

​Thinking (T)

[Under construction; check back in mid-2025]

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Notes on Sexual Personae

Introduction

The Dionysian-Versus-Apollonian Gender Dichotomy

Master List of "Gender Personas" in Sexual Personae

 

Supplemental essays

Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 4 of Sexual Personae

Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 5 of Sexual Personae

Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 6 of Sexual Personae​

Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 7 of Sexual Personae

Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 8 of Sexual Personae

Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 9 of Sexual Personae​

Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 10 of Sexual Personae

Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 11 of Sexual Personae

Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 12 of Sexual Personae

Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 13 of Sexual Personae

Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 14 of Sexual Personae

Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 15 of Sexual Personae

Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 16 of Sexual Personae - NEW AS OF MARCH 2025

Supplemental essay: "Gender Personas" in Chapter 17 of Sexual Personae - NEW AS OF MARCH 2025

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Reconciling Politics, Religion, and Morality

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~Posted October 19, 2023

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