Reply To: Updating the Model & Book 2

[Aletheia]

It's exciting to see you taking the theory in this overall direction!
Pardon my skepticism about the psychoanalytical aspect though ?

"The fourth section of this book, titled Mythology, focuses on the psychoanalytical approach and offers suggestions for how to lead a patient through their unique developmental journey and the integration of functions into consciousness."

Perhaps you've indeed identified particular differences between the types at this level, but just judging from the previous work on mythology as it relates to particular functions I'd caution you not to make too many assumptions. It seems to me that CT relates to an evolutionarily recent phenomenon, or the 'cognitive framework' as you've termed it, while things like myths and dreams are influenced primarily by the more ancient (and thus general) level of somato-visual interpretation as influenced by the ethogenic aspect of cultural accomodation. This refers to the temporal paradox that Jung indicated as being the nature of the 'Soul' - as our deeper/subconscious inclinations are formed from the abstraction of instincts (our most ancient 'timeless' aspect) as well as the immediate context of the cultural climate we happen to be raised with (something modern and transient). That's not to say that one's particular cognitive apparatus has no role in selecting information, on the contrary certain themes/characters are likely to be more interesting to certain quadra and functional attitudes (T, F, etc.) But from what I've seen, affinity for a specific narrative and archetypal embodiment has more to do with one's life experience, esp. in the case of trauma related fixation, than it does with cognitive type.
I'm sure you have many interesting ideas on this topic that I by no means would wish to squelch. But of course I'm always interested in the positive development of CT, and as psychoanalysis is one of my keenest interests, this is the type of misinterpretation I'd like to help prevent.