Archetypal Qualia/Energies

[Juan E. Sandoval]

(edit: posting this as an unfinished thread/draft-- in hopes of finishing it later. but also to spur discussion in the meantime.)

Lead Function Energy

Following after the conductor/reviser thread --- From another angle, we can easily translate the conductor/reviser dichotomy as the combination of king+senex energy and prince+child energy. These four energies are what is emitted by a lead-type, as distinct from the signals by themselves. So for example there are the signals of Je, and then there is king energy, which is how Je looks as a lead function. (And so forth for the others). These have not been defined outside of qualia, but lemmy give it a try..

Je / King Energy

Qualia: Confidence. Authority. Command. Closure. Finality. Strength.
We can identify king energy in people who have even very little display of Je, for example in Barack Obama who is FeSi ll-l and has two introverted functions counteracting his Je. Yet his Je retains "Authority" as a qualia, as seen here:

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What do we make of this? When I tried to describe what we're seeing, what came to mind is that the king doesn't buckle. It's almost like a poker game. To show weakness (in the body) is the opposite of what inspires command. So in a vultological sense this literally translates to a lack of holes/breaches in one's presentation. For example when debating an opponent onstage, you don't wanna say "um" and fidget with your papers, stutter, etc. All of these are breaches/holes that go against King energy.
King energy is solid, and in a practical sense that means a lack of wandering eyes, no miscellaneous body jitters, nothing that could distract oneself from appearing as a pillar:

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King energy does not requires an abundance of Je gesticulations. King energy is not quantitative, but qualitative. This is why a Pe-lead with conscious Je can gesticulate several times more than an actual Je-lead, and still not approach the King energy quality.
How the function looks in the lead position remains a distinctive marker, and this is the "energy" we use to discern whether or not Je is actually a lead or auxiliary process -- not the numerical count of signals present.
Note: It's actually interesting to use Obama as an example here because he does stutter and hesitate, and yet he doesn't lose his king energy. In the context of a Je-lead vultology, his (Ti) hesitations register as carefulness of speech, rather than as evidences of not knowing what he's talking about.
(There is this tragic inversion with reviser types where they often struggle to be taken seriously, even with conscious Je, because their body lacks this native King energy.)

Pi / Senex Energy -

Qualia: Aged. Grandfatherly. Grounded. Lethargic. Cautious. Temperate.
Similarly with Senex energy, the matter is not about how many times they scowl or drift their eyes to the side, but in whether or not their energy is "seated", with a level of immovability or stumpiness. You can use a lot of Pi memory-recall signals without having the stumpiness itself.

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(I do have to make a note and say that Si-leads (especially SiTe) appear less stumpy than Ni's due to the permanent presence of Ne in their hierarchy. They prove a little tricky and require a different baseline.)
But in general, the body of the senex appears like it's taking it's time. There is no rush. There is no hurry and in fact, one could say they have a resistance to the hurry-- and will be the "wait a minute" guys, alerting us with counsel and caution.
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Pe / Puer Energy -

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Curious. Spontaneous. Improvisational. Jovial. Playful. Reckless.
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Ji / Prince Energy -

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Some Notes:
The conductor/reviser dichotomy is essentially measuring high Ji+Pe and Je+Pi appear when they're the top two functions, and how that differs from how they appear when they're the lower two functions.
Ji exerted pushes only come out in high-Ji's, and bubbling momentum only goes down the whole spine in high-Pe's, while for high-Je's the bubbling momentum stops at the upper torso. Thus reviser energy has "openendedness" in the form of (Pe) body swaying and (Pe) bubbling momentum, and it has "doubt/hesitation" in the form of stutters/momentum halts (Ji), eye-toggles-up (Pe), and receding energy (Ji).
Conductor energy has "finality/closure" in the form of head pushes, forward body vectors, shovel-chins, and it has "confidence" in the form of non-random body movements (Pi inertia), steadiness of gaze (Pi), and so forth.
Development Levels:
These are "ideal" descriptions that get trickier with development of the lower two functions. But they still do hold for all other developments too, I think.

[Nymph]

@auburn I can't believe I missed this? Awesome write up on the King. I just wish there was more. I wish there was someway to type my grandfather who passed away ten years ago. I have some photos but it is hard to rely on those. As far as the King archetype and Obama, yes, he was like that with maybe more confidence and force. Fe-Ni always seems to come to mind. There were no kinks in the armor at all and he faced things with confidence inspiring others in the process. There was a direct compounding effect of his energy on community and he eventually got into politics and had many successful re-elections. He was incredibly honorable, uncorruptable, and all this combined commanded respect that you willingly gave because you were in the presence of the archetype which has that infinite impression on us. My father doesn't have it. He seems to have the hero and warrior with some shadow elements. I know I don't have this archetype but I have my moments, so I am hoping someday I achieve this. I only have been in the presence of the archetype once. It is extremely rare.
I BELIEVE ALL MEN SHOULD STRIVE FOR IT.

[EpicEntity]

I think when it comes to PeJi I-I- types they expose their weaknesses and still move forward. The one's on the top of my head are PewDiePie NeTi I-I- king of youtube and Julien Blanc SeTi I-I- king of game. Even SeFi I-I- from Iron Man was making a crap load of mistakes to illustrate the importants of perspiration after the inspiration.
Now that I think about PiJe as another percevier. Donald Trump (typed NiTe II-- I believe) takes hit after hit after hit in-between each debate or interview but never during any of these session.
Even for myself I believe in being fearful in the short term yet fearless in the long term (I think it has to do with my conscious Pi). If I am outside doing whatever feel I like doing and someone offends me I'll treat the situation like it's all good weather I've been affected or unaffected. If it happens day after day people will call me a bitch even though I never stop doing whatever I feel like doing. Plus the most seemingly hostile offenders never risk their lives by getting in my way like I keep remaining them. I think a few locals are able to see the strength behind my resolve, but it seems like the outnumbering weak create the world they want to create in their combined minds.

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