Quote Originally Posted by soundofconfusion View Post

Carl Jung was a Ni dominant type. his book psychological types discusses many phenomens from the past. half of the book is not even about the types, but about history and esoteric concepts. his book "red book" is full of mystical and spiritual themes, with many drawings that just scream "Ni".
Ok so about Jung. This is kindof a huge topic. The Red book is done under a deep life crisis under threat of psychosis. Any type can have hallucinations under extreme conditions. Just as any type dreams at night. Jung decided he needed to work on those visions in order to keep his head over the water, because he was in danger of losing his mind. Nowadays people go to a psychiatrist and say that they're having strange experiences and that they fear for their sanity, and then they get medication. To limit this to Ni is a mistake. Symbolism/art is a much broader psychological phenomenon.

Jung had a strong connection to the unconscious, but it is not type related.

Then there is also the topic about the nature of depth psychology. It is not Ni. It is an empirical study of the mind. When you analyze the mind you stumble on archetypes. And because archetypes has always been expressed in religion and mysticism there is a natural connection to these fields. You could say that depth psychology borrows esoteric concepts from mysticism because it is just a convenient way to label a specific psychological/archetypal phenomenon. The use of "esoteric concepts" gets misunderstood a lot. Jung himself adresses this on several occasions. For example, you could speak about "the unconscious" or you could say "the great Mother". The first expression sounds more technical and the second expression is more symbolical and thus says something about how we experience the unconscious and in that way says more, but they refer to the same thing. Or you could say "hallucination" or "revelation". Same thing, only difference that "revelation" implies that you put some deeper significance on your experience, that it has a source etc.

Sorry for the rambling, I'm not gonna go on about this much more, but I think the easiest way to type Jung is to read some of his non-technical works, for example "The undiscovered Self", a book that deals with the situation of mankind, and then just pay attention to his arguments and way of addressing the subject.