Quote Originally Posted by tcaudilllg
You've made a good choice in identifying Mendel as an ISTp. I think you're right on the money. He has the "Bob Dole" look, which is characteristic of most ISTps.
Actually, I think he was a Logical-sensory Introvert (ISTJ). And you don't think Jung looks like him?

But I could have said those same things about my own childhood in large part. I think the childhood experiences Jung describes are in no way different from those of most people. (absent the parental problems, of course)
But then why was he described in the book as being both earthy-rooted and spirituality centered?

Something that's been on my mind: Jung says he was shocked by a childhood dream in which God defectated on a church. Question: how did he know it was God who was doing the defecating...?
Because it was a dream? You can picture anything you want happening in your dreams. How does this relate to his type?