Motes and Beams: A Neo-Jungian Theory of Personality

We do not understand ourselves because we do not understand each other, and we do not understand each other because we do not understand ourselves. As the world becomes more and more connected through media and technology, the consequences of such ignorance become more and more clear. This book, the fruit of seven years' research, thought, and debate, is a humble but earnest contribution to the task of understanding ourselves and each other.

This task is not as easy as many people seem to think. We are each born with deep, philosophical assumptions and cognitive tendencies through which we make sense of the world. To understand these assumptions is to face a measure of existential threat, because they are not the same for every person. This book offers a way to categorize these assumptions into a number of distinct "types," to aid in understanding them.

This approach to personality is derived from the works of Carl Jung (creator of analytic psychology) and Isabel Myers (creator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator). It also draws from the wisdom of Socionics theory, and from a vast internet community of modern "neo-Jungian" theorists and enthusiasts. Along the way, many other topics outside of personality are touched on in a "Jungian" spirit of holistic inquiry, from philosophy, to history, mythology, science, sociology, spirituality, sexuality, and world literature.

Its author, Michael Pierce, is known in the "neo-Jungian" community for his YouTube videos on the 16 Myers-Briggs types, as well as videos on Jungian theory and philosophy. His YouTube channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmDcT_Pujk8vOcxk_IcnxtQ
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