The Cognitive Functions as Elements

Everything changed when the fire nation attacked.

I loved this video so much! Your narrative was absolutely beautiful and so descriptive and the images you chose complimented it so much and were a feast to my eyes. I was totally transfixed.

Wake up guys!! It's time for a new CPT lesson.

Would love to see more content along these lines. I thought it was brilliant. It just made so much sense to me and opened up avenues for thought. Please develop this more!

didn’t know i needed the elements and the functions together so much

Excellent video! I've always wondered what other people's take on this idea might be, and your take seems artfully constructed. A great video concept could be attributing a more complex elemental combination to each type. For ENTP, I was thinking lightning or electricity. Following the axis, you have the air and sky dominant Ne, and it's Fe (water) pair, giving us clouds. In between, you have Ti--plasma, heat, combustion. Put them together, and you create lightning. Funny enough, there's tons of things that make lightning and electricity seem fitting. Lighting never striking (the same spot) twice, the lightbulb going off, spontaneous and unpredictable energy... Thomas Edison--the first name that comes to mind when thinking of lightbulbs, the metaphorical bread and butter of Ne--was an ENTP. Benjamin Franklin--the man who experimented with lightning and discovered the inherent electricity within--was an ENTP. Fester from The Addams family--a playful pick, with the literal ability to manipulate electricity--was an ENTP. INFJs are close, but instead of lightning, they're more like rain. The Ni indicates a similar sky-orientation, but with higher Fe, there is more water--hence the rain. This also seems fitting, because INFJs often have a gentle, nourishing, and almost cleansing presence. Although, unlike a large body of water with ample nourishment to give on demand, the INFJs seem a little bit farther removed from us, and their presence is--albeit more predictable than the ENTP--not something that is always readily available; they need time to separate and reform, before returning again to nourish and provide. That's just off the top of my head though, I'm sure there's more to this. Whenever I wonder what my type is, I'm just going to remember this comment, lol.

Funny was just making this exact case for the functions and most people thought fire would be emotions because in a western view we see it as only passion and no further. But looking at it in eastern/ancient terms and seeing how water is more related to chaos and fire order it makes more sense

It is very interesting to watch this video and compare the elemental attributes given to the functions in Michael Pierce's book "Motes and Beams". The only functions You guys agreed on were the Earth=Sensing functions. It makes me wonder, although there is a difference in labeling, what primary characteristics are at work within the cognitive functions that could reconcile these dichotomies.

In hermetics the concept of as above so below and vice versa is kind of useful for these sorts of metaphoric visualization of mental constructs. We do this unintentionally and sometimes intentionally all the time, such as calling a persons gaze steely, someones mind clear like a mountain stream. A person whose presence is like a foundation pillar. Ironblooded veterans, a person who is the eye of the storm, someone who is sad is having ther heart clouded. The list is endless. Natural phenomenon is one of the best methods to visualize psychological qualia

Harry, I think that it is awesome that you are applying deep elemental archetypes as foundations for the cognitive functions. It is in these elemental archetypes where the truths of the Universe genuinely show up, and where all function and form are created to scaffold higher and more profound truths. As an ESTP with strong divergent NiTi, I strongly align with the direction that this theme builds upon and am pleased to see you traverse down this deeply archetypal and elemental path.

Lol when I saw this video my geeky heart 😩😩🤫😱😂😂😂😂😂🥴🥴😂🥴🥴🥴

Really good analogy of the axes(axiis) and degree of expansion with positive and negative expressions of each. It taps into a way we describe behaviour already and clarifies the focus. Thanks for sharing!

Hey, have you ever considered doing an "ISFJ/ISTJ An Alternate Prospective" video, in the same vein as your "An Alternate Prospective" videos on the ENFP/ENTP? I think those videos would be awesome and well deserved.

I understand this way of thinking doesn't come naturally to you, but would it be possible for you to give more concrete examples of the functions being used? Even if just the extraverted ones? I feel as though it would be beneficial in the understanding of your theory, especially for those of us in the land of the sensing haha

I can see, in a way (depending on how you look at it) both thinking and feeling being described as both fire and water. But i do agree with this analogy. I think that divergent feelers would rather burn down thousand bridges and build them from the ground up (literally or inside their head) than go all in to explore those oceans and swim in them. While convergent feelers don't want to get burnt, convergent thinkers don't want to drown. I like this format it's super colorful and interesting, though i generally prefer it not being too archetypal/stereotypical. I think this method can help many people make this information more tangible. As always, im looking forward to videos as usual about the types and cognition, though some can be this way as well! 😃😊 Loving these illustrative pictures!

It's always good to see you around, Harry.

This is so confusing, I think those metaphores make it only too complex. I dont know how to imagine cog functions in such way like being water.

This was a lovely video! I really enjoy these metaphoric ways to describe cognitive functions, since it helps to build a better, more interconnected understanding of it! I'm looking forward for the geeky content you mentioned! I myself love DnD haha 😄

Fun stuff, pretty cool! I really like how the Fire = Thinking reveal caught me off guard, it just seemed so easy and obvious(and lazy) that fire would feeling. What with the concepts lika a fiery passion, being warmheated, emotional warmth, burning desire etc. But i really like the what you did we the rational functions here and stuff like this is just always good fun(as an intellectual excersize), anyways cheers😁

My partner and I communicate these kinds of ideas through colors.