My Spiritual Type

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My Spiritual Type

I will personally look over the results of your form and send you an evaluation of your spiritual type and some idea of your spiritual gifts. I do need your name and email address. I will ONLY add you to my mailing list if you give me explicit permission. It is my hope that these questions invite you along your spiritual journey, the results give you food for reflection and that the type descriptions invite you to further exploration and growth. If you would like to pursue that exploration with me, I would be honored to enter into a spiritual mentoring with you. Bright Blessings, Rev Amy

Name (First and Last) *

May I send you occasional (4-8 times/year) emails? *

Yes

Why are you here? *

I'm helping you improve this "quiz"

I'm hoping to learn more about my Spiritual Type

Other:

When I think about Religious Community, what most appeals is: *

Please pick the option that fits most closely. You'll notice many of these are "forced choice" questions. That is part of the learning... We both know that you are more complex than one answer can ever represent, but going through the process of choosing just one... That is helpful!

Nothing, I am not a sheep, and I will never fit in

The oneness of singing together or praying together or reciting together

A group of like-minded individuals who can work on making the world a better place

Social connections, relationships, networking

Something larger than myself to commit to that will carry me through life milestones

Intellectual stimulation and challenge

I'm not sure and this is something I'd like to explore

Other:

My current, most fulfilling, spiritual practice is: *

Please pick the answer that fits most closely

None, I can't seem to do something called "spiritual practice", or I keep changing, or still searching

Attending religious services/being a part of religious community

Silent (or with a mantra) meditation/writing/drawing...

Getting out in nature to commune with the plants and animals and earth

Yoga/Tai Chi/Liturgical dance or other embodied movement based practice

Singing, art, creativity

Acts of kindness/social Service

Prophetic work/justice building

The New York Times crossword/learning something new/getting the spreadsheet to give the right answer...

This is not relevant/important in my life

Other:

My "Hogwarts House" is *

Mark "Don't Know" if you are not a Harry Potter fan :)

Hufflepuff

Gryffindor

Slytherin

Ravenclaw

Don't know

Other:

When faced with the harms and "isms" of the world and people's pain and neediness I can serve best by: *

If it helps, pick a scenario to imagine 1) A person in your aisle at the grocery store answers their cell phone and then bursts into tears at what they hear. 2) An injured (not dangerous) forest animal is on the path you are hiking 3) at a dinner party an argument breaks out about incarcerated children 4) There's a shooting in your mall/school/synagogue/neighborhood...

Providing material support: food, shelter, tissues, care, etc.

Listening, praying with, and accompanying others in their spiritual explorations

Working to interrupt or combat systems of oppression and destruction... visiting senators...sit-ins...serving on the school board...

Offering emotional comfort and advice

Building or nurturing a community, or individuals, who can then offer the above

Researching, analyzing, discovering, and telling folks about root causes and possible solutions

Creating art to inspire and move others

I'm not sure and this is something I'd like to explore.

Other:

People tell me that I have/offer... *

Check as many as apply

Leadership Skills

Listening Skills/Skills as a Counselor

A Healing Touch/Presence

Excellent Communication Skills

A Gift for Organizing and Managing

Cheerleading and Encouragement

Practical Stewardship Skills, such as with money

I'm not sure and this is something I'd like to explore

Other:

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If you are helping me improve this tool, you can use this spot to share some feedback. THANKS!

My Myers Briggs Type is *

To get your real MBTI you should work with a trained test administrator. If you want to approximate, this web site is helpful: https://profile.keirsey.com/#/b2c/assessment/start

INFJ - Counselor/Advocate (Diplomat)

INFP - Idealist/Mediator (Diplomat)

INTJ - Mastermind/Architect (Analyst)

INTP - Thinker (Analyst)

ISFJ - Nurturer/Defender (Sentinel)

ISFP - Trendsetter/Artist (Adventurer)

ISTJ - Inspector/Logistician (Sentinel)

ISTP - Craftsperson/Virtuoso (Adventurer)

ENFJ - Giver/Protagonist (Diplomat)

ENFP - Winner/Campaigner (Diplomat)

ENTJ - Director/Commander (Analyst)

ENTP - Visionary/Debator (Analyst)

ESFJ - Cruise Director/Consul (Sentinel)

ESFP - Performer/Entertainer (Adventurer)

ESTJ - Supervisor/Executive (Sentinel)

ESTP - Doer/Entrepreneur (Adventurer)

Don't know

The Spiritual Tradition of my Childhood/Youth/Past includes *

New Thought/Christian Science/Unity/Centers for Spiritual Living/New Age...

Unitarian Universalist/Ethical Culture...

Liberal Protestant

Mainstream Protestant/Liberal Catholic

Fundamentalist Protestant/Conservative Catholic

Liberal/Reform Jewish

Conservative/Orthodox Jewish

LIberal Muslim

Conservative Muslim

Unchurched/DIY/Spiritual but not religious

Eastern Buddhist

Western Buddhist

Indigenous, Reclaimed (Druidry, Norse...), Wiccan, Earth-Relating/Deities-Honoring

A-religious/Anti-Religious/Atheist

Other:

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My Present Spiritual Tradition is closest to one of these groupings: *

(Pick one, if you can)

New Thought/Christian Science/Unity/Centers for Spiritual Living/New Age...

Unitarian Universalist/Ethical Culture...

Liberal Protestant

Mainstream Protestant/Liberal Catholic

Fundamentalist Protestant/Conservative Catholic

Liberal/Reform Jewish

Conservative/Orthodox Jewish

LIberal Muslim

Conservative Muslim

Unchurched/DIY/Spiritual but not religious

Eastern Buddhist

Western Buddhist

Indigenous, Reclaimed (Druidry, Norse...), Wiccan, Earth-Relating/Deities-Honoring

A-religious/Anti-Religious/Atheist

I'm exploring and might like some help finding my faith home.

Other:

I most often prefer to practice my spirituality *

In a large group

With just a few others

Alone

I like to mix it up and am equally drawn to all three options

I'm not sure and this is something I'd like to explore

Other:

I learn and grow in my faith most when: *

Please pick the option that most closely matches your best context.

I am alone engaging with my inner self, possibly aided by books and other resources

I work with a teacher or coach/one-on-one/very small group

I am a part of a small-midsize group/coven/house church

I am a part of a larger religious community/my group is a part of a larger community

I'm not sure and this is something I'd like to explore

Other:

What I most want from my spirituality is: *

Connection/oneness/belonging/relationship with something larger than myself

Understandings about religious claims; rational, valid tenets; useful beliefs

A personal relationship with a being/entity/force some might call God/the divine

A framework of morality and hope, to live by and be nurtured by

I'm not sure and this is something I'd like to explore

Other:

My (most) sacred scripture/source of inspiration/guidance is *

A book or books containing the inerrant word of the divine or words directly inspired by the divine

The text of nature (as Shakespeare wrote: "...sermons in stones and tongues in trees...")

Teachings from wise ones of the past, passed down to us as stories, holy books, literature, etc.

Day to day lived experience, the text of my life/lives of others

Music/art

I'm not sure and this is something I'd like to explore

Other:

I have had peak "spiritual mountaintop" experiences where *

(A powerful, meaningful experience. Usually, but not always positive. Usually, but not always, an experience where the boundary of your skin means less.

Nope. Not me, or if I have it was a bad drug trip or something I don't want to have happen ever again

I am at one with the universe, and I want more!

I don't lose my sense of individual self but I feel my connection with the universe/the divine

I feel the divine/holy/greater than self as a part of my connection with person(s) I love

Other:

My Enneagram is *

The Enneagram is best discovered over time with the assistance of books and exploration and a trained teacher. If you want to appoximate, this article is helpful (excuse the gendered references to the divine): https://goo.gl/fpSJxn

1 - The Improver/Perfectionist

2 - The Helper

3 - The Achiever

4 - The Individualist/Romantic

5 - The Investigator

6 - The Loyalist

7 - The Enthusiast/Epicure

8 - The Challenger/Protector

9 - The Peacemaker

Don't Know

The Superpower I most wish I had is: *

Physical enhancement (flight, strength, speed...) (Superman or Flash)

Mind-reading, ability to speak any language, communicate with plants/animals (Poison Ivy)

Healing/empathy (Mantis)

Compel people to do things or persuasive speech (Xavier or Phoenix or Wonder Woman's lasso)

Invisibility (Violet or Harry Potter with his cloak)

Immortality/invulnerability/self healing (Wolverine or Deadpool)

Time travel or precognition (Dr. Strange)

Inventions (Tony Stark or Batman or Shuri)

Control of earth, air, fire or water (Storm or Frozone)

Other:

I understand the Divine/Holy as: *

Something, possibly intelligent, started the universe/creation/life but is not involved in any way now. (Deist)

A felt presence that moves among/between/within us, inviting us toward life/love/beauty/complexity. (Process Theology)

Equal to all that is. (Pan-Theism)

The sum of the parts of nature/human which is greater than, encompasses, and is present in, all. (Pan-En-Theism)

A creator/ruler with some or all of: holiness, justice, sovereignty, omnipotence, omniscience, benevolence and omnipresence. (Mono-Theism, including Trinitarianism)

Multiple supernatural beings who interact in various ways with human affairs. (Poly-Theism)

Human expressions of the sublime/great or of love/compassion, or a story humans tell to help us. (Humanism)

Nothing more than the accident of natural unfolding. May include a "life force". (Atheism, Jain)

Possibly any one, or more, of these, beyond comprehension. (Agnostic, some Buddhist, Rosicrucian...)

I'm not sure and this is something I'd like to explore

Other:

What is your relationship to what you hold holy? *

Personal and direct, with prayer or dialog or interaction (like hearing the language of trees) between us

Mediated through my religious leader/teacher/guru, etc

The holy is something I’m aware of, there is presence, but it’s not interactive, like a beautiful view

I can't have a relationship with something so unknowable/without form

I wish for one, or for more of one

I'm not sure and this is something I'd like to explore

Other:

Please mark the 1-3 fears which most resonate with your reality

This might be your core vulnerability, or your primary childhood wounding. This might be the personality flaw you struggle most with or the thing that holds you back from being your most whole, authentic, powerful self.

Fear of being unlovable/Need to know "You are wanted"

Fear of being without support or guidance/Need to know "You are safe"

Fear of being useless, incompetent/Need to know "Your needs a not a problem"

Fear of being bad, corrupt, defective/Need to know "You are good"

Fear of being deprived, trapped in pain/Need to know "You'll be taken care of"

Fear of being harmed, controlled/Need to know "You'll not be betrayed"

Fear of losing identity, insignificance/Need to know "You are seen/known"

Fear of losing connection, fragmentation, Need to know "You matter"

Fear of being without value/Need to know "You are lovable for yourself"