Like the analogous One subtype, in an Eight there is a reversal of the dynamics that we will find acting in a Nine. In the latter, indeed, there is a kind of incorporation into the other, a passivity that enhances the total acceptance of the other. In an Eight, instead, there is an intense desire for self-assertion. This makes people of this subtype eager to incorporate others, to actively possess them and keep them until the moment when, as it’s typical of the Excess inf...
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