Sunday, September 14, 2008

Spiritual Types Test

Thanks to a link at Peter Kirk's Gentle Wisdom I discovered this Spiritual Types Test. The test identifies you as one of four spiritual types: Sages, Prophets, Lovers and Mystics. I tested as a "sage."

You are a Sage, characterized by a thinking or head spirituality. You value responsibility, logic, and order. Maybe that's why you were voted "Most Dependable" by your high school classmates. Structure and organization are important to you. What would the world be like without you? Chaos, that's what! Your favorite words include should, ought, and be prepared. What makes you feel warm and fuzzy? Like Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof it's tradition! tradition! tradition!

Because you love words, written or spoken, you enjoy a good lecture, serious discussions, and theological reflection. Prayer for you usually is verbal. You thrive on activity and gatherings of people, such as study groups. Sages on retreat likely would fill every day with planned activities, leaving little time for silence or solitude.

We need Sages for your clear thinking and orderly ways. You pay attention to details that others overlook. Sages make contributions to education, publishing, and theology. You often are the ones who feel a duty to serve, give, care, and share with the rest of us.

On the other hand, sometimes you seem unfeeling, too intellectual, or dry. Can you say "dogmatic"? You may need to experience the freedom of breaking a rule or two every now and then. God's grace covers Sages too, you know!

As in all such tests, sometimes none of the alternatives given fit me perfectly. I've always thought some of these spiritual gifts or personality type tests were nothing but Christianized astrology. But this one does sound pretty accurate to me, at least as based on my limited self-knowledge and what others say about me.

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