| Action | Affectivity | Contemplation | |
| Hindu | karma | bhakta | jnanin |
| Jewish | tzaddik
(righteous one) |
hasid (pious one) |
chocham
(wise one) |
| Catholic | Jesuit | Franciscan | Dominican |
| Neoplatonic | will | heart | mind |
| Karen Horney | against
the other |
toward
the other |
apart
from the other |
From Ruland, V. 1994. Sacred Lies and Silences: A Psychology of Religious Disguise.