A Quote from Evagrius of Pontus
Submitted by Frederic Schmitt Evagrius of Pontus, one of the fathers of Christian monasticism is also in a certain way one of the “fathers”...
On Rightly Dividing Two Kinds of Pride
Thomas Garrett Isham From my earliest exposure to the enneagram, I have been troubled by the assignment of the sin of Pride to enneatype...
Another ‘Enneagram made Easy’ in the library
Diving into the Enneagram can be overwhelming, with all the theories, schools of thought, and terminology. Fortunately, Deborah Threadgill Egerton and Lisi Mohandessi’s book...
Four’s Connection to two
Tom Condon Fours also have a built-in connection to Two. When healthy it brings interpersonal skills and the ability to voluntarily empathize with others....
Basic Principles of Deep Truth-Seeing
This is a draft of an article that will be used as an introductory text for a spiritual exploration group, tentatively called “Deep Truth-Seers.”...
Springing Forward: April’s Letter from the Editor
Dear Enneagram Monthly Community, As we reflect on the past two months since our launch, we are overwhelmed with gratitude for the incredible journey...
Integration / Disintegration Revisited Part 2
What “Jesuit Enneagram”? Jerry Wagner I’d like to respond to David Burke’s letter in the March 98 edition of the Enneagram Monthly. I’ve always...
The Double-Mediator (Nine-Nine) Couple
Jennifer P. Schneider and Ron Corn A chapter from Understand Yourself, Understand Your Partner: The Essential Enneagram Guide to a Better Relationship. Last summer...
It’s the Sufi Thing…Again
Thomas Garrett Isham Yes, there is something to be said for the connection between Sufism and the enneagram of personality types. When the latter...
Two alternative Types of Type-Definition (part 1)
Enneagram Polarities Nicholas Reitter But the old oracle said, “All things have two handles: beware of the wrong one.” – Emerson1 It is an...
Nine Types and the Emotional Habits
Peter O'Hanrahan It’s time to revise the nine passions or vices which are assigned to the nine enneagram types. Our enneagram shorthand has been...
Personality Patterns: Part 3
A Quantitative and Descriptive Study of Distinct and Self-Consistent Attentional Styles and their Relation to the Enneagram Typology Belinda Price Brent Ph.D. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY...
Consciousness Is
Michael Damian Sanity means the wholeness of consciousness. – D. H. Lawrence Everyone experiences having a mind and a body. What is less obvious...
The Elements of the Enneagram
Centers of Intelligence The Enneagram is explored through three centers: Body, Heart, and Head. Sometimes these centers, or triads, are called Body/Instinctive, Heart/Feeling, and...
Outshining Ignorance
Michael Damian, As consciousness is unchanging, enlightenment is not, strictly speaking, a process of altering, increasing, or expanding consciousness. It is a process of...
Thoughts from EM Group’s Facebook
Kirby Olson, Frederic Schmitt, Jack Labanauskas & Bernadette Schmitt Short excerpt from a Facebook conversation on the Enneagram Monthly Group [a page we currently...