Category: Authors
The “Third Approach” to the Triads
~~Dick Wright Ph.D.~~ Enneagram authors tend to follow one of two “classic” approaches to describing the three triads. The first approach, a specific application of the popular “Head/Heart/Gut” theory, was discussed by Helen Palmer in her book, The Enneagram. Speaking about the three ways individuals can “focus attention,” she identifies “those with mentally-based intuitions, those [...]
January 2012, Issue #184
In the course of gathering, editing and discussing articles on material for the Enneagram Monthly, new and innovative ideas come up frequently, but in this issue we have a particularly rich selection. A small price to pay is that it often causes our timing to lag, but waiting for good material to come together is [...]
Tracking the Elusive Self
~~ Bruce Love ~~ I think what may make the story of my quest of interest to others is the possibly unique approach I developed based on the work of two masters of healing, one living and one dead, and both of whom, in my opinion, have not been sufficiently appreciated. Like the triune nature [...]
December 2011, Issue #183
A New Year is a time to give in to the temptation of making resolutions — some keep them more than others— can’t brag that my record is worthy of mentioning…But what’s the harm in taking stock of where we’re at in life and if we can tweak some areas towards more wisdom. Every positive [...]
Enneagram Typology Among Animals
~~by Richard Curran Trussel~~ Moses had an easy going, placid nature. We got him early in his life and gave him lots of love, providing consistent training and discipline. He was a late bloomer. He didn’t bark until he was past 11 1/2 years old. I seriously questioned his intelligence. Often he just seemed so [...]
Enneagram Types Relating To Animals
~~by Richard Curran Trussel~~ Not everyone relates to animals, but for those who do, elements of Enneagram type manifest. One of the many gifts animals offer us is that they potentially lead us beyond our fixations. One What place do companion animals have with someone who is organized and orderly, striving to make every detail [...]
The Subtypes of Point Four
~~by Clarence Thomson~~ The Intimate (One-to-One, or Sexual) Four The Intimate Fours begin with a sense of defect which appears in relationship to someone or something else. It is not enough that one feels defective—one must also recognize that no one else is. The vice of envy is relational—it is not free-standing. Envy will take [...]
Type Four Women
~~by Antonio Barbato~~ These are three stories of actual type Four women (one of each subtype), and about how each major change in life came with its own physical component, its own emotional state and its own reasoning. I focus quite a bit on the style in which each of the subtypes deals with relationships [...]
November 2011, Issue 182
After two months in a perfectly nice place on the edge of a little lake, in the Himalayan foothills with weather only matched by California or Hawaii, it was still east, west, home’s best. This trip turned out to be extremely productive towards finding connections between the Enneagram and Jyotish (Vedic) astronomy/astrology. After five years [...]
October 2011, Issue 181
Well, we have been about a month here in India and the Internet is finally fine-tuned to the point where 70% of the time it’s working fairly well. Staying in the Himalayan foothills far away from large urban centers sure makes you realize how intertwined our lives are with electronic services and how dependent we [...]
