The Enneagram and the MBTI In Search of Common Ground, Part 1
John Fudjack and Patricia Dinkelaker What is the relationship between the nine Enneagram and sixteen MBTI types? In the course of laying the groundwork...
Fatal Attraction to the Box Office: Type 6 Pathology in the Movies
Michael G. Huber When I was introduced to the Enneagram by a friend, it didn’t take long before I realized that I was looking...
The Enneagram Is Watching You: A Meditation on the Enneagram as Spiritual Agent
Gershon Siegel For nearly a century we have approached the Enneagram from the same direction. We have asked: what does the symbol mean? It's...
Uncovering Essence
Mona Coates, Ph.D. Our fundamental essence is that aspect of self which is innate and enduring. It is not subject to the natural neuroses...
Odysseus, the Cyclops, and the Type 8: A Journey of Balance
Homer’s Odyssey, one of the foundational works of Western literature, tells the epic story of Odysseus, a Greek hero, and his long, perilous journey home...
A “Two” Apologizes
Amy Zoll Dear Intense Relationships of a Lifetime, This is a letter of apology to those of you who I thought needed my love,...
The Quest for Identity
Ron Elam (5w4) Each of us, regardless of type, is inevitably presented with the conflict of “opposites.” Most of us, however, choose to avoid...
Certification Presentations
Joyce Rawlings-Davies, M.A. In the first half of the Training, Don and Russ set a tone of humor, caring, intensity, nurturing, understanding and support....
Lore of the Leprechaun, Lure of the Gold
Marilyn Bernhardt Musing about the Enneagram the other day, I began to play with the idea that it is a “map” of human personality:...
What An Experience For a Two
Ginny Cusack My participation in the Advanced Enneagram Professional Training Program at Kirkridge Conference Center in Stroudsbourg, PA on August 25-30, 1995 is part...
Enneagram Typing—Just for the Fun of It
Ed Jacobs A note of acknowledgment to the editors of the EM (October, 1995) for their accurate expression of my views concerning the selection...
Hitler, Lunatic or Toxic-Flake
Mike MacLeod Well, yes. But what type of flake? Conventional enneagram wisdom sees Hitler as a counterphobic Six, all spines and huffing and puffing,...
The Siren’s Song: Navigating Pain and Purpose as an Enneagram Type Four
Homer’s Odyssey is one of the most enduring tales of transformation and perseverance. It recounts the epic journey of Odysseus, the clever and resilient...
Odysseus Among the Lotus-Eaters: Enneagram Nine and the Temptation to Drift
Odysseus Among the Lotus-Eaters: Enneagram Nine and the Temptation to Drift Homer’s The Odyssey is one of the most enduring stories of human struggle...
Freeing the Enneagram: Attitudes and Ideas
Brian Grodner, Ph.D. There may be only subtle differences between rules and processes which guide and illuminate and those which limit, and box in....
Turner’s Types: Two Flavors of Eight
Nick Turner Here are pictures of two men, both of whom are almost certainly eights. One is an eight with a nine-wing (8/9), and...
