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February 2024

Instincts and Subtypes Type 3

Self Preservation Three: Security

Antonio Barbato In this subtype, there is a strong belief to know what is right to do. This belief comes, obviously, from Deceit. The...

by Antonio Barbato February 3, 2024February 7, 2024
Instincts and Subtypes Type 2

self-Preservation Two: Emperor or Goddess

Antonio Barbato When Ambition and Aggression are not mitigated by the Self-Preservation Instinct, the desire to have a particular role, a special importance, is...

by Antonio Barbato February 2, 2024February 7, 2024
Instincts and Subtypes Understanding the Enneagram

Variants with a retracted self-pres instinct

When the instinct of Self-preservation receives scarse attention, we have behaviors that make us feel socially adequate or inadequate, according to the fundamental existential...

by Antonio Barbato February 1, 2024February 7, 2024
Instincts and Subtypes Type 1 Understanding the Enneagram

Self-preservation one: preoccupation

Antonio Barbato As we know, in type One, Wrath turns into a stimulus to make things better than ever, to spend energies in the...

by Antonio Barbato February 1, 2024February 7, 2024
Instincts and Subtypes Understanding the Enneagram

How many Subtypes or Instinctual Variants are there?

Antonio Barbato From what has been illustrated so far, it is clear that, in first approximation, if the Passions are nine (like the points...

by Antonio Barbato February 1, 2024February 7, 2024
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