Peter Zappel
People new to the Enneagram often have a reflexive resistance to the notion of a particular number of personality types. After all, aren’t we all unique? Well, yes…and no. So, they wonder, how does this system make sense? Why nine types? Also, to many (especially those in academia), the nine-pointed star smacks of esotericism and pseudoscience and is therefore suspect. Just what scientific validation is there for these nine types? Myers-Briggs says there are sixteen types. Some sho...
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