EM Editor, Author at Enneagram Monthly

The Enneagram in Couples Relationships

By Michelle Joy This month, let’s look at some common patterns of Type 8 in relationship. 8’s are protective, direct and expect that same...

Comparative Systems Spirituality

Buddhist Appreciation of Oral Tradition

In writing this, I do not claim to speak for all Buddhists.1 I am sure there are some, like my Abbot, who will criticize...

Centers of Intelligence Personal Growth/Self-Development

Three Kinds of Confusion: Feeling, Action and Thinking

Feeling -- Twos, Threes and Fours – Confusion of Feeling Twos, Threes and Fours share an ongoing confusion about their identities, mistaking who they...

Spirituality Understanding the Enneagram

On Essence and its Ambiguities

Among enneagram enthusiasts of all stripes, the concept of “essence” is employed frequently but defined loosely. Christians are no exception to the rule, for...

Personal Growth/Self-Development Spirituality

Longing, Relativism, Shadow, Gamble Everything for Love and Integrate the Sacred Munday

Q: What do I do about this desire to have a relationship to give and receive love from someone? Do I just turn that...

Fourth way

The Fourth Way

(Excerpted from the Annual Retreat of the Perennial Foundation 5-6 July 2019) The first thing to understand is the meaning of “fourth”. And to...

Comparative Systems Spirituality

The Whirling to Uncover Your Enneashadow

One of the main aims of the Sufi is to purify the Self to become the “Insan Kamil” - the Perfect or Whole Human...

Editorial and News Letters from the Editor

Editorial 251 January 2020

In this time of uncertainty with Covid 19 hanging as a viral (or virtual) sword of Damocles over our heads, our attention gravitates toward...