Arica Institute Archives - Enneagram Monthly

March 27, 2025March 30, 2025

How Oscar Ichazo Learned and Taught the Enneagram Typology Part (4 of 4)

by Bill Gamard

Arica Institute Fixations History Holy Ideas Instincts and Subtypes Passions The Nine Types Triads Understanding the Enneagram Virtues

How Oscar Ichazo Learned and Taught the Enneagram Typology (part 1 of 4) Revised

Oscar Ichazo (1931 – 2020) learned the Enneagram typology from a man whose name he never revealed. When I was his roommate, Naranjo told...

by Bill Gamard February 17, 2024March 30, 2025

Arica Institute History

Tale of Two Enneagram Branches: Claudio Naranjo’s SAT vs. Oscar Ichazo’s Arica School-Pt.2

Continued from last issue (#258) [The ongoing comments responding to the EM interview with Oscar Ichazo. This debate was carried on for about a...

by Jack Labanauskas February 1, 2021October 6, 2023

Arica Institute History

Tale of Two Enneagram Branches: Claudio Naranjo’s SAT vs. Oscar Ichzo’s Arica School-part 1

This debate carried on for about a year (1996-1997) and is a good historic summary of the commonalities, differences and points of friction between...

by Jack Labanauskas January 1, 2021October 6, 2023

Arica Institute History

Oscar Ichazo born in Roboré, Bolivia July 24, 1931 – died March 26, 2020 in Kihei, on the island of Maui, Hawaii.

Oscar Ichazo was the founder of the Arica School and the originator (often referred to as the “father”) of the Enneagram of Personality. Oscar...

by Jack Labanauskas February 1, 2020September 12, 2023

Arica Institute Community Spotlights Editorial and News

Differentiating the Arica Theory and the Arica Model

by Mark G Johnson: Letters to the Editor Issue #23 January 1997 Dear Editors, Several of your readers have commented on the difficulty of...

by Mark G. Johnson January 1, 1997October 6, 2023