Instincts and Subtypes Archives

December 28, 2024December 4, 2024

Discovering a “Recipe” for The Nine Enneagram Compulsions

A Response to “Steps to a Unified Model of the Enneagram” Kathy Hurley and Theodorre Donson In Fabien and Patricia Chabreuil’s article, “Steps to...

by Kathy Hurley and Theodorre Donson

History Instincts and Subtypes Personal Growth/Self-Development Understanding the Enneagram

Psychological Bypassing and Repression of the Sublime: in Enneagram Theory & Practice Part 2

Carl Marsak Roberto Assagioli: Life and Work34 To begin the second half of this essay an abbreviated review of the life and work of...

by Carl Marsak December 11, 2024November 29, 2024

History Instincts and Subtypes Understanding the Enneagram

From Instinct to Identity: Part 2

Emotions, their Predominance and Dominant Themes in the Enneagram This is an extract from the fourth chapter of Antonio’s bookThe Enneagram of the Originary...

by Antonio Barbato December 1, 2024November 29, 2024

History Instincts and Subtypes Understanding the Enneagram

From Instinct to Identity: Part 1

Developmental Stages Needing Nourishment, Warmth and Control Antonio Barbato Some functions necessary to life itself, such as the nervous system activity, digestion and blood...

by Antonio Barbato November 29, 2024November 27, 2024

Instincts and Subtypes Understanding the Enneagram

Enneagram Subtypes

Tom Condon Your primary subtype is determined by whether you are unconsciously preoccupied with personal survival (self-preservation), whether you incline towards one-to-one relationships (intimate),...

by Tom Condon November 28, 2024November 27, 2024

Instincts and Subtypes Therapy and Counselling

Enneagram Styles & Cyclical Psychodynamics

Jerry Wagner It’s always nice to discover that some of your ideas are not totally out in left field, not that there’s anything wrong...

by Jerry Wagner September 6, 2024September 9, 2024

Holy Ideas Instincts and Subtypes Passions Virtues

subtypes revisited part 2

Gloria Davenport Instinctual Subtypes in Relation to Essence In Ennea-type Structures, (1990, p.5.), Naranjo presents an intriguing diagram of his perception of how we...

by Gloria Davenport August 22, 2024August 21, 2024