Centers of Intelligence Archives

Centers of Intelligence Type 3 Type 6 Type 9 Workshops and Events

August 18, 2026August 10, 2026

A Weekend Workshop with Helen Palmer

The Enneagram of the Passions Jack Labanauskas and Andrea Isaacs On the weekend of October 27-29, 1995 in a quaint New England town near...

by Jack Labanauskas and Andrea Isaacs

Centers of Intelligence Personal Growth/Self-Development

Teaching the Enneagram in Three Dimensions Part I: Learning Styles

Loretta Brady There is a wise old saying: When the student is ready the teacher will appear. Of course, the assumption in this saying...

by Loretta Brady July 18, 2026July 17, 2026

Centers of Intelligence Comparative Systems History Understanding the Enneagram

Kudos To Dick Wright

Ronald Elam As it is important not to lose the metaphoric flavor of the enneagram, care must be taken to avoid letting the system...

by Ronald Elam June 18, 2026June 5, 2026

Centers of Intelligence Instincts and Subtypes

Instinctual Types: Self Preserving, Social and Sexual

Marika Dentai Introduction I studied the enneagram in the 70s over a period of several years at Claudio Naranjo’s SAT Institute in Berkeley, as...

by Marika Dentai June 16, 2026June 11, 2026

Centers of Intelligence Triads Type 2 Type 3 Type 4 Understanding the Enneagram

Some Advice, Part 2

Rev. William J. Callahan, S.J. The Heart, Feeling Triad Type Two: The Caretaker The love that you need can’t be given to you by...

by Rev. William J. Callahan, S.J. June 14, 2026June 11, 2026

Centers of Intelligence Triads Understanding the Enneagram

The Support Center

Ron Elam (5w4) Kathy Hurley & Ted Dobson have shown that we all have a preferred, a support, and a repressed center. (The preferred...

by Ron Elam June 6, 2026June 4, 2026

Centers of Intelligence Triads Understanding the Enneagram

Answer To Dick Wright

Ronald Elam I gratefully received my first issue of Enneagram Monthly more than two weeks ago. It was the April issue, so I unfortunately...

by Ronald Elam May 24, 2026May 15, 2026

Centers of Intelligence Personal Growth/Self-Development Triads Type 2 Type 3 Type 4

The Appealing, Attractive, Accomplished People

Loretta Brady This is the concluding article in a series of excerpts on the Three Centers of the Enneagram. Since Dick Wright’s articles on...

by Loretta Brady May 11, 2026May 10, 2026

Centers of Intelligence Triads

The Centers, A Fourth Approach — Or is it the First?

By Kathy Hurley and Ted Dobson With this issue of the Enneagram Monthly, Dick Wright continues his four-part series entitled “The ‘Third Approach’ to...

by Kathy Hurley and Ted Dobson April 4, 2026April 2, 2026