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April 10, 2024July 16, 2024

Two alternative Types of Type-Definition (part 1)

Enneagram Polarities Nicholas Reitter But the old oracle said, “All things have two handles: beware of the wrong one.” – Emerson1 It is an...

by Nicholas Reitter

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

When I was his roommate, Naranjo told me that he asked Ichazo about who in the “School” was his source of (previously unknown) esoteric...

by Bill Gamard February 17, 2024October 8, 2024

Fixations Type Insights

Beyond Fixation: A Non-Dual Perspective

This is the sequel article to The Truth about Fixation and Beyond (Enneagram Monthly: May 2012) That article was written in an experiential style...

by Lissa Friedman June 30, 2012October 27, 2023

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The Truth About Fixation and Beyond

Lissa Friedman Before I begin, I would like to make clear that all I can say can only point at the truth and cannot...

by Lissa Friedman February 28, 2012October 24, 2023

Fixations Therapy and Counselling

Stripped Naked—From Fixation to Freedom

Written by Lissa Friedman Ph.D. This article focuses on how the fixation of each Enneagram type comes into being; how the nurturing environment affects...

by Lissa Friedman Ph.D. December 1, 2004September 8, 2023

Fixations Therapy and Counselling

From Fixation to Elation Positive Psychology and the Enneagram

By Paula Raines There is a new movement quickly gathering a following among psychologists. After spending most of the years since World War II...

by Paula Raines September 1, 2001September 26, 2023