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November 20, 2025November 19, 2025

Death by Ideology

Peter Zappel "One must not start from any conclusion, from any belief, from any dogma which conditions the mind.." Krishnamurti It is both true...

by Peter Zappel

Comparative Systems Fixations Fourth way Process Enneagram

Personality vs. Process: The Missing Link

Susan Rhodes There are two influential models of the enneagram, the “process” enneagram of George Gurdjieff and the enneagram of individual differences by Oscar...

by Susan Rhodes November 18, 2025October 26, 2025

Childhood Wounds Fixations Passions Type 4 Understanding the Enneagram

The Hot Death Blood of Sylvia Plath

Edward McInnis Don Richard Riso, in Personality Types, calls the levels of the unhealthy Four, in descending order: “the Alienated Depressive,” the Emotionally Tormented...

by Edward McInnis October 14, 2025October 3, 2025

Comparative Systems Fixations History Understanding the Enneagram

Awake or Asleep? by Oscar Ichazo

“The Magi cosmology of the Astral religion conceptualized maps of the inner realities relevant to their time (circa 550 BCE). The modern mapping of...

by Oscar Ichazo August 19, 2025October 17, 2025

Fixations Personal Growth/Self-Development Understanding the Enneagram Virtues

The Delusion of ‘Inner Work’ with the Enneagram

Frederik Coene Our 4-year old daughter wants to be an adult, especially to be different from her 10-month baby sister. She imitates grown-up behaviour...

by Frederik Coene March 9, 2025December 30, 2024