History Archives - Enneagram Monthly

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

What is The Enneagram?

Learning the Essentials of This Ancient Tool Often misunderstood as simply a personality tool to describe quirks and traits of people’s individuality, the Enneagram...

by Christopher L. Heuertz

Philosophy and Personality, part 2.1: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle – as Philosophers

After three introductory chapters (published on the Enneagram Monthly website in late 2024), I now begin considering in earnest the ten philosophers who will...

by Nicholas Reitter January 15, 2025January 14, 2025

Fourth way History Personal Growth/Self-Development Spirituality Understanding the Enneagram

Personal Transformation in Three Modes

Thomas Garrett Isham G.I. Gurdjieff called the enneagram an alchemy of the soul. As such, he viewed the enneagram as a means of transforming...

by Thomas Garrett Isham January 11, 2025December 14, 2024

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Discernment and Time:

Dominant and Repressed Perspectives within the Hornevian Groups Drew Moser Ph.D. How do we understand time? Do we consider it scientifically through physics and...

by Drew Moser Ph.D. January 6, 2025December 14, 2024

Comparative Systems History Spirituality Understanding the Enneagram

The Sufi’s Levels of Self and the Enneagram’s Levels of Development

Khaled ElSherbini Ph.D & Samar Gamal The Enneagram, as a dynamic model, includes within its continuum a “stage-gate” process of development. A process where...

by Khaled ElSherbini Ph.D & Samar Gamal January 3, 2025January 3, 2025

Fourth way History Understanding the Enneagram

Towards the Origin of Gurdjieff’s Symbol

Laleh Bakhtiar Having devoted much of my life for the past twenty-five years on uncovering the Sufi origins or integration of the Enneagram, I...

by Laleh Bakhtiar January 1, 2025January 18, 2025

Centers of Intelligence History Instincts and Subtypes Passions Understanding the Enneagram

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 December 28, 2024December 4, 2024

Comparative Systems Editorial and News History Spirituality Understanding the Enneagram

Update on: The Enneagram and the Tree of Life

Hannah Nathans Rereading the article The Enneagram and the tree of life (EM #237) I wrote in the year 2000, I see some things...

by Hannah Nathans December 22, 2024December 18, 2024

History Spirituality Understanding the Enneagram

The Enneagram and the Tree of Life

States of Consciousness Hannah Nathans When I listened to Rabbi Howard Addison’s inspiring presentation during the Baltimore IEA conference, something in me said “HOME!”...

by Hannah Nathans December 20, 2024December 18, 2024