Passions Archives - Enneagram Monthly

July 13, 2026July 12, 2026

Sin And Simplicity

Amy O’Hair On the door to my study I have a small gargoyle, a forlorn figure, his eyes a sink of pain, his legs...

by Amy O’Hair

Passions Relationships Type 4 Type 5 Type 9 Understanding the Enneagram

Bridges Revisited: Authorial Intent and Movie Typing

Michael G. Huber (Type Four) Being an avid student of the writings of Robert James Waller, I greeted the release of the film The...

by Michael G. Huber June 29, 2026June 29, 2026

Fixations Passions Relationships Type 1 Type 3 Type 4 Type 5 Type 9 Understanding the Enneagram Virtues

The Bridges of Madison County — “as Seen”

as Seen by a Type Four With a Type Nine Husband Laurie Huffman By brief way of introduction, I am a 4 with equal...

by Laurie Huffman June 2, 2026May 18, 2026

Family Dynamics Passions Relationships Virtues

The Bridges of Madison County

Jack Labanauskas Occasionally there is a book, a film or a public figure that appears to contain a classic embodiment of an Enneagram type....

by Jack Labanauskas May 29, 2026May 17, 2026

Latest Research Passions Personal Growth/Self-Development Relationships

Emotional Warmth and Coldness Part 3 – Head Center

Through collaboration with other researchers and direct engagement with numerous personal childhood stories, Antonio developed the theory of the Originary Wound, identifying it as...

by Antonio Barbato March 2, 2026July 10, 2026

Comparative Systems Passions Spirituality

The Archbishop of Canterbury on Passions

Veronica Whitty The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams drew on the Passions of the Enneagram in his opening lecture before 800 scholars at...

by Veronica Whitty November 23, 2025November 23, 2025

Communication Fixations History Passions Understanding the Enneagram

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 November 20, 2025November 19, 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

Editorial and News Passions Understanding the Enneagram

Core Dynamics: Poisons & Passions

John Harper The relative mind is associative by nature. It tries to fit everything it can into its favored understanding; into the construct, model...

by John Harper August 16, 2025August 15, 2025