Passions Archives - Enneagram Monthly

March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

Emotional Warmth and Coldness Part 3 – Head Center

Enneatype Five Emotional Coldness and the silent threat of the world The Emotional Coldness of Type Five arises from a particular form of fear,...

by Antonio Barbato

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

Fixations Passions

The Lines Are the Basic Building Blocks of the Enneagram, Not the Points (Revisited)

When we think of the Enneagram, most of us fixate on the points—the nine numbers that seem to define who we are. But here’s...

by Michael J. Goldberg January 18, 2025January 28, 2025

Latest Research Passions The Nine Types Understanding the Enneagram

passion and counterpassion

Fabien and Patricia Chabreuil [Editor’s Note: Two years later... after the proposal of the “Unified Model of the Enneagram” and the Rebuttal by Kathy...

by Fabien and Patricia Chabreuil December 29, 2024December 5, 2024