People of Observations, Questions and Ideas
Loretta Brady The Similarities Among Five-Six-Seven Persons The following article describes the basic reactions that emerge from the underlying motivations of the Enneagram Numbers...
The Existential Hole and the Invisible Lines of the Enneagram (Part 1 of 3)
The Enneagram is more than a personality map, it’s a symbol of human wholeness. Yet hidden within its familiar lines is a mystery: the...
THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF THE ENNEAGRAM An Interview with Oscar Ichazo Part 2
OSCAR ICHAZO 1931–2022 Oscar Ichazo was interviewed by Sarah Ichazo in 2014. This interview gave him an opportunity to more fully answer questions of interest and cover a number...
Why Is It So Hard To Change
John Richards In my interactions with many people regarding the Enneagram, like a number of the Enneagram teachers, therapists and consultants I know, I...
The Core of the Fixation
One of the curiosities in enneagram study is around the question of: “How does one arrive at their point of fixation?” There are many...
Enneagram Typing: Just for the Fun of It – #1
Ed Jacobs Some people believe that labeling people with an Enneagram type is a dangerous business. It pigeon-holes them into expected thought patterns, actions...
Comparison of Two Authors’ Views of the Seven by a Type Seven
Mona Coates, Ph.D. In an attempt to understand my own SEVEN-ness more completely, I conducted the following search for deeper explanations by comparing and...
Understanding the Enneagram’s Three Instincts as Safety, Intensity, and Belonging
While our Enneagram type describes the lens through which we interpret the world, our Instincts describe what our nervous system is constantly scanning for....