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Tag: Antonio Barbato

Instincts and Subtypes Understanding the Enneagram

Variants with a retracted self-pres instinct

When the instinct of Self-preservation receives scarse attention, we have behaviors that make us feel socially adequate or inadequate, according to the fundamental existential...

by Antonio Barbato February 1, 2024February 7, 2024
Instincts and Subtypes

From Enneagram of Personalities; 108 Subtypes

Self-Preservation: Type Two Privilege The substantial prevalence of the Conservation Instinct makes Pride less obvious in this subtype than in the corresponding Sexual variant....

by Antonio Barbato December 1, 2021October 6, 2023
Type 9

Looking at Type Nine from 4 Different Sides

Dynamic Receptive….The High Side of Nine I once spent a week at a resort hotel on a remote part of the Oregon coast. It...

by Tom Condon October 1, 2020September 12, 2023
Childhood Wounds Instincts and Subtypes

Ego, Essence and Instincts, Today

Antonio Barbato I have stated in The Enneagram of the Originary Wound that, according to the Enneagram of Character Types or Personalities (hereinafter ET)...

by Antonio Barbato October 1, 2020September 12, 2023
Latest Research

Ego’s Alibis & Sword and Shield: when the choice is between civilization or anarchy

Antonio Barbato Need a good excuse to act badly, anyone? Here are Nine styles of excuses our ego uses to justify actions that need...

by Antonio Barbato August 31, 2020September 12, 2023
Instincts and Subtypes

General Considerations about Subtypes

A lot of material about subtypes and instincts has appeared in these pages and, as is frequently the case in matters psychological or philosophical,...

by Antonio Barbato June 1, 2012October 27, 2023
Applications Type 5 Type 7

Understanding Art: Social Gatherings of 5 & 7

Antonio Barbato Marina Pierini In the last issue our focus was on how the enneagram type, events and life stories of an artist influence...

by Marina Pierini and Antonio Barbato March 1, 2009September 26, 2023
Applications Personal Growth/Self-Development

understanding art: And How the Enneagram of Personality Can Help

Artemisia Gentileschi is one of the greatest female painters of all times. Her works are admired in museums  around the world, but her fame...

by Antonio Barbato February 1, 2009September 23, 2023
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