From Ego to Essence: The Path of Transformation
Let’s say what is true: the world we live in moves fast, and it creates a kind of anxiety that our bodies were never...
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
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...
The Conversation # 34
Carl Marsak, Susan Rhodes, Jack Labanauskas Carl Marsak: Riso and Hudson’s type analysis of Barack Obama in the Jan. 2009 EM is deep and...
Nine Qualities of the Enlightened Being, Part 3
John Fudjack Type Seven The enlightened quality associated with Type Seven (sometimes referred to as the “Epicure”) is the capacity for “peak” experience. The...
The Centers, A Fourth Approach — Or is it the First?
By Kathy Hurley and Ted Dobson With this issue of the Enneagram Monthly, Dick Wright continues his four-part series entitled “The ‘Third Approach’ to...
Book Review: The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram
Mario Sikora Sandra Maitri’s The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram is a challenging and sometimes-frustrating book, but it is a must-read for anyone who...
The Enneagram’s Instinctual Engine: The Hidden Force Behind the 27 Subtypes
Most of us imagine our personality is shaped by what we think and feel. The Enneagram certainly helps illuminate those patterns. But beneath our...
Nine Qualities of the Enlightened Being, Part II
John Fudjack Type Four The enlightened quality associated with Fours (sometimes called “Romantics”) is what in Buddhist terminology is called “insight into emptiness.” In...
From Revelation to Self-Optimization
What Happened to the Enneagram? There is a way to honor a teacher that goes beyond repeating their name. It involves entering the spirit...
Using the Enneagram as a Teaching/Training Tool
Dee Dee and Patrick Aspell At the First International Conference in August of 1994, the Education Track featured a number of interesting presentations. The...
A Practical Integration of Internal Family Systems (IFS), Part 2
Joan R. Ryan JD Head Center (Types 5 – 6 – 7) Type 6 I will start with the Sixes. In my experience, both...
The Right Person For You
Robert W. Olson, Ph.D. The extent of love, compassion, truth, peace, strength and awareness which you experience in life depends on the depth and...
