The Enneagram
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The Enneagram as a Path to Your True Self
The Enneagram is having a bit of a moment. Much of it is a reduction of a wisdom tradition to a not-very-deep personality system.
The Enneagram of Personality (Part 1)
We can divide the Enneagram into three centres of intelligence: instinctual centre, feeling centre, and thinking centre.
The Enneagram of Personality (Part 2)
The nine personality type of the Enneagram exhibit traits that derive from the three centres of intelligence.
Discerning Your Enneagram Type – This Is Not A Test
Discerning your Enneagram type requires self-knowledge and honesty. Without prior inner work, you may be unaware of your automatic patterns.
Working with the Enneagram Symbol
Understanding and applying the symbolic nature of the Enneagram will help you to turn this information into personal transformation.
The Enneagram Circle as a Symbol of the Spiritual Journey
The circle of the Enneagram symbolizes the spiritual journey of transformation. We experience all points of the Enneagram on this journey.
Working with Polarities: The Law of Three
The Enneagram Law of Three allows each side of a polarity to complement the other, allowing something new to emerge at a higher level.
Working with Reactions: The Law of Seven
You can learn to navigate the polarities of each Enneagram space via the Law of Seven, symbolized by the hexagram component of the Enneagram.
Spiritual Domains of the Enneagram
A transition from personality to a fuller spirituality includes an understanding of the archetypes, or domains, of each Enneagram space.
The Enneagram ONE space is the Domain of Sentiment or sense-feeling. We must find balance between too much feeling and too much armouring.
TWO: The Domain of Life and Security
In the Enneagram Two space, the Domain of Life and Security, life must be nurtured and brought from dependence to independence. We must discern where we are on this path: Do we need? Do we nurture?
THREE: The Domain of Imagination
At Enneagram point THREE, the Domain of Imagination, our work is to see beyond image to the underlying reality, to the truth of the matter.
FOUR: The Domain of the Intellect
At FOUR, the Domain of the Intellect, we seek to understand, which comes from the Old English understandan, meaning “to stand in the midst of”.
FIVE: The Domain of the Social
Enneagram point FIVE, the Domain of the Social is where we first meet the stranger. To grow, we must engage, rather than withdraw.
SIX, the Domain of Work, is about struggle, but also about the conscious release of the struggle. It moves between push and surrender.
SEVEN: The Domain of Hierarchy
On the Enneagram, SEVEN is the Domain of Hierarchy. A living hierarchy is always in motion. Leadership is passed around, as in a dance.
EIGHT: The Domain of Culture and Behaviour
EIGHT is the Domain of Culture and Behaviour. At SEVEN, we find our place in a living hierarchy. At EIGHT, we embody this place in a culture.
NINE: The Domain of Spirituality
NINE is the Domain of Spirituality. From the top of the Enneagram it overlooks and incorporates the spiritualities of all the other spaces.
Blog Posts
Three Enneagram Centres: An Earth Trinity
We are “clothed in an earthly garment, in a mortal frame — bound by the natural laws of the universe and by a world of dualities.”
Head Centre in the Enneagram: Logic and Imagination
The Head wants to know. On the Enneagram, the Head Centre or Thinking Centre is expressed in spaces FIVE, SIX, and SEVEN.
Slides
Introduction to the Enneagram (Slides)
This set of slides give a brief overview of the Enneagram of Personality. It should be supplemented with further resources.