What does it mean to have chops, “Enneagram” or otherwise? “Chops” mean that a person has “expertise in…

A recent post on Facebook asked the question: Is the Enneagram a science? The 2013 edition of The Enneagram Journal,…

Fauvre’s (2000) premise that the Enneagram typology is ‘neither random nor arbitrary, but rather maintains a quality and elegance in its inherent symmetry” motivated this researcher to examine…

Discovering your Enneagram Type. Working with the Enneagram for personal development represents a journey. This journey starts with a process of discovery that enables the individual to recognise…

Introduction: The mission of the IEA is to create a world in which the Enneagram is widely understood and constructively used. So many in our community were delighted…

“The Ancients said that the animals are taught through their organs: let me add to this, so are men, but they have the advantage of teaching their organs…

Return to the most human, nothing less will nourish the torn spirit, the bewildered heart, the angry mind: and from the ultimate duress, pierced with the breath of…

Abstract: This article presents proof that the Enneagram topology constitutes a map of the human psyche. The significance of this finding is that it elevates the Enneagram from…

Introduction: It is often said that the Enneagram is rooted in ancient wisdom traditions, and these roots are often touted as one of the reasons why the Enneagram…

Mortificatio, Killing Ego Attachments

Mortificatio—killing or dead-making, consciously working on reduction of ego attachments; in Jungian terms ‘bringing home’ our projections, going inside ourselves to embrace the shadow so our…

Solutio, Releasing Buried Emotions

Solutio uses the purifying and dissolving properties of water to return to its most basic state…

First published in Enneagram Monthly, October 2011

Our collective predicament depends much on individual human transformation…

The Enneagram is such a rich and complex map of personality that we could spend a lifetime studying its every nuance. And therein lies the rub. The wealth of discoveries…

The future of leadership development will not be about building “horizontal” capability – that is, the skills, abilities and behaviours needed to lead others. What has become obvious in current leadership…

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

Leonardo Da Vinci

“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the…

Entre os dias 24 e 26 maio de 2013, realizamos nosso I Encontro de Associados, em…

by Lucille Greeff and Dirk Cloete

There are different opinions regarding the centres and the way in which they relate to the nine Enneagram points. We would like to explore…

So we see that the enneagram gives us a clear map of the different dimensions of spiritual…

The Enneagram of Being

We can regard the Enneagram of Being as the primary differentiation of…

in  March this year. 

Child Origins: A good and pretty boy who made things in order to…

The nine dimensions of the spiritual reality of Being and their relationship to the enneagram types.

Introduction

This…

Tres semanas atrás tuve el lujo y el placer de asistir a la Conferencia Europea de Eneagrama…

Three weeks ago I had the luxury and pleasure to attend the 2013 IEA European Conference in…

If we determine that the cost: benefit ratio of following the idol of our personality is not…

Ones want to be good. They want to realize all their potentials and be all they can be.…