Introduction

I have been gratified by the number of members who have approached me about writing something for Nine Points and look forward to receiving some really interesting pieces over…

Have you ever tried being left with the feeling that nobody understands you –…

Abstract: The title “When a Five wants to grow” documents the author’s path of inner work, resulting in an awareness of his inner motivations and his effect on…

“Levels of Consciousness In speaking of evolution it is necessary to understand from the outset that no mechanical evolution is possible. The evolution of man is the evolution…

Abstract: This article presents a snapshot of a family in crisis and the author’s spontaneous intervention. It deconstructs the intervention and the father’s perceived personality type through the…

“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.” Chinese proverb

“Say not, `I have found the truth,’ but rather, `I have found a truth.'”…

Abstract: Using the diagram as its integrating device, this article embeds the framework in its ancient lineage and offers a broad synthesis of its rich and multidisciplinary heritage.…

Abstract: This study examined the validity of an integrated typology that combines the nine Enneagram types with the four attachment styles. Attachment styles are derived from research on…

Abstract: This article reports on a research study that investigated the Enneagram through the lens of depth psychology. A review of the literature on archetypes, which are universal,…

“The first duty of love is to listen.” — Paul Tillich

Intrapersonal listening is about listening to ourselves. When we learn to listen to ourselves from a non-judgmental,…

“Love the child in front of you, not the one in your mind.”

I don’t remember where or when I first saw this quote, but I have never…

The title of Susan Rhodes’s book clearly announces both the focus and the scope of her project. The author is taking aim at what she perceives to be…

“The first mistake is to believe that there is a self; the second mistake is to believe that there is not.”

Sunryu Suzuki Roshi

Wth The Career Within…

“What Gurdjieff calls `Objective science’ uses the musical analogy to depict a universe composed of a chain of energies that stretches from the lowest octave to the highest:…

Awareness to Action is not a “workbook” without depth and rigor, yet it is a practical book you can work with at work, in that it delivers on…

Abstract: In this article the first results are shown of a research study on the relationship between Enneagram types and KAI scores. In many descriptions of the Enneagram…

Metaphor is perhaps one of man’s most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God left inside His creatures when…

Abstract: Most accounts of the Enneagram describe relationships between each of the three major triads and the negative emotions of fear, anger, and sadness or social distress. This…

Abstract: The nine types of the Enneagram can be precisely correlated with the successive stages of Margaret Mahler’s separationindividuation process. The psychological experiences at a given stage do…

Abstract: This paper reports on a small part of a broader research project that studied the presentation of personality types with chronic pain in a clinical setting. It…

Director Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) is a highly enjoyable and useful character study of the path of development of a young Type Seven. The movie takes place in…

Abstract: Private enterprise has traditionally been concerned with the issue of financial performance and the appropriate management of staff and other resources to achieve maximum profitability. There have…

In the slim volume that is The Enneagram of Society, Claudio Naranjo accomplishes several profound and important tasks: he provides a concise, yet multi-faceted summation of the Enneagram’s…

In his book, The 9 Dimensions of the Soul, David Hey organizes each chapter by describing the particular essence of that Enneagram style, the fixation, how we might…