The enneagram is a widely used method of deciphering your personality by identifying yourself among nine basic types. Although the method has grown...
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Dec 16, 2009
caroline
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i quite love this book. it is a great intro to the enneagram which dives really deep into the topic and goes beyond reductionistic models and really gets to the heart of the matter. for those wishing to really get into it, this is your book. a classic i have returned to many times.
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Aug 21, 2010
Willa
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Maitri gives a deeply felt impression of the various Enneagram types, which is helpful to use next to Riso and Hudson. However although I think the Enneagram system is brilliant as a typology, I believe it is overrated as a spiritual path or tool.
Aug 02, 2011
Ron
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For those who find the enneagram useful and are interested in learning more this is a good book. Maitri has done a lot of work in the enneagram and helps to expand one's understanding of it - and if lucky - of oneself.
Oct 15, 2009
Anne
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Definitely interesting and thought provoking......a description of nine basic personality types (I'm so Type Seven, I immediately loved it as a system!). A look at both internal dynamics, and how others might see you.
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Jan 29, 2012
Lynne
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Just re-reading this book and finding it very helpful in exploring ways of transformation that make use of the Enneagram. Particularly good on Holy Idea and Fixation.
Oct 02, 2010
Barbara
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This book is very nuanced. It brings greater depth and clarity to the psychological and spiritual structures of the enneatypes than Riso & Hudson and Palmer & Daniels books - which are more key for understanding what the Enneagram of personality is as a system. This book has influenced my perspective on the similarities between the types based on the interconnectedness and wholeness of the basic needs (passions and fixations) of each type, as well as their essences and virtues. Its a beautiful,
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Mar 31, 2009
Wendy
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In depth exploration of inner workings of the types, and their connection to humanity.
Jan 23, 2008
Jenny
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I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the Enneagram who has a spiritual bent. This book was incredibly helpful to me and one that I will return to many times. The depth and specificity with which the author explores the psychological behavior of the different types was really impressive to me. The chapter on my type was pitch perfect and the book as a whole was a real eye opener in many ways. I really am so glad I read it.
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Jan 14, 2011
Bridgett
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I really enjoyed the spiritual angle of this book, which resembles Buddhism a bit to me. I really identified with a lot of the spiritual struggles described for the different enneagram types. The book also helped me figure out which enneagram type I most connect with (4).
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Aug 13, 2008
Julie
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An Enneagram book more focused on spiritual development than on identifying types. It helps to have some familiarity with the Enneagram before diving in, but it's a fascinating read.
Feb 02, 2008
Brooke
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I am an enneagram junkie. This is the best book out there on the subject, in my opinion. I've read a lot of them.
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Nov 22, 2007
Miranda
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this book will kick your butt but is very accurate. eerily so. don't read it if you're already feeling down
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Feb 28, 2008
Kat
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A more spiritual look at the scientific enneagram. Can get a bit heady at times.
Nov 20, 2009
Arrion
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For those who know about the Enneagram, this takes the subject beyond Ego and back to the system's original purpose
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