Tests, quizzes, questionnaires, all these serve as introductions to the Enneagram. These are the entree before the grand dinner. They get you to start thinking in ways that might help with uncovering your motives and your fears, and that's where the process of typing yourself begins. But just like no hunger can be satiated with appetizers alone, an Enneagram type cannot be determined without further study, introspection, and examination of the psyche.
A quiz serves to determine your...
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Type Four's Romanticism
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Mahat
Type Four's Romanticism
This post sums up the raison d'être of the Romantics of 1700s. It's telling that 4s are described as the Romantics in the common enneagram literature and I wholeheartedly agree with this. No, they’re not romantic in the wistfully looking out the window sense of the term but by way of emphasizing their subjectivity, imagination, inspiration, and emotions as gateways to reality. To be in true communion with reality, is to be in union with the Divine: the true heart of reality. According to the Romantics,... -
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Tritype “Triple Attachment” – Basics.
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Tritype “Triple Attachment” – Basics.
The “attachment types” are 3, 6 and 9 – so when these come together into a tritype, it makes the “triple attachment” tritype.
Here’s the basic breakdown:
You can see that the most basic, primal points of enneagram are 3, 6 and 9 – the ones that are connected by a triangle.
9 is the “central ” gut type, between the gut types 8 and 1.
6 is the “central” head type, between head types 5 and 7.
3 is the “central” heart type, between heart...Last edited by Animal; 10-26-2019, 08:32 PM. -
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Sexual vs. Social
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Sexual vs. Social
Common Misconception: Sx = Intimacy.
Here, I posted an exchange I had today on a forum, addressing this.
Question:
Interesting. I’m a bit confused, though, especially about the last paragraph. What’s the difference between So and Sx again? There was a site that said that So is “personal connection” and Sx is “intimacy.” Sounds like the same thing to me. When you say that he enjoys merging with the fascinating qualities about you, that sounds like ‘connecting’...Last edited by Animal; 10-26-2019, 08:10 PM. -
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4w3 and Image – The World is a Stage
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4w3 and Image – The World is a Stage
The World is a Stage - Anecdotal Description.
The world is a stage upon which I can act out my inner drama. The way I see it, I was exiled from Erosia, and my life’s purpose is to embody its essence and channel it here on Earth.
I don’t have conscious awareness of eyes on me moment to moment – as I am focused on my own passion and desires, and honing the talents which allow me to channel them. Since I don’t actively think about others’ reactions,...Last edited by Animal; 10-26-2019, 08:33 PM. -
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Type 6: Direction – less
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Type 6: Direction – less
Imagine yourself alone in the middle of a field. The field is surrounded by dense forest and you can’t see beyond the first lines of trees and foliage. You are prepared: you are wearing your favorite boots, resilient pants, flexible top. You brought a good knife to pave a path through the forest and ward off any attackers. You feel strong and attractive. But… where do you go? Just go in blind? No, you need to know where you’re going, lest you spend all your good...Last edited by Daeva; 10-26-2019, 10:08 PM. -
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The Core of Nine
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SpiritoftheGael
The Core of Nine
Nine can be envisioned as a pendulum with loss of self on one end and loss of other external things on the other end. What many nines strive for is to be right in the middle of this pendulum where they have somehow attained the perfect balance between their inner world and the outer world. The goal is to form a perfect unity between the internal and the external so that no loss of any sort ever has to be experienced. Of course in actuality, this leads to a constant tension from within to keep this... -
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The Limits of Descriptions
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The Limits of Descriptions
A type is a living breathing pattern that manifests through living breathing people. Once someone has years of experience with typology, the type starts to come to life. There’s more than words on a page; there’s a rhythm, a chemistry. This is what type really is. And once you understand that rhythmic essence of the types, then the descriptions become a ‘guide’ rather than scripture. Jung and Gurdjieff knew this – they were describing archetypes, not full people, and both...Last edited by Animal; 10-26-2019, 08:24 PM. -
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Gandalf: A Type Nine Archetype
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Gandalf: A Type Nine Archetype
Gandalf, from Lord of the Rings, is an excellent example of the nine archetype. He is essentially shown to be a diplomat who is a go between all the warring races who hate each other. Gandalf acting as a diplomat is shown clearly in The Hobbit when he tries to convince the dwarves, humans, and elves to fight against their common enemy rather than with each other. Despite his wisdom and diplomacy, he avoids taking charge and ever exerting his will. Galadriel at one point asks him to be the head of...Last edited by SpiritoftheGael; 11-08-2019, 03:48 PM. -
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Nature vs. Nurture
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Nature vs. Nurture
The nature vs nurture argument is a lot to unpack. Parental orientation has been interpreted in a many ways – but the enneagram field has largely rejected the idea that enneagram type develops due to “nurture.” The common interpretation is that parental orientation occurs because of your nature.
Arguably, two siblings might respond very different to the same parents because they are naturally two different types; so the child ‘invites’ the particular parental orientation associated...Last edited by Animal; 04-06-2020, 01:49 PM. -
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