Synopses & Reviews
The Enneagram--a universal symbol of human purpose and possibility--is an excellent tool for doing the hardest part of consciousness work: realizing, owning, and accepting your strengths and weaknesses. In this comprehensive handbook, Beatrice Chestnut, PhD, traces the development of the personality as it relates to the nine types of the Enneagram, the three different subtype forms each type can take, and the path each of us can take toward liberation. With her guidance, readers will learn to observe themselves, face their fears and disowned Shadow aspects, and work to manifest their highest potential.
Review
"I am especially pleased to see Chestnut's credible research support for the renewal of this historic system in a postmodern setting. Work of this caliber invigorates the dialogue between science, mysticism, and psychology, streams of thought that have become estranged."
—Helen Palmer, author of The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life and The Enneagram in Love and Work
"The Complete Enneagram title befits this work beautifully. This work is clear, thoughtful, comprehensive, and compelling. Examples of the types speaking for themselves, along with the historical roots of the Enneagram, further enrich Chestnut's work. She artfully interweaves theoretical and practical information and enhances this work with her insightful psychology background. This book is a must-read."
—David Daniels, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University, and Enneagram pioneer in the Narrative Tradition
"With the best subtype information currently available in print and an exquisite intermixing of the psychological, spiritual, and developmental, The Complete Enneagram more than deserves its title. Pleasurable to read and with abundant theory and practice for both the personal and professional arenas, I will encourage all of my clients to read it, even those who are already Enneagram-savvy. It is solid, classic, bold, even-handed, and original!"
—Ginger Lapid-Bogda, PhD, Founder, The Enneagram in Business Network, and author of Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work
About the Author
Beatrice Chestnut is a practicing psychotherapist, coach, and business consultant based in San Francisco. She holds graduate degrees in communication studies and psychology and has been working with the Enneagam for over twenty-three years. An experienced teacher and group facilitator, she has taught at Northwestern University and trained students in interpersonal learning groups at Stanford University and the University of San Franciscos Law School. She was the president of the International Enneagram Association (2006-2007) and founding co-editor of the IEAs
Enneagram Journal (2008-2009).
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction: Self-Awareness and the Enneagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1: The Enneagram as a Framework for Understanding
the Multidimensional Nature of Personality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 2: The Enneagram as a Universal Symbol
of an Ancient Teaching: The Perennial Wisdom
View of the Human Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 3: The Point Nine Archetype. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Chapter 4: The Point Eight Archetype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Chapter 5: The Point Seven Archetype. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Chapter 6: The Point Six Archetype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Chapter 7: The Point Five Archetype. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Chapter 8: The Point Four Archetype. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Chapter 9: The Point Three Archetype. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Chapter 10: The Point Two Archetype. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Chapter 11: The Point One Archetype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391
Appendix: Help with Identifying Your Enneagram Type . . . . . . . . . . .425
Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .465
References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .477
Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485