The Complete Enneagram

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.

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 Francisco's Law School. She was the president of the International Enneagram Association (2006–2007) and founding co-editor of the IEA's Enneagram Journal (2008–2009).

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