Waterstones The Complete Enneagram
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Description: 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, Ph D, 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. Waterstones The Complete Enneagram - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9781938314544
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Author: Mrs. Helen Thomas
Rating: 5
Review: I have learned so much from this book, even though I have studied the Enneagram for six years, with a good selection of books and having attended various workshops. What is currently missing in the Enneagram community is a thorough understanding of the subtypes. The author has studied Narranjo's teaching of the subtypes, which he updated and expanded upon in recent years. Even the most renowned Enneagram Teachers are still teaching Narranjo's sketchy initial descriptions and so most students are missing out on this rich area of self knowledge. The dominant instinct a person has (self preservation, social or sexual/one to one) interacts with the persons core Type's passion (envy, greed, sloth and so on) and so 3 distinct energies of each type arise. Beatrice Chestnut's descriptions of the 27 subtypes are thorough and can benefit the reader in several ways. Firstly, if a student is unsure of their type but has narrowed down to their top two or three, reading the subtypes descriptions gives a much higher probability in correctly determining type. Secondly, each type has a countertype that 'goes against' the passion. The countertypes look and feel quite different to the way the type is usually expressed. Again this is really important for typing. I am a countertype. After 6 years I finally discovered my true type (having mistyped several times before). I learned an awful lot about my defensive patterns along the way but it has been in seeing my core type that I have been able to complete the picture. Without this book I would very unlikely have ever recognised my true type because it is a counterrtype. Some say knowing your type isn't that important and I feel in part that's true because it's the inner work that is key. However, in my experience knowing my true type has taken me to the deepest level of self understanding and helped me see what childhood experiences shaped my personality. There was a key aspect of my true type that I needed to let go of to find peace and fulfillment but until I saw it I had no chance to that. Lastly, as well as giving information for each type for growth work, the author includes work specific to subtype. I can't recommend this book highly enough.
Author: Ytrebyen
Rating: 1
Review: The whole Enneagram phenomenology is truly interesting, and there are some top books on the market about it, including the works of Don Richard Ruso and his pals. If you've never heard of the Enneagram before, and want an understandable introduction, stay well clear of this book. The author has taken the writing of the mystic Navarro and tried to make sense of them, and after struggling through the entire book, I doubt whether she understands much of what she herself is writing. The nine different Enneagram types can be hard work in themselves, and it takes a while for a novice to grasp the concept and take it all in. Here she adds three subtypes to each types, in which at least one of them will go against its mother type, and if you lost me there, you'll definitely throw this book out the window before you're halfway through. 27 types is simply too much. I'm sure old Navarro had the best of intentions, but no sane human being can tell this mishmash of personalities apart, and it doesn't get better when she peppers her narrative with expressions such as "your child heart arrow" and "be an oak tree instead of an acorn". Read Riso and Hudson. Those are the only books you'll ever need on this topic. And do read them. It's fascinating stuff.
