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# The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge

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Review: an interesting perspective on the enneagram - This book provides some very helpful points of view on the enneagram. The discussion is well-organized around the nine basic types and the esoteric structure of the enneagram, itself. These types are considered as arising out of archetypal patterns of responses children might have to their environments, especially with respect to making adaptations for survival that are irreversible and carry into adult life. These adaptations have a shadow side of human characteristics that cannot be adequately incorporated in the survival strategies. Dr. Chestnut discusses all of this remarkably clearly. It is relatively complicated by the dynamics of the enneagram. She is very interested in discussing how we can grow as human beings, given our natural, often adaptive, survival strategies. Each enneagram type has three subtypes (hence a total of 27 subtypes) based on whether our mode of adaptation focuses on a more solitary orientation to life, a more social orientation, or an intimate intersubjective orientation. All of this is discussed in a way that clearly shows how the 27 subtypes can help us to understand human behavior. The book represents a considerable achievement, and is especially to be recommended if you have some knowledge, already, of the enneagram. I would have liked to have seen a fuller treatment, especially of the wings, but the author has done an excellent job with what she does consider. There is an even more complex side to the enneagram, and this relates to comparing the types in pairs, such as comparing type 5 and type 6. The author gives a presentation of these 36 comparisons in an appendix. This is extremely helpful for roughly identifying your type, if you do not already know it.
Review: Excellent & Thorough Book - Highly Recommended - I am not a novice with Enneagram and far from advanced. My interest is purely personal and practical . I did find this book very detailed, thorough and extremely useful to me for personal growth. She covers both the characteristics of the nine types along with a lot of information on how the instinctual sub-types (self-preservation, social & sexual) specifically impact each type. This book is much more than an overview and digs deep into each type and sub-type. Packed full of of good, practical information/suggestions on growth paths specific to each type and sub-type. I feel this book is well worth the money and time. I've read and re-read the sections on my type several times.

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| Best Sellers Rank | #79,115 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #140 in Popular Psychology Personality Study #276 in Emotional Self Help #1,371 in Personal Transformation Self-Help |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,306 Reviews |

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ an interesting perspective on the enneagram
*by M***E on November 10, 2017*

This book provides some very helpful points of view on the enneagram. The discussion is well-organized around the nine basic types and the esoteric structure of the enneagram, itself. These types are considered as arising out of archetypal patterns of responses children might have to their environments, especially with respect to making adaptations for survival that are irreversible and carry into adult life. These adaptations have a shadow side of human characteristics that cannot be adequately incorporated in the survival strategies. Dr. Chestnut discusses all of this remarkably clearly. It is relatively complicated by the dynamics of the enneagram. She is very interested in discussing how we can grow as human beings, given our natural, often adaptive, survival strategies. Each enneagram type has three subtypes (hence a total of 27 subtypes) based on whether our mode of adaptation focuses on a more solitary orientation to life, a more social orientation, or an intimate intersubjective orientation. All of this is discussed in a way that clearly shows how the 27 subtypes can help us to understand human behavior. The book represents a considerable achievement, and is especially to be recommended if you have some knowledge, already, of the enneagram. I would have liked to have seen a fuller treatment, especially of the wings, but the author has done an excellent job with what she does consider. There is an even more complex side to the enneagram, and this relates to comparing the types in pairs, such as comparing type 5 and type 6. The author gives a presentation of these 36 comparisons in an appendix. This is extremely helpful for roughly identifying your type, if you do not already know it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent & Thorough Book - Highly Recommended
*by R***D on December 20, 2019*

I am not a novice with Enneagram and far from advanced. My interest is purely personal and practical . I did find this book very detailed, thorough and extremely useful to me for personal growth. She covers both the characteristics of the nine types along with a lot of information on how the instinctual sub-types (self-preservation, social & sexual) specifically impact each type. This book is much more than an overview and digs deep into each type and sub-type. Packed full of of good, practical information/suggestions on growth paths specific to each type and sub-type. I feel this book is well worth the money and time. I've read and re-read the sections on my type several times.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Enneagram is at home in the Western Wisdom Tradition
*by S***H on April 7, 2015*

Beatrice Chestnut writes in her book's introduction that in writing this book she hopes to present and "translate a profound wisdom tradition and higlight the timeless truth it reveals, while integrating the valuable information it has to offer with modern insights into what helps us grow and create positive change. (pages 12 & 13) As to how to actually go about improving our lives using this timeless truth, she writes on page 34: By first remembering to observe the things we do; then inquiring more deeply into why and how we do the things we do; and ... actively working against our old habits and toward our higher aspects, we initiate an ongoing learning process focused on knowing ourselves better to the point where we can make more conscious choices more regularly. Chestnut seems to be suggesting that authentic transformation consists of remembering, inquiring, working, learning, and choosing. And, these five suggestions can't help but be remind me of Bernard Lonergan's "trancendental precepts" which are "habits that give direction to the psyche," page 54 of Enneatypes, Method & Spirit, by Lonergan scholar Tad Dunne. (Lonergan was a Canadian philosopher and theologan who Wikipedia refers to as one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century.) It seems that Chestnut is very much writing in the Western Wisdom Tradition as is Aquinas scholar Bernard Lonergan's whose five suggestions for authentically living parallel Chestnut's suggestions regarding individual transformation which she indicates are approached by "dis-identifying from (one's) personality." (Chestnut, page 34) Tad Dunne, who sees great affinity in the writings of Bernard Lonergan and Claudio Naranjo, has a chapter written for teenagers in his book Enneatypes, Method & Spirit wherein he presents Lonergan's precepts with a brief suggestion as to what each precept is suggesting: 1. Be attentive--That is, pay attention to what people say. 2. Be intelligent--That is, ask yourself why and how. 3. Be reasonable--That is, don't settle for good stories or fanciful dreams. 4. Be resposible--That is, do what you believe is right. 5. Be in love--That is, stay connected to the people who love you and to the people whom you love. Taken together, Tad Dunne and Beatrice Chestnut (who cites Dante and Homer regarding each enneatype) have both written books that compliment one another. Both books clearly support the notion that the Enneagram grew out of what Gurdjieff scholar Cynthia Bourgeault writes of in her book entitled--The Wisdom Way of Knowing, Reclaiming an Ancient Tradition to Awaken the Heart.

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