- Paperback: 412 pages
- Publisher: Geranium Press (1 Aug 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0982479212
- ISBN-13: 978-0982479216
- Product Dimensions: 1.9 x 2.4 x 0.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 570,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"What is my path in life?" That’s something we all want to know. The enneagram can help us find the answer because it reveals the nine key sources of motivation that give rise to human behavior. While these nine patterns of motivation are usually equated with personality types (or even as ego types that hamper our spiritual evolution), Susan Rhodes sees them nine dynamic archetypes that help us fulfill our destiny, dharma, or calling in life. In her first book, "The Positive Enneagram," she describes the nine types from an affirmative and non-dualistic perspective. In "Archetypes of the Enneagram," she goes further, illuminating the fascinating world of the 27 enneagram subtypes, using examples from film, TV, and real life. But she also delves more deeply into the nature of the enneagram, the nine types, and the subtypes, providing a Jungian-based model for enneagram work--a model in which the 27 subtypes become 27 paths to individuation. Comprehensive, provocative, and original, "Archetypes of the Enneagram" is the kind of book that invites readers to embark on their own journey of self-discovery.
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Enneagram, Soul, and Popular Culture
26 Oct 2010
Format:Paperback
This book does a great job of making vivid the 27 subtypes of the Enneagram, primarily by giving examples of characters in film or television who represent those types. Enough plot and description is given that even a person unfamiliar with the film gets the picture.
This is a much larger and more developed book than Rhodes' earlier one, The Positive Enneagram: A New Approach to the Nine Personality Types. The book falls into three sections. In the first part, Rhodes rambles through a range of Jungian and Integral authors along with her own thoughts to present the concept of Soul as opposed to body or spirit. I found this surprisingly enjoyable, if not systematic (but then, she's a four!) The second section reprises some of the history of the Enneagram and of her positive take on personality covered in her earlier book, although in a more mature way. While Gurdjieff students will be put off by some of her comments (she doesn't seem to grasp the Law of Three), her comparison of the Process Enneagram (I suspect from the Systematics work of J. G. Bennett) to the personality Enneagram is original and insightful, and made the personality types make sense to me as opposed to simply being a random collection of personalities strewn on a funny-looking diagram.
The third part, and by far the largest, is the before-mentioned description of the nine types and twenty-seven subtypes. She also attempts to associate archetypes (in the Jungian sense) with these subtypes.
Anyone interested in Enneagram work will find this book invaluable. No other book I have encountered comes near to presenting such telling descriptions of the types, let alone subtypes. Strongly recommended.
This is a much larger and more developed book than Rhodes' earlier one, The Positive Enneagram: A New Approach to the Nine Personality Types. The book falls into three sections. In the first part, Rhodes rambles through a range of Jungian and Integral authors along with her own thoughts to present the concept of Soul as opposed to body or spirit. I found this surprisingly enjoyable, if not systematic (but then, she's a four!) The second section reprises some of the history of the Enneagram and of her positive take on personality covered in her earlier book, although in a more mature way. While Gurdjieff students will be put off by some of her comments (she doesn't seem to grasp the Law of Three), her comparison of the Process Enneagram (I suspect from the Systematics work of J. G. Bennett) to the personality Enneagram is original and insightful, and made the personality types make sense to me as opposed to simply being a random collection of personalities strewn on a funny-looking diagram.
The third part, and by far the largest, is the before-mentioned description of the nine types and twenty-seven subtypes. She also attempts to associate archetypes (in the Jungian sense) with these subtypes.
Anyone interested in Enneagram work will find this book invaluable. No other book I have encountered comes near to presenting such telling descriptions of the types, let alone subtypes. Strongly recommended.
3 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Not what I'd hoped . . .
16 May 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Boring, too many references to movies and TV shows . . . Not a lot of real, solid, enneagram info, though the ideas have potential. If you're really interested in the enneagram and subtypes, I would recommend getting a different book.
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