- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Lion Hudson plc (22 Aug 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 074595314X
- ISBN-13: 978-0745953144
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 243,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Personal endorsement from Simon Mayo, Radio 5
'A very wise man has written a very wise book. You'd be stupid to miss it. There is no better guide to this fascinating subject than Simon Parke.'
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The Enneagram is a time-honoured way of understanding personality types and human behaviour. It is both ancient and modern. Developed over 1500 years ago by both Sufi and Christian mystics, it was overhauled in the 20th century by the disciplines and insights of Western psychology. It identifies nine types of personality, nine different ways of being, and is widely used today as a perceptive guide to self-understanding. In this original and enticing book, 'Enneagram' comes to life, speaking directly to us, as he unveils his insights in the form of letters to and from enquirers. These finely-drawn portraits of the nine faces of humanity will not only draw you into deeper self-understanding, but also guide you through the complex inner world of others.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stuck in your already always?,
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This review is from: The Enneagram: A Private Session with the World's Greatest Psychologist (Paperback)
I was suprised by the negativity of some of these reviews. I am an Enneagram virgin so have nothing to compare but I liked this book and found it told me most of what I wanted to know. I then read Simon's follow up book 'The Beautiful Life' and then it all made sense. I found 'The Enneagram' to be keys to the toolbox and 'The Beautiful Life' to be the toolbox full of ways to help find what we're all looking for. I think it was John Lennon who said something like, 'Life is what happens to you while you are planning something else'. The same philosophy applies, Stop wasting time and wake up to the here and now. If you can better that, let me know.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Profoundly useful - a must read,
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This review is from: The Enneagram: A Private Session with the World's Greatest Psychologist (Paperback)
I must admit I had reservations about this book - particularly the personification of the Enneagram (the literary device of 'E' writing the book). Having studied the Enneagram for some time and used it successfully with clients (as a way of helping them to understand better who they are) I didn't really expect to learn all that much that was new. I was dead wrong.
Firstly, the book has caused me to question my existing self knowledge to the point that I have actually changed my diagnosis of my number. There isn't really a way of expressing succinctly how profoundly liberating this has been - it's as if a huge burden has been lifted from my shoulders and, as a result, many other things have fallen into place. One of the most useful features of the book is the author presenting the 'three centres' towards the beginning of the book - it was this that alerted me to my mis-diagnosis. If you know nothing about the Enneagram this is a good place to start - but peversely it is also a good place to reflect if you think (like me) that you know a little more (especially if, as in my case, you find yourself misguided!). It's certainly not a place to go if you simply want a quick 30 second diagnostic - this book is about a lifetime process and the author makes it clear that it is not always an easy journey. But it is a journey well worth making with rich rewards to the soul and Simon Parke's book is a wonderful place to start.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Where from here?,
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This review is from: The Enneagram: A Private Session with the World's Greatest Psychologist (Paperback)
Simon Parke writes a witty and amusing weekly column in the Mail on Saturday magazine about his experience working in a supermarket. Prior to that he was an Anglican priest for twenty years.
The Enneagram is a psychological and spiritual quest to find your identity in one of nine basic character types. Simon Parke, writing as if the Enneagram symbol itself is speaking, explains how the concept developed over the ages, apparently the 9 pointed symbol itself can be traced back to Pythagoras; and the ideas relate to teachings of Buddha, Socrates, and Plato, as well as Christianity - which he does not perceive as a conflict. After identifying which of the nine types you believe you are, each of these is then entered into in greater depth. Unfortunately like many other self-help psychological books this is bigger on dissecting than putting together again, and the resulting advice can best be summed up by a return to Buddha: "the primary cause of our suffering is not our experience, but our response to it." We are advised to "respond, not react;" and "promote the pause." This was an interesting book; with some briefly touched-on insights such as Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of human need - yet I feel it ended just where it should have begun. Almost the last words are "you have everything you need to proceed" - but I did not feel this to be the case.
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