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Enneagram of Personality:

The Enneagram of Personality, shortened to Enneagram is a personality system with nine types. The origin of the ideas and theories are still being argued about. Many theories come from Oscar Ichazo, Claudio Naranjo, and George Gurdjieff. Oscar is a Bolivian psycho-spiritual teacher from the 1950's. Claudio is a Chilean psychiatrist from the 1970's. His ideas were influenced by George Gurdjieff and the Fourth Way tradition.

There have not been many peer-reviewed research articles on the Enneagram. It is sometimes considered pseudoscience.[1]

Type Characteristic role or name Ego fixation Holy idea Basic fear Basic desire Temptation Vice/Passion Virtue Stress/ Disintegration Security/ Integration
1 Reformer, Perfectionist Resentment Perfection Corruptness, imbalance, being bad Goodness, integrity, balance Hypocrisy, being too critical Anger Calmness 4 7
2 Helper, Giver Flattery (Ingratiation) Freedom, Will Being unloved To feel love Deny own needs, manipulation Pride Being humble 8 4
3 Achiever, Performer Vanity Hope, Law Worthlessness To feel valuable Pushing self to always be "the best" Deceit (lying) Truthfulness, Authenticity 9 6
4 Individualist, Romantic Melancholy (Fantasizing) Origin Having no identity or significance To be uniquely themselves To overuse imagination in search of self Envy Equanimity (Emotional Balance) 2 1
5 Investigator, Observer Stinginess (Retention) Omniscience, transparency Helplessness, incapability, incompetence Mastery, understanding Replacing direct experience with concepts Avarice (greed) Non-Attachment 7 8
6 Loyalist, Loyal Skeptic Cowardice (Worrying) Faith Being without support or guidance To have support and guidance Indecision, doubt, seeking reassurance Fear Courage 3 9
7 Enthusiast, Epicure Planning (Anticipation) Wisdom, Plan Being unfulfilled, trapped, deprived To be satisfied and content (happy) Thinking fulfillment is somewhere else Gluttony (taking too many things) Not taking too many things 1 5
8 Challenger, Protector Vengeance (Objectification) Truth Being controlled, harmed, violated Self-protection Thinking they are completely self-sufficient Lust (Forcefulness) Innocence 5 2
9 Peacemaker, Mediator Indolence (Daydreaming) Love Loss, fragmentation, separation Wholeness, peace of mind Avoiding conflicts, avoiding self-assertion Sloth (Laziness) Action 6 3
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This is the symbol for the Enneagram.

References

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  1. Thyer, Bruce A.,. Science and pseudoscience in social work practice. Pignotti, Monica,. New York, NY. ISBN 978-0-8261-7769-8. OCLC 909028322.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)