Part III | Myth 8
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Key words Enneagram, Gurdjieff, New Age, Sufi, esoteric, ancient ‘knowledge,’ three-brained humans, moon. What is the enneagram? The enneagram is a form of type thinking that categorizes people into nine more or less distinct categories or personality types. It is claimed that each human being on earth has one, and only one, of the nine Enneagram numbers..93 Some people have adapted the enneagram, using terms such as ‘wings’ and ‘triads’ which I will deal with later. The Enneagram categorizes people into nine types:94 1. Reformer or Perfectionist 2. Helper or Altruist 3. Achiever or Motivator 4. Romantic or Sensitive person 5. Thinker or Wise person 6. Skeptic or Loyalist 7. Enthusiast or Happy person 8. Challenger or Powerful person 9. Peacemaker or Peaceful person This is how most enneagram theories define the enneagram types: 1. The Reformer: rational, orderly, idealistic, perfectionist, prejudiced 2. The Helper: caring and possessive 3. Seller or Motivator: ambitious, image conscious, efficient, self-confident 4. The artist or Individualist: sensitive, creative, capricious, self-centered, self-absorbed 93
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Hurley, Kathleen V., & Dobson, Theodore E. (1991) What’s My Type: Use the Enneagram System of 9 Personality Types. Harper San Francisco: p. 15: "It is important to remember that each person has one, and only one, Enneagram number." Source: first titles translated from Luc Sala, second titles by Don Richard Riso & Russ Hudson. A skeptic’s HR Dictionary
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