Enneagram system: Alternative Health Dictionary on Enneagram system

Enneagram system (Enneagram, Enneatype system): System of spiritual psychology based on an ancient Sufi typology of nine (ennea in Greek) personality types or primary roles:
(1)           the achiever (reformer) - orderly, rational, and self-righteous;
(2)           the helper - generous, manipulative, and possessive;
(3)           the succeeder (motivator, status-seeker) - ambitious, hostile, and pragmatic;
(4)           the individualist (artist) - intuitive, self-absorbed, and sensitive;
(5)           the observer (thinker) - analytic, original, and provocative;
(6)           the guardian (loyalist) - defensive, engaging, and responsible;
(7)           the dreamer (generalist) - accomplished and manic;
(8)           the confronter (leader) - combative, dominating, and self-confident; and
(9)           the preservationist (peacemaker) - easygoing and receptive.
 
Each type has a prime psychological addiction (fixation or blind spot), respectively: anger, pride, deceit, envy, greed, fear, gluttony, lust for life and power, and laziness. These addictions include Christianity's seven deadly sins.
 
(a)           Recognition of one's type is tantamount to spiritual awakening. in the process of neutralizing the prime addiction:
(b)          achievers become pathfinders,
(c)           helpers become partners, succeeders become motivators,
(d)           individualists become builders,
(e)           observers become explorers,
(f)             guardians become stabilizers,
(g)           dreamers become illuminators,
(h)           confronters become philanthropists, and
(i)             preservationists become universalists.

 
 

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The text has been edited with the main source being "The Expanded Dictionary of Metaphysical Healthcare, Alternative Medicine, Paranormal Healing, and Related Methods" by Jack Raso, M.S., R.D., Director of Publications for the American Council on Science and Health and editor-in-chief of its magazine, Priorities.