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Kathleen V. Hurley (Author)
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May 14, 1993

The authors of the popular What's My Type? break through to a dramatic new level of Enneagram work by exploring the Original -- or Hidden -- Wound and outlining the recovery of our Repressed Center -- the key to releasing our power to love ourselves, love others, and put our unique talents to work in the world. Reclaiming the Hidden Self or Repressed Center completes, heals, and integrates our personality. Through real-life examples and questions for personal or group use, the authors detail this soul-making process by which we become rounded, capable of love, and empowered to create and contribute.

Hurley and Dobson explor the three centers of human intelligence -- the Intellectual, the Relational, and the Creative -- and how they operate in our lives. Each of the nine personality types prefers one center, relies on another for backup support, and represses one center altogether. The Enneagram challenge is to recover the lost resources of our personality's repressed center. Freed to be fully intellectual, creative, and relational in our living, we become able to achieve harmony, joy, love, and creativity.


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The authors, psychologists and Enneagram workshop leaders, present basic Enneagram background quickly and then go on to focus on new material: the idea that each Enneagram type has a "repressed center" caused by an "original wound" and that types three, six, and nine have two subtypes with different repressed centers. Hurley and Dobson believe that soul-making has been neglected; hence, exercises, for group or individual use, are included to foster the soul-making process and help individuals become loving and creative persons. Recommended for libraries with any Enneagram materials.
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About the Author

Kathleen V. Hurley and Theodore E. Dobson, the authors of What's My Type?, are counselors and Enneagram workshop leaders. They live in Lakewood, Colorado.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: HarperOne; 1st edition (May 14, 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0062503324
  • ISBN-13: 978-0062503329
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #273,649 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good for more advanced work. but a little "out there", July 30, 2001
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This book was excellent when one wants to do further study beyond the basic numbers and wings. I had a few breakthroughs while reading it. Toward the end it smacks a bit of "new-age" which will probably not bother some, but, upset my own "Christian sensibilities" a bit. However, I (and other people that I know and study the enneagram with) have found it very helpful in furthuring our understanding of the enneagram. This is not a book for beginners. Riso's Personality Types is much better for that. But if one wants to delve more into the heart/head/gut centers this could be the book for you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars For more advanced enneagram learners, December 28, 1998
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This is definately the best enneagram book I've ever read! I wouldn't recommend it as your first enneagram book but for anyone who already knows the basic things about the different types. The book really has a great, new kind of view into the enneagram. It does not just try to describe the different types but goes much deeper; it tells you what to do to find the little child inside yourself. And, what I especially liked was the way the authors emphasized the influence of your Center - be it emotional, creative or intellectual - in your life and in your type. This book really is worth reading!
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best advanced book on the enneagram., July 20, 1999
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This book is best read after you read a basic enneagram book first, when you feel comfortable with the different numbers and meanings. It is excellent for taking you to the next step, how to see yourself and others on a more spiritual level, and how to heal yourself. An excellent read!
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new masculine consciousness, world soul making, real beautiful self, driving force behind this approach, withdrawing stance, soul makers, receptive home, dominates possess, dependent stance, sacred questions, feeling unlovable, fourth center, feeling incapable, shadow home, early life history, internal accounts
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