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The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge by [Beatrice Chestnut]

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The Enneagram—a universal symbol of human purpose and possibility—is an excellent tool for doing the hardest part of consciousness work: realizing, owning, and accepting your strengths and weaknesses. In this comprehensive handbook, Beatrice Chestnut, PhD, traces the development of the personality as it relates to the nine types of the Enneagram, the three different subtype forms each type can take, and the path each of us can take toward liberation. With her guidance, readers will learn to observe themselves, face their fears and disowned Shadow aspects, and work to manifest their highest potential.

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“I am especially pleased to see Chestnut’s credible research support for the renewal of this historic system in a postmodern setting. Work of this caliber invigorates the dialogue between science, mysticism, and psychology, streams of thought that have become estranged.”
—Helen Palmer, author of The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life and The Enneagram in Love and Work

“The Complete Enneagram title befits this work beautifully. This work is clear, thoughtful, comprehensive, and compelling. Examples of the types speaking for themselves, along with the historical roots of the Enneagram, further enrich Chestnut’s work. She artfully interweaves theoretical and practical information and enhances this work with her insightful psychology background. This book is a must-read.”
—David Daniels, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University, and Enneagram pioneer in the Narrative Tradition

“With the best subtype information currently available in print and an exquisite intermixing of the psychological, spiritual, and developmental, The Complete Enneagram more than deserves its title. Pleasurable to read and with abundant theory and practice for both the personal and professional arenas, I will encourage all of my clients to read it, even those who are already Enneagram-savvy. It is solid, classic, bold, even-handed, and original!”
—Ginger Lapid-Bogda, PhD, Founder, The Enneagram in Business Network, and author of Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work

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Beatrice Chestnut is a practicing psychotherapist, coach, and business consultant based in San Francisco. She holds graduate degrees in communication studies and psychology and has been working with the Enneagam for over twenty-three years. An experienced teacher and group facilitator, she has taught at Northwestern University and trained students in interpersonal learning groups at Stanford University and the University of San Francisco's Law School. She was the president of the International Enneagram Association (2006–2007) and founding co-editor of the IEA's Enneagram Journal (2008–2009).
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Beatrice Chestnut grew up in Palo Alto, California, went to college in Los Angeles, and attended graduate school in Chicago and San Francisco. A licensed psychotherapist, coach, and business consultant based in San Francisco, she has graduate degrees in communication and clinical psychology. Her PhD dissertation describes how Reagan and Bush got away with their Iran-Contra crimes in the 1980s by managing public opinion (and Congress) through the story they created for a lazy press corps. She has taught at Northwestern University and facilitated interpersonal learning groups at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and University of San Francisco’s School of Law. She has been studying and working with the Enneagam for 23 years. She was certified to teach the Enneagram in 1997 through the Helen Palmer/David Daniels Enneagram Professional Training Program. She served as president of the International Enneagram Association in 2006 and 2007 and was founding co-editor of the IEA’s Enneagram Journal in 2008.

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LMS

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 2, 2022

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So my Enneagram journey has had a lot of twists and turns. I first learned about the Enneagram in February 2020. The first book I read was The Road Back to You. I was convinced that I was a 5w5. But then about a month ago, I posted in an Enneagram Facebook Group and someone said they thought I was actually a Type 6. That seemed to resonate with me too. So then I didn’t know if I was 5w6 or a 6w5. I decided that I was a 6 with a super strong 5 wing. But there was a lot about 6 that just didn’t resonate with me. To confuse things even more, I have been diagnosed with OCD. Most of my compulsions worst case scenario, what ifs, second guessing yourself, rumination, researching, are also 6 traits. I didn’t know if I had OCD because I was a 6 or if I was exhibiting 6 traits because I have OCD. Then a couple days ago, I had a thought. You need to look more into type 4. I was still struggling to determine if I was a 4 or a 6. As I dug more into Type 4, I realized that I was most likely exhibiting 6 traits because I have OCD not the other way around. I actually purchased this book in July 2021, but had never read it. In fact, I had forgotten all about it. I decided to focus on the three numbers that I most resonated with 5 and 6 which are both in the head triad and 4 which is in the heart triad. I was able to eliminate 5 as my core type pretty quickly. I didn’t resonate with any of the 5 subtypes or profiles. I do have some 5 traits, but I knew it wasn’t my core type. 6 was a bit more tricky. While I did resonate with some of the 6 traits, the core fears and motivations didn’t really resonate with me. Again. I could eliminate it as my core type. I recently listened to a podcast with tips on how to find your type. There was one tip that really stuck out “Finding your type isn’t going to be all sunshine and rainbows. It’s going to make you squirm. If it doesn’t make you very uncomfortable, it’s not your type” As soon as I started reading about Type 4, it resonated with me far beyond what 5 or 6 ever did. The more I read, the more uncomfortable I got. So much so, that I wanted to quit reading. This book goes DEEP into each type. As soon as I read the description of the Social 4, I knew that was me. One of the reasons I thought I was a 5 is because I felt very disconnected from my emotions. I realized that the reason why I felt so disconnected from my emotions is because I was actively suppressing them. I am also an HSP. After reading through the chapter on 4, I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that was my type. The odd thing is that Ennegram tests always came up as either Type 5 or Type 6.

The only critique I have about this book is that the author doesn’t discuss wings at all.

But if you want to confirm your type or if you are having difficulty figuring out your Enneagram type, get this book. It is by far the best book on the Enneagram. Highly recommend for both beginners and people who are more advanced.

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Christine Carlson

Excellent

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 14, 2023

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I’ve read a number of books on the Enneagram and this is by far superior - even to the Wisdom of the enneagram - which is a classic.
This is full of real insight but also actionable growth recommendations. Truly informative and useful.

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Steve Walsh

The Enneagram is at home in the Western Wisdom Tradition

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 7, 2015

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Beatrice Chestnut writes in her book's introduction that in writing this book she hopes to present and "translate a profound wisdom tradition and higlight the timeless truth it reveals, while integrating the valuable information it has to offer with modern insights into what helps us grow and create positive change. (pages 12 & 13)

As to how to actually go about improving our lives using this timeless truth, she writes on page 34:

By first remembering to observe the things we do;
then inquiring more deeply into why and how we do the things we do;
and ... actively working against our old habits and toward our higher aspects,
we initiate an ongoing learning process focused on knowing ourselves better
to the point where we can make more conscious choices more regularly.

Chestnut seems to be suggesting that authentic transformation consists of remembering, inquiring, working, learning, and choosing.

And, these five suggestions can't help but be remind me of Bernard Lonergan's "trancendental precepts" which are "habits that give direction to the psyche," page 54 of Enneatypes, Method & Spirit, by Lonergan scholar Tad Dunne. (Lonergan was a Canadian philosopher and theologan who Wikipedia refers to as one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century.)

It seems that Chestnut is very much writing in the Western Wisdom Tradition as is Aquinas scholar Bernard Lonergan's whose five suggestions for authentically living parallel Chestnut's suggestions regarding individual transformation which she indicates are approached by "dis-identifying from (one's) personality." (Chestnut, page 34)

Tad Dunne, who sees great affinity in the writings of Bernard Lonergan and Claudio Naranjo, has a chapter written for teenagers in his book Enneatypes, Method & Spirit wherein he presents Lonergan's precepts with a brief suggestion as to what each precept is suggesting:

1. Be attentive--That is, pay attention to what people say.
2. Be intelligent--That is, ask yourself why and how.
3. Be reasonable--That is, don't settle for good stories or fanciful dreams.
4. Be resposible--That is, do what you believe is right.
5. Be in love--That is, stay connected to the people who love you and to the people whom you love.

Taken together, Tad Dunne and Beatrice Chestnut (who cites Dante and Homer regarding each enneatype) have both written books that compliment one another. Both books clearly support the notion that the Enneagram grew out of what Gurdjieff scholar Cynthia Bourgeault writes of in her book entitled--The Wisdom Way of Knowing, Reclaiming an Ancient Tradition to Awaken the Heart.

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Ytrebyen

WARNING. BACK OFF!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 9, 2018

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The whole Enneagram phenomenology is truly interesting, and there are some top books on the market about it, including the works of Don Richard Ruso and his pals.

If you've never heard of the Enneagram before, and want an understandable introduction, stay well clear of this book. The author has taken the writing of the mystic Navarro and tried to make sense of them, and after struggling through the entire book, I doubt whether she understands much of what she herself is writing. The nine different Enneagram types can be hard work in themselves, and it takes a while for a novice to grasp the concept and take it all in. Here she adds three subtypes to each types, in which at least one of them will go against its mother type, and if you lost me there, you'll definitely throw this book out the window before you're halfway through.

27 types is simply too much. I'm sure old Navarro had the best of intentions, but no sane human being can tell this mishmash of personalities apart, and it doesn't get better when she peppers her narrative with expressions such as "your child heart arrow" and "be an oak tree instead of an acorn".

Read Riso and Hudson. Those are the only books you'll ever need on this topic. And do read them. It's fascinating stuff.

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justApainter

A must have book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 5, 2019

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This book is extremely useful for those who would like to dig deeper into their personality. It focuses only the negative part, so don’t expect to hear how nice you are. It helps to overcome very deep issues. It helped me a lot, and I cannot thank it enough to the author. Thank you.

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Jaspreet Dhuria

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 1, 2017

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Perfect condition. Looking forward to reading it.

Mrs. Helen Thomas

An important book for the Enneagram student & teacher!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 5, 2014

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I have learned so much from this book, even though I have studied the Enneagram for six years, with a good selection of books and having attended various workshops. What is currently missing in the Enneagram community is a thorough understanding of the subtypes. The author has studied Narranjo's teaching of the subtypes, which he updated and expanded upon in recent years. Even the most renowned Enneagram Teachers are still teaching Narranjo's sketchy initial descriptions and so most students are missing out on this rich area of self knowledge. The dominant instinct a person has (self preservation, social or sexual/one to one) interacts with the persons core Type's passion (envy, greed, sloth and so on) and so 3 distinct energies of each type arise.

Beatrice Chestnut's descriptions of the 27 subtypes are thorough and can benefit the reader in several ways.

Firstly, if a student is unsure of their type but has narrowed down to their top two or three, reading the subtypes descriptions gives a much higher probability in correctly determining type.

Secondly, each type has a countertype that 'goes against' the passion. The countertypes look and feel quite different to the way the type is usually expressed. Again this is really important for typing. I am a countertype. After 6 years I finally discovered my true type (having mistyped several times before). I learned an awful lot about my defensive patterns along the way but it has been in seeing my core type that I have been able to complete the picture. Without this book I would very unlikely have ever recognised my true type because it is a counterrtype.

Some say knowing your type isn't that important and I feel in part that's true because it's the inner work that is key. However, in my experience knowing my true type has taken me to the deepest level of self understanding and helped me see what childhood experiences shaped my personality. There was a key aspect of my true type that I needed to let go of to find peace and fulfillment but until I saw it I had no chance to that.

Lastly, as well as giving information for each type for growth work, the author includes work specific to subtype.

I can't recommend this book highly enough.

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Andrew

which is great, but is also starting to show it's age

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 3, 2017

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We use the Enneagram in our coaching methodology. The standard text for years has been Riso & Hudson's "Wisdom of the Enneagram", which is great, but is also starting to show it's age.

Chestnut's work is more recent, and I can feel the threads of it's various threads and strengths of the sources she draws upon. When learning about my type, I found it incredibly accurate and was in tears of realization at various points.

I also find that Chestnut's work here tends to pathologize the Enneagram less than other writers, as there's a feeling of a more positive psychology running through her words. The tendency in some circles can be the notion of relaxing the type pattern as a means to return to "essence" or
"source", which starts to run dangerously close to committing the pre/trans fallacy of conflating pre-rational states with trans-rational states.

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