The Enneagram as Myth Michael Goldberg & Kathryn Grant

 
Each of the Enneagram styles is a story that we tell ourselves and others. More than a simple list of personality characteristics, these stories (Gr. mythos) illuminate the core questions with which each type must wrestle. They take us to a more profound, eloquent, intuitive knowledge of and feel for each type. The stories, by their nature, focus on the dynamic qualities of the types. They clarify the underlying polarities which create and sustain the fixation, and they describe the potential paths of development for each. We will tell, engage and apply the myths of each type from a variety of cultures. Principal among these is the astonishing