Enneagram Patterns & Poetics

Enneagram Patterns & Poetics is a weaving between the sacred and the pragmatic. The aim is not only to bring awareness to the particular patterns of the system, but also to hold a reverence for the personal and transpersonal nature of self-discovery. This book can serve as a complete Enneagram overview, as reference material or as part of a contemplative reading practice.More about the book• Delve into the fundamental concepts that comprise the Enneagram System of Personality.• Gain an intuitive and experiential understanding of the nine personality archetypes.• Learn how the different aspects of personality work together and in service of the whole.• Explore how personality occurs amidst and alongside the various facets of life.• Attend to the transpersonal; contact the inner space that is beyond the personality.Key Enneagram Focuses• Instincts: the core patterns behind our most essential systems of survival.• Intelligences: the fundamental ways of processing and working with information.• The Nine Types: the personality strategies, including how they are all interconnected.• The Details: defining characteristics of the patterns and personality types.• Images included throughout, designed to illustrate the distinctive aspects of personality.About the AuthorElan BenAmi is a Licensed Professional Counselor with an MA in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology and a BA in Philosophy. Alongside his work as a therapist and educator, he is the Clinical Director of People House—a non-profit providing Affordable Counseling in Colorado. Enneagram Patterns & Poetics is Elan’s first published book. He is the creator of EnneaApp, a complete mobile Enneagram reference system. He lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife and beloved pets.