The Enneagram of Passions and Virtues: Finding the Way Home

by Sandra Maitri

Overview

The popular author of The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram elucidates the most intractable pitfalls of our psyches and shows how our understanding of them can lead us to our highest virtues.

The Enneagram of Passions and Virtues illuminates human experience beyond the functions of personality. Using the spiritual psychology of the enneagram, Sandra Maitri highlights two core aspects of human consciousness: the passions and the virtues. The passions are the ego-driven emotional states that come to dominate our lives, such as anger, pride, and fear. Discovering and understanding the passions in an experiential way can lead us to what lies beyond the personality itself. As we do, the virtues-which include serenity, humility, and courage-naturally arise to support our unfoldment. This giving way from the passions to the virtues is one of the hallmarks of inner development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585427239
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/09/2009
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Sandra Maitri was a member of the first group of students to whom the Chilean psychiatrist Claudio Naranjo presented the enneagram system in the U.S. almost three decades ago. Throughout her many years of studying and teaching it, Maitri has preserved the legacy of this original transmission. In addition to her work with Naranjo, she has studied with various Eastern and Western spiritual and psychological teachers, including A.H. Almaas, founder of the contemporary spiritual path, the Diamond Approach. As one of the principal and supervising teachers of the Diamond Approach, she teaches the enneagram as part of the larger work of personal transformation, working with hundreds of students each year in the U.S. and Europe. She lives in Marin County, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

List of Diagrams xiii

Foreword A. H. Almaas xv

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 The Enneagram, The Soul, The Passions and The Virtues 11

Section 1 The Outer-Directed Corner

Chapter 2 Point Nine-Laziness and Action 33

Chapter 3 Point Eight-Lust and Innocence 52

Chapter 4 Point One-Anger and Serenity 72

Section 2 The Image Corner

Chapter 5 Point Three-Deceit and Veracity 95

Chapter 6 Point Two-Pride and Humility 112

Chapter 7 Point Four-Envy and Equanimity 131

Section 3 The Fear Corner

Chapter 8 Point Six-Fear and Courage 153

Chapter 9 Point Seven-Gluttony and Sobriety 172

Chapter 10 Point Five-Avarice and Nonattachment 189

Afterword 207

Notes 211

Bibliography 217

Index 221

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"In this second book on the enneagram by Sandra Maitri, she succeeds again, and in a more effective way, in showing how the enneagram is-more than anything else-a tool for inner transformation. She achieves this in a new way, one that illuminates the basic and subtle aspects on the path of transformation."
-A. H. Almaas

Editorial Reviews

"In this second book on the enneagram by Sandra Maitri, she succeeds again, and in a more effective way, in showing how the enneagram is-more than anything else-a tool for inner transformation. She achieves this in a new way, one that illuminates the basic and subtle aspects on the path of transformation."
-A. H. Almaas

From the Publisher

Maitri, so the publisher's notes tell us, belonged to the first group of disciples of Chilean psychiatrist Claudio Naranjo, who applied the neo-Platonic spiritual cosmologies of Plotinus (the Ennead) to the human personality. At its Plotinean level, Enneadic spirituality is highly esoteric. Maitri's application of her teacher's principles endeavors to make this complex system accessible to a wider audience. Even so, she concedes, "this is not a journey for everyone"; yet, for those interested in a new spiritual practice with roots deep in the ancient past, this is a worthy introduction. For most collections. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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