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The Enneagram in Fairy Tales

4/11/2013

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Explaining the enneagram to children can be made easier when you realise that all fairy tales contain examples of the enneagram types. Here's a few to start you off.
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1. The princess from 'The Princess and the Pea'. She shows how a One's attention goes directly to even the smallest imperfection.
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2. 'Rumplestiltskin'. He seems so helpful and kind at first, but underneath it all he expected huge rewards.
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3. The queen in 'Snow White'. Obsessed with her own image and being the best, she is also a master of disguise when she transforms herself into an old crone.
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4. 'The Little Mermaid'. She fourishly develops an intense crush, then suffers heartbreak and ends up full of despair and melancholy.
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5. The witch from 'Hansel and Gretel'. Isolated from society, she is skilfully inventive and totally eccentric.
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6. The third of the 'Three Little Pigs'. Like a Six, he is hard-working and suspicious and builds a fortress against fears.
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7. Goldilocks from 'The Three Bears'. A adventurous, pleasure-seeking character who has to try everything.
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8. Jack in 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. He's fearless, strong and resourceful: it's not surprising he beats the giant.
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9. 'Sleeping Beauty'. She symbolises the Nine's habit of drifting away from wakefulness into a daze.
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The Enneagram Fixations in Art

2/8/2012

 
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1. American Gothic (Grant Wood). The perfect posture and the critical gaze are perfectly captured.
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2. Song of Angels (William Bouguereau). Caring, loving angels epitomise a Two's self-image.
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3. Masterpiece (Roy Liechtenstein). Insincerity and focusing on image and success are Three trademarks.
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4. The Broken Column (Frida Kahlo). A Four's obsession with suffering is evident here.
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5. The Thinker (Auguste Rodin). All the focus and attention is in the mind - as if thinking can solve everything.
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6. Barbara Kruger (Untitled [Questions]). Questioning authority is Sixish and the amount of questions reflects the anxious mind-chatter a Six experiences.
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7. Slides (Carsten Höller). Making art a fun, physical experience is typical of a Seven.
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8. The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (Damien Hirst). This is confrontational, dominating and no-nonsense, like the Eight fixation.
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9. Bassin Aux Nympheas (Claude Monet). The gentle tranquility of a human-free environment reminds me of how Nine's mentally detach themselves from conflict.

Pop(ular) Songs

5/23/2011

 
The enneagram in pop. The delivery, music and lyric of these tracks illustrate the fixations of the nine numbers:

1. If I Had A Rocket Launcher ( Bruce Cockburn) 
Using music for a moral purpose...
2. How Much is that Doggie in the Window? (Patti Page)
She's  thinking about someone else and how she can help them (and the dog).
3. Poker Face (Lady Gaga)
Three-ishly slick, successful pop. It is also about the difference between inner feelings and outer facade.
4. Wuthering Heights (Kate Bush)
A strange and unique song all about jealousy and death.
5. Frontier Psychiatrist (The Avalanches)
Totally eccentric and showing amazing expertise in the layering and mixing of sounds.
6. We are the World (various)
A team effort, reaching out to bring the world together.
7. Don't Stop Me Now (Queen)
Nobody's going to stop a Seven when they're in the mood for partying.
8. No Scrubs (TLC)
Direct, no-nonsense and totally in control.
9. Orinoco Flow (Enya)
Drifting away in Nine-ish fantasies.
Let me know in the Playground if you have better examples.

The Muppets, Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock

5/3/2011

 
Wonderful, colourful exaggerations of the enneagram numbers in puppet form, from the imagination of Jim Henson and his studio.
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1. Sam the Eagle. He needs to lighten up.
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2. Big Bird. He wants to be your friend.
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3. Guy Smiley. He turns on the charm for his audiences.
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4. Kermit. "It's not easy being green."
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5. Oscar the Grouch. Eccentric and hermit-like in his bin.
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6. Beaker. Aligns himself with his job and co-worker but always has that fear in his eyes!
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7. Miss Piggy. Viva la diva.
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8. Margery the trash heap, who dishes out the advice in an Eightish, no-nonsense way.
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9. Mr Snuffleupagus. Easy-going mammoth.

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