Enneagram Resources

Books, of course, are the best and most in-depth resources for Enneagram information. You won't find anything better online. And if you're poor, just go to Books-A-Million and read for awhile! ^_^ There are also, of course, online sources where information of secondary quality can be found.

The following lists the books and sites of modern Enneagram authorities, the most established of which are personality psychologists Don Riso and Russ Hudson.

Don Riso & Russ Hudson - Helen Palmer - Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele - Thomas Condon - Non-Professional

Don Riso & Russ Hudson

Don Richard Riso, M. A. and Russ Hudson, two of the leading teachers and developers of the Enneagram system in the world today, founders of the Enneagram Institute.

Recommended Books:

Discovering Your Personality Type: The Essential Introduction to the Enneagram, Revised and Expanded by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson (Paperback - May 20, 2003)

The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson (Paperback - Jun 15, 1999)

Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson (Paperback - Oct 29, 1996)

Recommended Sites:

The Enneagram Institute. The official website. Based on Riso & Hudson.

Site Guide:

Type Descriptions Resources
• Type Descriptions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
• Extended Type Description: 8
• Overview: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
• Four-Word Sets of Traits (by Type)
• The Triads
  
• Type Misidentifications
  
• Relationships and Type Compatibility
• Levels of Development Chart
  
• Personal Growth Recommendations: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
• Eating Disorders & Addictions of the Types
  
  How the Enneagram System Works
  
• Four-Word Sets of Traits (by Type)
• The Triads
• The Three Instincts (Variants)
  
  The Traditional Enneagram
  
• The Virtues, Passions, Holy Ideas, and Fixations
• Type Descriptions
  
  Practical Applications
  
• The Nine Types in Business
• What Each Type Looks for in a Relationship--And what Interferes
• What Parents (by Type) Expect from Their Children
• The Personality Types (Styles) of Contemporary Countries
  
• Each Type's "Wake Up Call" and Movement Towards Liberation
  
  The Enneagram in Business
• An Overview of the Nine Personality Types
• The Interpersonal Roles Personality Grid
• The Disruptive Roles Personality Grid
• Enneagram with Types, Dysfunctional Workplace, Levels
  
  The Enneagram & Spirituality
  
• The Enneagram of Healthy Personality
• The Paths of Transformation
• The Triads and the Path of Transformation
  
• The Nine Types & Their Essential Qualities
• The Enneagram of Essential Qualities
  
  Discussion Board
• All about 4s--Lots of info on 4 subtypes (and variant stackings for any type)

Udit Patel's Page. Eight in-depth type descriptions taken almost straight from the original Riso-Hudson book. A piece of the book online!

• Type Descriptions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
• More like the Riso-Hudson book than anything on enneagraminstitute.com!
• Indepth descriptions of Direction of Disintegration (Stress) and Direction of Integration (Growth).

Helen Palmer

Helen Palmer is a teacher of psychology and intuition for 30 years. She is the co-founder and co-director of Enneagram Studies in the Narrative Tradition along with David Daniels, M.D., found at Enneagram Worldwide.

Recommended Books:

The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and the Others In Your Life by Helen Palmer (Paperback - April 12, 1991)

The Enneagram in Love and Work: Understanding Your Intimate and Business Relationships by Helen Palmer (Paperback - Jan 19, 1996)

Recommended Sites:

Enneagram-Spirituality.com. Very well-written, down-to-earth descriptions. Based on Palmer.

• Caricatures!
• Spiritual exercises for each type for health.
• Lots on spirituality.
• Lots on Jungian Types too.

Enneagram.com. Short, concise descriptions of the Enneagram. Based on Palmer.

• Basic Proposition (Worldview)
• Short, concise descriptions.

9 types.com. For each type a causual loop and a description is explored. Based on Palmer.

• World View
  
• Introduction to "Causual Loops" (Type 1:)
  
• How to break the loop
• Lots more!

Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele are co-authors of several Enneagram books. Renee Baron is a writer and therapist who uses the Enneagram in her counseling practice. Elizabeth Wagele is a writer and professional cartoonist.

Recommended Books:

The Enneagram Made Easy: Discover the 9 Types of People by Renee Baron and Elizabeth Wagele (Paperback - Mar 11, 1994)

Recommended Sites:

Type Correlations on LifeExplore. The table at the bottom is a correlation of Myers-Briggs to Enneagram types, based on "most common" to "least common" correlations.

Thomas Condon

Thomas Condon, founder of The Changeworks.

Recommended Books:

Enneagram Movie and Video Guide : How To See Personality Types In The Movies, 2nd Edition by Thomas Condon (Paperback - Mar 1999)

Recommended Sites:

LifeExplore. Enneagram and Myers-Briggs types. More added info on each type's instinctual variants. Some info by Thomas Condon.

• Type Descriptions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
• Instinctual variant descriptions personalized for each type.

Videos. Tom Condon working with different Enneagram personality types gives you a feel of what each type is like.

Non-Professional

Recommended Sites:

Ocean-Moonshine.net. Very indepth discussions of each type, misidentifications, and so on.