Integrative Seminars on the Enneagram
Formative seminar series on the personality enneagram in partnership with Loyola Institute of Pastoral Studies
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The Institute of Pastoral Studies (IPS) at Loyola University educates adults for professional ministry, spiritual development, and faith-based leadership in diverse professions. Through their course of study, personal integration, and spiritual formation, students develop real-world knowledge and skills in theological reflection, ministerial practice, and ethical judgment.
For more than two decades, FAI organized and sponsored the annual Personality Enneagram seminar at Loyola University Chicago, convening many of the field’s early thought leaders and helping build broader acceptance of the Enneagram as a powerful tool for self-awareness. The Personality Enneagram represents nine distinct personality types arranged in a circle around three central points at 3, 6 and 9 - the “3, 6 & 9 Triune” triangle structure - key to understanding “Triune Consciousness.”
This sustained engagement inspired FAI’s research and educational efforts to focus on the underlying role of Triune Consciousness in the evolution of the Enneagram. As applications and uses of the Personality Enneagram became more broadly accepted and virtual conferencing expanded, in-person seminars were no longer essential, and FAI redirected its efforts to developing and sponsoring innovative educational programs exploring other evolutionary manifestations of Triune Consciousness.
Overview
FAI’s historical work sponsoring the formative seminar series on the personality enneagram
NOVEMBER 2014
The Enneagram: A Gateway to Psyche, Soma, and Soul
Speakers: Valerie Atkin, Debbie Burditt, Ruthie Landis, Clare Loughrige, Karen Radtke, Antoinette Saunders, Jerry Wagner
This mini-conference will feature speakers from the Midwest IEA Chapter Board addressing the various passages the Enneagram provides into a deeper understanding of ourselves and others.
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Identifying and working with our sweet spots, blind spots, and hot spots
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Building trust with the enneagram
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Discovering type
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The relational enneagram: Relationships leading us to our expanded self
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Motions of the Soul
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The enneagram: Gateways to psyche, soma and soul
MAY 2013
Intuition and the Interiors Landscape: History, Type and Spiritual Practice
Speakers: Helen Palmer and Virginia Wiltdr, Ph.D.
This workshop integrates the legacy of contemplative masters Evagrius of Pontus and John of the Cross with recent MRI research in neuroscience and psychology. Historical evidence reveals teachings from fourth-century Egyptian desert monasteries that resonate with current Enneagram theory, forming the foundation of contemplative practice. Centuries later, in the sixteenth century, references in the work of the Spanish Carmelite Saint John of the Cross similarly reflect Enneagram principles. Brain mapping now provides insights into the conditioned patterns of our inner landscape that hinder spiritual growth—patterns recognized by Evagrius and John as obstacles to prayer.
NOVEMBER 2012
Speaker: Beatrice Chestnut, Ph.D.
Based on seminal Enneagram author and teacher Claudio Naranjo’s latest description of the Enneagram’s instinct-based subtypes, this two-day course presents a thorough introduction to the 27 personality subtypes. Each of the subtype characters represents a distinct and recognizable personality that results from the dynamic and recognizable personality that results from the dynamic mixture of the passion of the type and one of three biological survival drives: self-preservation, social relationships, or one-to-one bonding. The seminar covered the defining characteristics of the 27 subtypes, how each subtype reflects a different expression of the passion of the type, the driving need and automatic habits expressed by each subtype, the three distinct versions of each of the nine types, and the unique growth tasks associated with each subtype.
MARCH-APRIL 2012
Nine Lenses on the World: Using Cognitive Therapy to Check our Enneagram Prescriptions
Speaker: Jerry Wagner, Ph.D.
Schemas are stable, enduring patterns of thinking that develop in childhood and continue to evolve throughout life. This workshop explored the adaptive and maladaptive schemas associated with each Enneagram style. It examined how schemas influence behavior and strive for survival through three processes: schema maintenance, schema avoidance, and schema compensation. Participants discovered how schemas maintain themselves by amplifying information that confirms them and minimizing data that contradicts them. The workshop also explored how individuals avoid triggering their maladaptive schemas to prevent the negative emotions they evoke, and how they compensate by acting contrary to the schemas to avoid the pain they cause. Techniques were introduced to help participants recognize and challenge their maladaptive schemas, ultimately replacing them with more adaptive ones.