SUBTYPES result from the interaction of the Vice or Passion of each type with the natural expression of the Instincts: self-preservation (SP), social (SO) and sexual or one-on-one (SX). The summary descriptions of these interactions are from Bea Chestnut’s and Ginger Lapid-Bogda’s transmission of Claudio Naranjo’s latest thoughts and workshops about subtypes.
The nine vices that fuel and distort each Enneagram type attempt to serve the three instincts found in each Enneatype but ironically end up corrupting and misdirecting those instincts. Certain words or phrases arise to describe this contaminating combination of vice + instinct for each Enneagram type.
There are many facets to peace. Each Enneagram style has its particular perception of peace and reminds us of the various aspects of peace. These insights come from essence and turn outward. “What’s in it for everyone?”
Each Enneatype also has a skewed sense of peace. This is an egoic perspective which turns inward. “What’s in it for me?”
Unfortunately, when we get what we mistakenly want, we also frustrate what we really want.
