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The Origins of the Enneagram

The Enneagram is a personality framework of nine fundamental personality archetypes and their interrelationships.

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  1. Counselling and Spirituality, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Christopher Kam

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  1. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

    David A. Leeming

  2. Blanton-Peale Institute, New York, NY, USA

    David A. Leeming

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Kam, C. (2020). Enneagram. In: Leeming, D.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24348-7_200235

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