Mirror for the Soul: A Christian Guide to the Enneagram

by Alice Fryling

Overview

"Who in the world am I?" The Enneagram is like a mirror, reflecting dimensions of ourselves that are sometimes hard to see. In this helpful guide, spiritual director and Enneagram teacher Alice Fryling offers an introduction to each number of the Enneagram and the respective triads into which they're organized. More than just helping us discern our number, Fryling shows how knowing it can lead to transformation by revealing to us both our false and our true selves. She writes: "Knowledge of the Enneagram has led me to the grace of God. I discovered through the Enneagram that I am not just my gifts, I am not just my failures. . . . I am a person created by God, loved by God, and uniquely gifted to love others with God's merciful and gracious love. Through the Enneagram God has taught me that I am not exactly who I think I am. . . . The Enneagram itself does not make me a different person. But knowledge of the Enneagram does help me see who I truly am and offers me words to describe how I would like to be transformed by God's grace." With questions for reflection and personal meditations aimed at leading you into deeper self-awareness,

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780830890927
Publisher:	InterVarsity Press
Publication date:	08/07/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	180
Sales rank:	232,243
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Alice Frying is a spiritual director and the author of nine books, including Seeking God Together: An Introduction to Group Spiritual Direction. She has been giving Enneagram workshops for fifteen years, teaching participants how to use the Enneagram to know God and themselves more deeply. She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Puzzle of Ourselves
1. What Is the Enneagram, and Where Did It Come From?
2. The True Self and the False Self
3. The Triads of the Enneagram
4. The Heart Triad: 2, 3, 4
5. The Head Triad: 5, 6, 7
6. The Gut Triad: 8, 9, 1
7. Looking for Your Home Space
8. Understanding Wings and the Arrows
9. Biblical Truths Reflected in the Enneagram
10. Addicted to Ourselves
11. The Enneagram and Transformation
12. Continuing the Journey
Epilogue: Answering Alice
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: Using the Enneagram in Spiritual Direction
Appendix 2: Additional Resources
Notes

Editorial Reviews

"I've been waiting for this book! When I began studying the Enneagram ten years ago, Alice Fryling's insights set some key themes of my understanding of this enormously helpful tool in moving toward transformation to Christlikeness. Thank you!"

Jan Johnson