The Sacred Enneagram

See my review of his other book. Too much terminology, seemingly modified by him to sound fancier and be more confusing. Create some charts with spiritual sounding headings and personality traits underneath x12 and that's what this feels like. Didn't bother finishing and I regret buying this one.

Short Review: I am skeptical about the enneagram for reasons that I can't completely understand. I picked this up because it was on sale and as part of my exploration around spiritual direction. Spiritual directors tends to be fans of the enneagram as a system because it focuses on weaknesses and sin as well as strengths. And I can see how the system would be helpful in spiritual direction.

This was a good overview but I think it wasn't until the end where he connected the different types to how a person connects in prayer that it started to click for me. I am going to read another book on the enneagram before I really try to evaluate it as a system.

I listened to this on audiobook. The narrator was competent and clear. But his voice wasn't well matched to the material. He felt like he would have made a good narrator for a thriller. And the deep tones of his voice made it hard to hear in noisy environments like my car. This is content that probably also would be better read in print. But I wouldn't have gotten to it if it was just in print.

My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/sacred-enneagram/