![]() ![]() ![]() It has been my experience with vast numbers of individuals that almost everyone who learns the Enneagram easily identifies with one or both wings as a way to describe themselves accurately and to understand others better. Is it a true enough model or theory that describes some aspect of reality better than other models? When I spent 7 days with Claudio this past summer in Germany, he did mention wings on a few occasions, and the most interesting reference was this: Claudio said that while there are some Enneagram teachers (he mentioned no names) who believe that if you know a person’s wing, you can determine that individual’s subtype, he (Claudio) said he did not in any way believe this is true. Because Gurdjieff did not focus on the enneatypes as concrete numbers, it would follow that the wings – as we currently understand them – would not have originated with him. I think, but am not certain, that wing theory either originated with Oscar Ichazo or Claudio Naranjo. Who is the source is that source reliable? Some Enneagram teachers believe that a person has only one wing and very few teachers say there are no wings at all for anyone, but I am of the belief that people can have one wing, two wings, or no wings at all. Wings do not change your core motivational or character structure, but they do explain why two individuals of the same style behave slightly differently. Most teachers of the Enneagram agree that wings exist and that wings add potential characteristics to our core Enenagram style. You can see this pattern on the Enneagram symbol, and this is one of many ways in which the Enneagram symbol becomes a map of self-understanding and growth. The wings are the Enneagram style numbers of either side of our core Enneagram style in basic wing theory, 9 and 2 are wings for Ones 1 and 3 are wings for Twos 2 and 4 are wings for Threes 3 and 5 are wings for Fours 4 and 6 are wings for Fives 5 and 7 and wings for Sixes 6 and 8 are wings for Sevens 7 and 9 are wings for Eights and 8 and 1 are wings for Nines. ![]()
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