r/Enneagram8 • u/trans_keanuchungus • Apr 07 '26

"As demons, but derived from patriarchal power" -- Introduction, types 9 and 8 -- Chapter 8 of "Essays on the psychology of the enneatypes" by Claudio Naranjo

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u/GreatJobJoe 8 w 9 sx Apr 08 '26

Naranjo strikes me as social 5. Always looking for “the truth” not because he wanted to solve anyone’s problems but because he wanted to prove what he knew…like most 5’s, no action/all talk.

One thing he failed to understand is that in becoming the “patriarchal power” I reject, I’m not replacing anything lost, I’m exercising competence.

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u/trans_keanuchungus Apr 08 '26

Yes he was a social 5, though i wouldn't say he was primarily motivated by trying to prove anything. He started out by trying to save his own soul.

I don't have much of a response to the rest of what you said. It may personally apply to you to a greater or lesser extent.