Thank you for your interest in contributing to the Practical Enneagram journal.
Please note that because of the need to offer readers value for money, only original (i.e. unique to the journal) content will be considered. It is okay if the article includes small amounts of content that have already been made available elsewhere, but the article itself should be original.
Good topics
In this journal’s view, there are several types of article or interview that support a practical application of the Enneagram.
Perspectives that support students in recognising where they are on the Enneagram map, for example, “Common Themes in the Childhoods of Self-Preservation Types”, or see Mario’s article in the first edition.
Perspectives that support understandings of the various terms we find in the Enneagram, for example, “What the Passions really are and how to work with them.”
Perspectives that help students to explore and discover their relationship with universal aspects of human egoic/psychological experience through the lens of the Enneagram, for example “How to Recognise your Superego, with help from the Enneagram.”
Perspectives that inspire the movement to practice, for example, personal accounts of Inner Work.
Perspectives that help the student to orient to the Enneagram, for example, “How to Integrate the Enneagram with your primary Spiritual practice”, or see Ginger’s article in the first edition.
Perspectives that support practitioners who support others with the Enneagram, for example, “Therapeutic Metaphor and the Enneagram” (Tom’s article in the first edition).
Perspectives that are aware of (1) the spiritual and psychological components of developmental work, and (2) the vertical dimension to type, are warmly welcomed.
I am looking for deep dives. Lets take the article about the Passions. Such an article might answer the following questions: when would it be relevant to notice the Passion? How would we recognize it? When we do recognize it, what do we do about it? And what outcome does that have?
Not so good topics
Topics that I am looking to avoid are:
Inventive theories that don’t throw light on anything in a meaningful way. When it comes to your personal theories, I am happy to consider publishing them, but you need to explain the theory’s utility to the audience in a way that means that they don’t have to go elsewhere – i.e. to your courses – in order to immediately use the insights. The value needs to be right there in the pages.
Rants about the Enneagram’s misuse.
Articles that are purely about advertising your service. I am okay with advertising your work – each article should do that – but again, each article should leave the student with a way to put something into effect immediately.
Articles that are overly basic or simplistic. Please assume a level of sophistication of the reader, who may be a beginner to the Enneagram, but are not a beginner to personal development.
Currently seeking
Just a few topics that I am particularly interested in hearing from people on currently:
- The experience in the early nurture environment of each of the instinct types – common themes.
- Essence and the Enneagram. Discussions of the Essential Qualities, Virtues, and Holy Ideas, as well as the developed Instincts.
- Theories on the Passions and the Connected Points.
- Wings.
- The phenomena of mistyping, earlier and later on the journey.
If you would like to offer a written interview or article that meets the above criteria, I would love to hear from you. Please send me an email: rezhusey@hotmail.com