Exploring The 9 Points of View
in Literature, Film & Community
We Are Nine Online
Discover universal themes accessible and applicable to us all on the human journey.
Get deeper understanding of the types and how you relate to their ways.
Expand your community of friends who talk type, character development, arts and literature.
The Enneagram is a map to universal inner and outer territories. While we often gravitate to certain regions, we visit them all daily throughout our lives. Join this program to find and experience where the map is leading you; all through an exploration of amazing characters and meaningful themes in great film and literature.
Now in its seventh year, this program explores the themes described in the Nine Points of View, along with a novel or film each month. Along with one evening teaching session, these are small group explorations on the Nine Types in depth, using specific literature and film to enhance our understanding of ourselves and others. The book or movie may offer a character who generally exemplifies an Enneagram type's values, or it may explore themes that relate to an Enneagram type's area of attention, motivations and life themes, vice to virtue shifts, or paths to disintegration and development. Because we have all points of view available to us, most participants each month find something relevant, moving and meaningful to examine in their own lives.
Deep learning and change happens over time in a continuous supportive learning community. This is a tried and true community exploration on The Humanities, using the Enneagram as its foundation and direction. The map of the Enneagram and experience with The Arts can deepen our understanding of universal life themes and meaningful existence.
Join for this and all the other benefits of community membership.
Update: 10 of 50 slots are taken already, please pre-register.
Get deeper understanding of the types and how you relate to their ways.
Expand your community of friends who talk type, character development, arts and literature.
The Enneagram is a map to universal inner and outer territories. While we often gravitate to certain regions, we visit them all daily throughout our lives. Join this program to find and experience where the map is leading you; all through an exploration of amazing characters and meaningful themes in great film and literature.
Now in its seventh year, this program explores the themes described in the Nine Points of View, along with a novel or film each month. Along with one evening teaching session, these are small group explorations on the Nine Types in depth, using specific literature and film to enhance our understanding of ourselves and others. The book or movie may offer a character who generally exemplifies an Enneagram type's values, or it may explore themes that relate to an Enneagram type's area of attention, motivations and life themes, vice to virtue shifts, or paths to disintegration and development. Because we have all points of view available to us, most participants each month find something relevant, moving and meaningful to examine in their own lives.
Deep learning and change happens over time in a continuous supportive learning community. This is a tried and true community exploration on The Humanities, using the Enneagram as its foundation and direction. The map of the Enneagram and experience with The Arts can deepen our understanding of universal life themes and meaningful existence.
Join for this and all the other benefits of community membership.
Update: 10 of 50 slots are taken already, please pre-register.
* Type of the Month Teaching & Panel Discussion *
All Lit/Film Students May Attend
1st Wednesdays 6.30p-8.00p PT (7:30p MT, 8:30p CT, 9:30 ET)
* 2nd _ of the Month 2-hr Groups Oct thru June *
You Choose One
2nd Wednesdays 10am PT (11a MT, Noon CT, 1p ET)
2nd Fridays 10am PT (11a MT, Noon CT, 1p ET)
2nd Fridays 2pm PT (3 MT, 4 CT, 5 ET)
2nd Wednesdays 6:30pm PT (7:30 MT, 8:30p CT) 2 seats left
2nd Thursdays 6:30pm PT (7:30 MT, 8:30p CT) 5 seats left
* Chat w/ a Different Classmate Monthly *
Friend-pairs assigned in advance but scheduled at your own leisure!
Autumn 2022: The Idealists
October: Type 7 The Epicure who values freedom
and Type 1 The Idealist who values precision, order and being useful
READ: The Lilies of the Field by William Edmund Barrett and/or WATCH: Golden Globe and Academy Award Winner Best Actor Sidney Poitier in The Lilies of the Field (1963 Film, Ralph Nelson )
November: Type 1 The Idealist who values precision, order and being useful
READ: Pulitzer Prize winning Wit by Margaret Edson and/or WATCH: Emmy Award Winner Wit (2001 Film, HBO)
December: Type 4 The Romantic who values the unique beautiful life
WATCH: Monte-Carlo Comedy Special Jury Award Winner Brad's Status (2017 Film, Mike White)
October: Type 7 The Epicure who values freedom
and Type 1 The Idealist who values precision, order and being useful
READ: The Lilies of the Field by William Edmund Barrett and/or WATCH: Golden Globe and Academy Award Winner Best Actor Sidney Poitier in The Lilies of the Field (1963 Film, Ralph Nelson )
November: Type 1 The Idealist who values precision, order and being useful
READ: Pulitzer Prize winning Wit by Margaret Edson and/or WATCH: Emmy Award Winner Wit (2001 Film, HBO)
December: Type 4 The Romantic who values the unique beautiful life
WATCH: Monte-Carlo Comedy Special Jury Award Winner Brad's Status (2017 Film, Mike White)
Winter 2023: The Pragmatists
January: Type 5 The Observer who values interiority
WATCH: Academy Award Best Picture Winner Moonlight (2016 Film, Barry Jenkins) and if you have the time READ: Silas Marner (by the She-Who-Knew-Fives author) George Eliot
February: Type 8 The Protector who values strength
READ: The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage and/or WATCH: Academy Award Winner Best Direction The Power of the Dog (2021 Film, Jane Campion)
March: Type 2 The Connector who values love and relationship
READ: The Sum of Us play by David Stevens and/or WATCH: Australian Film Institute Winner Best Adapted Screen Play The Sum of Us (1994 Film, Dowling and Burton)
January: Type 5 The Observer who values interiority
WATCH: Academy Award Best Picture Winner Moonlight (2016 Film, Barry Jenkins) and if you have the time READ: Silas Marner (by the She-Who-Knew-Fives author) George Eliot
February: Type 8 The Protector who values strength
READ: The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage and/or WATCH: Academy Award Winner Best Direction The Power of the Dog (2021 Film, Jane Campion)
March: Type 2 The Connector who values love and relationship
READ: The Sum of Us play by David Stevens and/or WATCH: Australian Film Institute Winner Best Adapted Screen Play The Sum of Us (1994 Film, Dowling and Burton)
Spring 2023: The Core Triad of Human Process
April: Type 6 The Loyal Skeptic who values safety, security and predictability
WATCH: Five-Academy Nominations Doubt (2008 Film, Shanley and Rudin) and/or READ: Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley
May: Type 3 The Performer who values identity for action
READ: Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden and/or WATCH: Academy Award Winner for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction Black Narcissus (1947 Film, Powell and Pressburger); Hulu Series is not recommended for this course.
June: Type 9 The Mediator who values the peaceful life
READ: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, short story by James Thurber and WATCH: Winner of Best Outstanding Location Feature from The Location Managers Guild of America The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 Film, Ben Stiller)
April: Type 6 The Loyal Skeptic who values safety, security and predictability
WATCH: Five-Academy Nominations Doubt (2008 Film, Shanley and Rudin) and/or READ: Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley
May: Type 3 The Performer who values identity for action
READ: Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden and/or WATCH: Academy Award Winner for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction Black Narcissus (1947 Film, Powell and Pressburger); Hulu Series is not recommended for this course.
June: Type 9 The Mediator who values the peaceful life
READ: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, short story by James Thurber and WATCH: Winner of Best Outstanding Location Feature from The Location Managers Guild of America The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 Film, Ben Stiller)
Self-Study In Your Nest
Each month on your own, you will join the online course management system to review a few handouts and brief videos on the month's type along with Dale's reflections on the novel/film. You also arrange to experience the chosen book/film (often available for free in our public libraries or on streaming sites to which you are already subscribed: search google/bing or IMDb along with the title for streaming options). A few prepared questions are available for your self-reflection and for use in your one-to-one and group discussions. Welcome to the Self-Preservation Instinct experience of this class!
Pairs in A Pear Tree
You also commit to meeting with a different member each month at a time of your choosing in order to further explore content, reflections and responses to the class sessions. A schedule is created for this at the beginning of the term. Your 1:1s can be in-person if you are local, phone or video. This is a great interdisciplinary way to expand your understanding of the Nine Points of View in your own life. And it is a way to explore personality and humanities with people from different points of view. Many students say that the one-to-ones are the most meaningful part of the year's experience. Because we connect this way, we do only a brief check-in at groups--- mostly we get right to the content on type themes and the literature/film selection. And if you miss a session, you are in a buddy system to keep you connected. Welcome to the One-To-One Instinct experience of this class!
Feathers Flock Together
Meet the Types! At the 1st Wednesdays all-community teaching sessions, Dale Rhodes will provide a short teaching on the type of the month and engage participants in type-of-the-month panels to explore facets of the type and relevant themes found in that month's novel/film. The teaching section of that session is recorded and made available to students later.
In the 2nd of the Month small groups, we have 45 minutes for any who may want to share their own reflections without crosstalk, we take a 10 minute comfort break, and afterwards move into open lively dialogue! There is plenty of time for reflections, reactions, questions and deeper delving amongst the participants. Dale Rhodes facilitates each group session. Welcome to the Social Navigating Instinct experience of this class!
Each month on your own, you will join the online course management system to review a few handouts and brief videos on the month's type along with Dale's reflections on the novel/film. You also arrange to experience the chosen book/film (often available for free in our public libraries or on streaming sites to which you are already subscribed: search google/bing or IMDb along with the title for streaming options). A few prepared questions are available for your self-reflection and for use in your one-to-one and group discussions. Welcome to the Self-Preservation Instinct experience of this class!
Pairs in A Pear Tree
You also commit to meeting with a different member each month at a time of your choosing in order to further explore content, reflections and responses to the class sessions. A schedule is created for this at the beginning of the term. Your 1:1s can be in-person if you are local, phone or video. This is a great interdisciplinary way to expand your understanding of the Nine Points of View in your own life. And it is a way to explore personality and humanities with people from different points of view. Many students say that the one-to-ones are the most meaningful part of the year's experience. Because we connect this way, we do only a brief check-in at groups--- mostly we get right to the content on type themes and the literature/film selection. And if you miss a session, you are in a buddy system to keep you connected. Welcome to the One-To-One Instinct experience of this class!
Feathers Flock Together
Meet the Types! At the 1st Wednesdays all-community teaching sessions, Dale Rhodes will provide a short teaching on the type of the month and engage participants in type-of-the-month panels to explore facets of the type and relevant themes found in that month's novel/film. The teaching section of that session is recorded and made available to students later.
In the 2nd of the Month small groups, we have 45 minutes for any who may want to share their own reflections without crosstalk, we take a 10 minute comfort break, and afterwards move into open lively dialogue! There is plenty of time for reflections, reactions, questions and deeper delving amongst the participants. Dale Rhodes facilitates each group session. Welcome to the Social Navigating Instinct experience of this class!
This course assumes *general* familiarity with the Enneagram system, but you gain plenty with handouts and a lesson each month. We will hear from the type of the month each 1st Wednesday at the community teaching. Small group class time will be more focused on how the literature/film/themes relate to us all, not just to the type of the month. Students might find it helpful to have one Enneagram text to refer to before reading the selection of the month. Buyer beware of Enneagram teachers with little training or skill behind them who may have unnamed agendas. Three highly-recommended classics are listed below and there is a bibliography of recommended authors on the website.
William Schafer's Roaming Free Inside the Cage: A Daoist Approach to the Enneagram and Spiritual Transformation
Jerome Wagner's Nine Lenses on the World: The Enneagram Perspective
Helen Palmer's The Enneagram in Love and Work
A warm thank you to my teachers and friends who are inspiration and support for these classes, specifically:
Judith Searle author of The Literary Enneagram: Characters from The Inside Out
Tom Condon, author of The Enneagram Movie and Video Guide
> > > Registration & Deposit are completed via the button below. < < <
Quarterly Tuition Option for * 18 * online sessions
Payable by a $100 Deposit check, Venmo Dale-Rhodes-2, or charge on this site.
Then $150 for each quarter due: October 1st, January 1st and April 1st via check or this website's payment page.
You will attend Wednesday Evenings 6:30p- 8:00p Pacific, your small group and a different one-to-one monthly.
Yearly Tuition Option for * 18 * online sessions
> Check for $500 total to Enneagram Portland PO Box 10603 Portland, Oregon 97296
> Venmo $500 total to Dale-Rhodes-2
You will attend Wednesday Evenings 6:30p - 8:00p Pacific, your small group and a different one-to-one monthly.
William Schafer's Roaming Free Inside the Cage: A Daoist Approach to the Enneagram and Spiritual Transformation
Jerome Wagner's Nine Lenses on the World: The Enneagram Perspective
Helen Palmer's The Enneagram in Love and Work
A warm thank you to my teachers and friends who are inspiration and support for these classes, specifically:
Judith Searle author of The Literary Enneagram: Characters from The Inside Out
Tom Condon, author of The Enneagram Movie and Video Guide
> > > Registration & Deposit are completed via the button below. < < <
Quarterly Tuition Option for * 18 * online sessions
Payable by a $100 Deposit check, Venmo Dale-Rhodes-2, or charge on this site.
Then $150 for each quarter due: October 1st, January 1st and April 1st via check or this website's payment page.
You will attend Wednesday Evenings 6:30p- 8:00p Pacific, your small group and a different one-to-one monthly.
Yearly Tuition Option for * 18 * online sessions
> Check for $500 total to Enneagram Portland PO Box 10603 Portland, Oregon 97296
> Venmo $500 total to Dale-Rhodes-2
You will attend Wednesday Evenings 6:30p - 8:00p Pacific, your small group and a different one-to-one monthly.
- Everyone joins for the entire academic year Oct 2022 thru June 2023.
- There are no refunds once program begins.
- All community members get $25 off private sessions with Dale Rhodes during the academic year.
Hey Check This Out!
Enneagram Portland both encourages and welcomes a * diverse * community experience.
We are in our seventh season of this program and always expanding our views, along with our understandings and experience of diversity, equity and inclusion. Broaden your worldview with us this year starting in October! Click here to see our diverse list of titles here.
Enneagram Portland both encourages and welcomes a * diverse * community experience.
We are in our seventh season of this program and always expanding our views, along with our understandings and experience of diversity, equity and inclusion. Broaden your worldview with us this year starting in October! Click here to see our diverse list of titles here.