S1 Ep58. Dante's Divine Comedy and the Enneagram

In this week's episode, Uranio Paes interviews Beatrice Chestnut about one of her favorite topics—Dante’s Divine Comedy and its connections to the Enneagram. Bea studied English Literature in undergrad and has always been fascinated with analyzing literature and looking for themes within stories. She decided to read Dante’s Divine Comedy looking for not only the types and the passions but different elements about the Enneagram, especially as a path of spiritual transformation. In this 700 year old masterpiece that is still very relevant today, there are three sections, Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise, which map out different states of awareness and the process to achieve higher states of being. This summer, Beatrice Chestnut returns to Florence, Italy to conduct a workshop to help students discover the intersections of Dante’s work with the Enneagram system through lectures, music, art, dialogue, meditation, and bodywork. Students will explore Florence’s ancient streets through daily excursions, piazzas, restaurants, food, and wine.  We launched our book, The Enneagram Guide to Waking Up, which you can check out here. If you want to discover which Enneagram Type you could be, visit our webpage cpenneagram.com/compass to learn about the Enneagram Test they just launched, CPS Enneagram Compass. If you have enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe and share it with others that you think would enjoy it. It will help us out a lot! Check out cpenneagram.com to learn more about our online learning portal and try it out for free. Follow us on Instagram @cpenneagram and join our Facebook group to share your perspectives and keep the discussion going! And check out our Calendar of Events to study with Bea and Uranio directly! Questions? [email protected].