Introduction

There is something I’m very clear about: the path of healing for Enneatype 8 necessarily passes through love. It is important for everyone, but for us it is the only path.

Because within the E8 there is a tender and childlike core, protected by a great armor, and if there is no certainty that the other will receive you with love — even if one can confront things from the factual rather than the personal level — there is no possibility of opening ourselves.

In my experience, love is the only path that can unlock that tremendous armor we carry.

Dr. Juan José Albert, in conversation with Claudio Naranjo. Pilas, Seville — December 6, 2008.