Skin Deep : Designer Clothes by God (Enneagram)

This is not just another book on the Enneagram. Sr. Helen's explanation is unique both in content and structure. For thirty-five years she has been observing these nine ways of living through the zoom lens of contemplative prayer in the close community interaction of monastic life. To this enriched knowledge she has brought new dimensions and a sharper clarity through her use of animal skins rather than numbers to explain the nine way of responding to the world outside oneself.

Sr. Helen's treatment of the Enneagram tends toward the playful and away from the deadly serious. She desires to help people grow in knowledge of life so they can grow in wonder and in love, both for their Creator and Tailor who is God, and for their own selves clothed in the skins God sewed for them to wear. This will help them grow in understanding and appreciation for their neighbors whose skins are constantly rubbing against their own.