The exploration of the Enneagram in direct relation to the spiritual development of humanity. According to its original sources, the impressive map of the Enneagram reveals the manifold levels of reality in all their facets. Sandra Maitri, the renowned author of "Nine Portraits of the Soul," now presents her second book on the infinitely diverse topic of the Enneagram, titled "The Path Back to the Self: The Enneagram of Passions and Virtues." In this book, she focuses comprehensively and in detail for the first time on the passions and corresponding virtues that naturally emerge in the process of individual development and unfolding, which were given little space in the first book. The passions are the emotional states fueled by the ego that easily dominate our lives, such as anger and pride.