It's unfortunate that the enneatype writers have seemingly limited themselves to the concepts of aggressive, compliant and detached types within Karen Horney's work. Opportunities for applying other insightful aspects of her work to the enneatypes are missed. In discussing the idealized image in her book Our Inner Conflicts, she offers what can be seen as an interesting comparison between enneatypes 7, 4 and 1.

The Epicure, The Enthusiast, The Adventurer, The Visionary, The Dreamer, The Joyful Person and The Futurist are all labels used by authors to describe Enneatype 7. The common thread seems to point to someone with a positive anticipation of the future that seeks out new and exciting possibilities. Does this approach to life lead to happiness or an endless pursuit of happiness?

Descriptions and explanations of Enneagram personality type 7.

Sites that describe how type 7 relates to other types or how type 7 is like other types.

Tom Condon works with Enneagram style number Seven using NLP and Ericksonian hypnotic patterns. Approximately 4 minutes of a longer video.

Video of Ram Dass talk.