Exemplar
Desmond Tutu
historical · read by 2 of 6 traditions
How each tradition reads them
Enneagram
The HelperRiso & Hudson 1999
Riso-Hudson exemplar — the Helper's warmth at the center of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation process.
Tarot
The Suninterpretive attribution
Joy as an almost dangerous weapon under apartheid — the laugh that would not be crushed.
Where they sit on the lenses
Stage
- Pre-initiation
- Striving
- Liminal
- Integrating
- Integrated
Affect
- Gut · Anger
- Heart · Shame
- Head · Fear
- Eros · Desire
Stance
- Toward
- Against
- Away
Cluster coalescence
The archetypal tags above resolve into 4 clusters. Each cluster reads the exemplar in its own vocabulary; where more than one cluster surfaces, the exemplar themself is holding a structural tension.
- The Lover - Connection, Passion, Embodied FeelingIntegrating · Eros · Desire · Toward
- The Caregiver - Nurturance, Protection, GenerosityIntegrating · Heart · Shame · Toward
- The Innocent - Pre-Initiation and EarnedPre-initiation · Heart · Shame · Toward
- Integration & Wholeness - The Completed SelfIntegrated · Eros · Desire · Toward
Desmond Tutu is read across divergent affect centers (Eros · Desire vs. Heart · Shame). The exemplar holds a tension their readers cannot — which is often why they endure.
Also read in this register
The Lover - Connection, Passion, Embodied Feeling
The Caregiver - Nurturance, Protection, Generosity
The Innocent - Pre-Initiation and Earned
Integration & Wholeness - The Completed Self