Are the Origins of the Enneagram Christian after all?

Andreas Ebert
It is commonly assumed that the Enneagram symbol and system are not documented in scriptures prior to this century. Gurdjieff (from Caucasus) and Ichazo (from Chile) introduced this symbol to the West, and both attributed its origin to Sufism, a branch of mystical Islam. Gurdjieff’s pupil, Bennett, speculated that the secret knowledge of the Enneagram could possibly be traced back 3000 years or more to the Babylonians, and that the Pythagoreans in particular might have known and u...