“The magic behind magic is pattern.” 
Douglas Hofstadter (1979). Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid 

It looks like magic. Those well-versed in the Enneagram (and other typologies) can provide extremely specific, accurate feedback about the personality of a new acquaintance. You’ve heard that nervous laugh: “How did you know that!!” The Enneagram captures discernible patterns in the psychological landscape and once you are alive to those patterns, you see them everywhere, bringing ...

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