John Harper
A Call for Historical Rigor, Intellectual Honesty, and Verifiable Sources
The Enneagram does not need an invented ancient pedigree to be profound, useful, or worthy of serious study. Its value is not at issue here.
What is at issue is the modern habit of repeating claims about its origins—Egypt, Pythagoras, Babylon, Sufism, Christian monasticism, the Desert Fathers, Kabbalah, Ramon Llull, and various hidden schools—as though they were established historical fact, often without a...
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