Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. mathematics A nine-pointed stellate polygon
- n. psychology Such a figure used to indicate nine personality traits of a subject
Examples
“Reese is high-concept, and his concept is something called the enneagram.”
Simon & Schuster: I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen
“Various figures who have delved into and helped refine the enneagram from the Greek words for “nine lines” have, not surprisingly, been associated over the years with Esalen.”
Simon & Schuster: I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen
“This time we’re going to be taking a different type of test that I heard about called the enneagram test, which is really similar.”
“We’re going over into the annoying room for a special presentation about a really exciting personality test called the enneagram that we’re all going to take!”
“In terms of the enneagram, which breaks people down into nine types, I am a four, otherwise known as the individualist or the tragic romantic.”
The Huffington Post: Tom Matlack: Is It Safe to Come Out of the Cave?
“Other fours, according to the enneagram website, are Prince, Thomas Merton, and J.D. Salinger---all men of great artistic ability unlike me who looked for deeper meaning in a solitary manner, sometimes fanatically so.”
The Huffington Post: Tom Matlack: Is It Safe to Come Out of the Cave?
“I am an eight on the enneagram, so some would say conflict makes me come alive!”
“Let me know if you are interested in finding out more about the enneagram - there;s an online test you can do which is pretty good.”
“I've had an off-and-on obsession with those...the Myers-Briggs, the enneagram, what's your color personality, that sort of thing.”
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oroboros For an animated, 3-D version of the enneagram click Here. Aug 24, 2007
oroboros Click Here for a video of the Gurdjieff Sacred Movements/Dances. The first of the three uses the heptagram portion of the enneagram as its pattern. Aug 24, 2007
valse Very interesting. I'd only ever known about the enneagram in the context of personality theory. Jan 21, 2007
seanahan Somebody managed to get a youtube window in a comment, I would think you'd be able to get a diagram. Jan 20, 2007
oroboros A circle with its circumference divided into 9 equal sections/points, with the topmost numbered 9 followed sequentially by 1, 2, 3, etc., where the numbers are connected by lines thus: 142857, making a distinctive, nonstellate internal heptagram. The numbers 3, 6 and 9 can be connected as well to form an internal triangle independent of the other lines (though its sides intersect the heptagram). You can see one here.
The enneagram is a Sufi mystical symbol which was popularized in the west by G.I. Gurdjieff in his teachings involving "work on onself". Gurdjieff introduced and showcased a dance wherein dancers traced out, as they moved around the enneagram, its circumference and others along the lines connecting the numbers in the order 142857. It was very intricate and required the utmost of concentration and finesse by the dancers, and was said to produce unusual psychic states both in the dancers and the observers of the dance.
The symbol illustrates the interaction of the so-called "Law of Seven" (7 divided into unity (i.e., "1") = .142857142857...), which is related to the octave (q.v.) and the (q.v.) "Law of Three" (3 divided into unity = .33333..., with its multiples 6 and 9 among the numbers). All in all a most intriguing and impressive symbol, mathematically, historically and metaphysically.
Should you be so inclined, it could be an interesting exercise and rewarding effort to see if you can construct one from the description given here. It isn't a cakewalk.
Jan 20, 2007