THE ENNEAGRAM SYMBOL FROM

ANCIENT TIMES TO THE FUTURE

ARTHUR J. KRANZ, MD
Certified Teacher of the Enneagram in the Healing Tradition
ENNEAGRAM SYMBOL IS BOTH ART &
ENCODED KNOWLEDGE
SOME SEE AN ENNEAGRAM
ART WORKS INFORMS
ENNEAGRAM WORK
Has a History & Genealogy
THERE ARE MANY ENNEAGRAMS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enneagram_(geometry)
BUT THERE ARE TWO ENNEAGRAM
SYMBOLS THAT YOU MUST KNOW

Barbera McMenemin, Ph.D.

http://enneagramtriads.com/html/two_enneagram_symbols.html
 Two Enneagrams

Llull’s Enneagram Gurdjieff’s Enneagram

of Triads of Process
The Future of Enneagram Is
Living & Has Movement
“Anyone who says you can't see a
thought simply doesn't know Art.”

-Wynetka Ann Reynolds

WHAT IS THE THOUGHT?
WHAT IS THE THOUGHT?
WHAT IS THE THOUGHT?
 TO KNOW TO UNDERSTAND TO BE

ENNEAGRAM DIAGRAM CONTAINS DIRECTIONS

ON HOW TO USE IT
 ANCIENT ORIGINS
Primal Magic Symbolism

Pythagorean Tetractys

Astronomical Observations

http://www.enneagramworldwide.com/enneagram-teachers/helen-palmer/enneagram-origins.php
 ANCIENT ORIGINS
PRIMAL MAGIC SYMBOLS
 The Tetractys was

introduced in Greece

by Pythagoras ca. 582 BC

The Tetractys contains
four rows with a
successive number of
dots 1, 2, 3, and 4
The Tetractys was considered
a divine blueprint of creation
and found many uses in Math,
Medicine, Music, etc.
Pythagorean Tetractys
YOU CAN NUMBER THE TETRACTYLS
DOTS FROM 0 TO 9
 Pythagorean Tetractys

Project the dots of the Tetractys onto the

Large Outer Circle.
10TH SEAL OF SOLOMON
SCOTTISH RITE LODGE OF PERFECTION
PENNSYLVANIAN FREEMASON
GRAND MASTER COIN
ALCHOLICS ANOMYMOUS
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
ASTROLOGERS
BETHUNE COOKMAN UNIVERSITY
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
 JOAN MITCHELL IS A GESTALT
THERAPIST AND FORMER PRESIDENT
OF ENNEAGRAM NORTH
HTTP://WWW.UNIVERSALENNEAGRAM.CA/DEFAULT.HTM
 STARGATE
ENNEAGRAM?
EVOLUTION OF THE
ENNEAGRAM
NOBODY HAS A MONOPOLY ON A PRIMAL SYMBOL
 CELESTIAL
ENNEAGRAM
THREE PHASES OF
THE MOON: FULL,
WAXING AND WANING

THREE LARGER
BODIES: SUN,
JUPITER & SATURN

THREE SMALLER
BODIES: MERCURY,
VENUS & MARS
WHERE SHOULD YOU PUT VENUS,
JUPITER, MERCURY & SATURN?
APHRODITE IS THE GREEK GODDESS OF LOVE & SEX
SHE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLANET VENUS
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485–1486
 ZEUS IS THE KING OF THE GODS.
THE GOD OF SKY & THUNDER AND IS
ASSOCIATED WITH LUST & JUPITER
RAMTHOR: DOMINANCE, POWER, AUTHORITY
 Two Enneagrams in One

You Need to Know Both of Them and How They Relate to Each Other
FREUD SUFFERED FROM
SEVERE PENIS ENVY
 PENIS ENVY IS JUST A
PROVOCATIVE TERM FOR
POWER ENVY
FREUD STUDIED STAGES OF
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

1. ORAL STAGE = DEPENDENT

PHASE

2. PHALLIC STAGE = INDEPENDENT

(ASSERTIVE) PHASE

3. ANAL STAGE = INTER-DEPENDENT

PHASE
RISO–HUDSON OBJECT
RELATIONS TRIADS
http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/articles/NArtObRel.asp
ACCEPTING, REJECTING AND FRUSTRATING
FREUDIAN TRIADS/OBJECT RELATIONS
RISO-HUDSON FREUDIAN
ENNEAGRAM OF
PERSONALITY
dependent-accepting

assertive-rejecting interdependent-frustrating

assertive-frustrating interdependent-rejecting

interdependent-accepting assertive-accepting

dependent-rejecting dependent-frustrating
 HORNEYVIAN TRIADS CORRESPOND TO
ORAL, PHALLIC & ANAL GROUPS

dependent-accepting

assertive-rejecting interdependent-frustrating

assertive-frustrating interdependent-rejecting

interdependent-accepting assertive-accepting

dependent-rejecting dependent-frustrating
 HAVE WE CAPTURED ALL THE
MOVEMENTS IN THE ENNEAGRAM?
“Good artists copy;
Great artists steal.”
Pablo Picasso
GURDJIEFF GROWTH SEQUENCE FOR TYPE 9
9->3->6->7->5->8->2->4->1

1
GURDJIEFF GROWTH SEQUENCE FOR TYPE 6
6->9->3->4->2->5->8->1->7

1
GURDJIEFF GROWTH SEQUENCE FOR TYPE 1
1->4->7->8->6->9->3->5->2

1
 Jean Adeler
Originated the idea of a “-2 binary”

In her discussion of the “Eight-

One Binary” in an excellent
article on The Deep Structure
of Personality in Sept. 2010
edition of Enneagram Monthly
 “-2 BINARY”

This line of reasoning can be

applied to the “-2 wing” of
any type. There is a natural
tension between these two
positions on the Enneagram.
 “-2 BINARY”
This is obvious for Type Eight
whose worldview includes the
notion that “Might makes right” &
“Only the Strong will
Survive”, which is in direct
opposition to Type One’s view
that “Ethics, rules, & fairness
dictate what is right or wrong.”
 “-2 BINARY”

At the “-2 BINARY”, we clearly

move out of our comfort
zone, which is absolutely
necessary to strengthen and
expand our character and grow
psychologically & spiritually
STEP OUT OF YOUR
COMFORT ZONE
“If we're growing, we're always going to
be out of our comfort zone.”
-John Maxwell
GURDJIEFF GROWTH SEQUENCE FOR TYPE 2
2->5->8->9->7->1->4->6->3

1
 GURDJIEFF GROWTH SEQUENCE

http://enneagramanalysis.hubpages.com/hub/Enneagrams-9-Hidden-Paths-Brief-Intro#
 The diagonals in black create an “Enneagram Star”, which are also
the three Horneyvian Groups. The three Harmonics Groups are also
revealed on the cross-diagonals. Combined with the three Object
Relations Triad, these nine groups form the total structural and
theoretical backbone of the Enneagram
MUSICAL OCTAVE ASSOCIATIONS
OF THE 4TH WAY ENNEAGRAM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Way_enneagram
COLOR IS POPPING UP
EVERYWHERE!
LOGICALLY, EACH TYPE SHOULD BE A
MERGER OF ITS WING COLORS?
LOGICALLY, ALL THE COLORS OF THE
RAINBOW SHOULD BE INCLUDED
ROY G. BIV
ROY G BIV is the mnemonic
that we learn in grade school
physics to describe the order
of the colors of the rainbow
from the longest wavelength
(Red) to the shortest
wavelength (Violet).
 ROY G. BIV
Enneagram Personality Types CAN all be
related to the wavelengths in a rainbow: Red,
Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and
Violet. (ROY G BIV). You see that 7 of the 9
Enneagram Types quickly fall into place:
Type 8 (Red), Type 7 (Orange), Type 6
(Yellow), Type 5 (Green), Type 4 (Blue), Type
3 (Purple/Indigo), Type 2 (Violet) easily fall
into place using this logic.
ROY G. BIV
The last two Enneagram Personality
Types were easily derived With Type
1 being assigned White, the color
associated with purity, morality &
cleanliness and Type 9 being
assigned Pink, which is derived by
blending white and red colors.
Each Enneagram Type Color blends with
its neighboring wings in a logical fashion
ONE: WHITE/SILVER
TWO: LAVENDER
THREE: PURPLE
FOUR: BLUE
FIVE: GREEN
SIX: YELLOW/GOLD
SEVEN: ORANGE
EIGHT: RED
NINE: PINK
http://enneagramanalysis.hubpages.com/hub/Enneagram-Mandela-with-Type-Color-Associations
“IF YOU WANT TO TELL PEOPLE THE TRUTH, MAKE
THEM LAUGH, OTHERWISE THEY’LL KILL YOU.”
-- OSCAR WILDE (1854 - 1900)
“I invent nothing, I rediscover.”
Auguste Rodin
“Art is either plagiarism
or revolution.”
-Paul Gauguin
HAVE WE CAPTURED ALL
THE MOVEMENTS IN THE
ENNEAGRAM?

The greatest obstacle to discovery is

not ignorance –
it is the illusion of knowledge.
-Daniel J. Boorstin
 Is Ramon Llull the “True” or “First”
Father of the Enneagram of Personality?

Ramon Llull
(1232 – 1315)
 “Motions of the Soul” by
Rev. Clare Loughrige
Sunday Morning: 8:30am-10:30am

The Enneagram Wisdom of

Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491– 1556)
A Three Centers Approach for an
Integrated and Abundant Life