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The Enneagram's Disputed Origin

A timeline of the competing historical claims about where the Enneagram actually comes from, drawn from the analysis in Richard Rohr and the Enneagram Secret – A Review.

  1. c. 1915First associated with Gurdjieff in the West
  2. 1970sIchazo & Naranjo's modern psychological system
  3. 1990sPopularized as a "Christian" tool by Rohr
  4. DisputedClaims of Desert Father origin, per the book