The Enneagram is one of the most ancient cosmic symbols.
It can be seen all over the world.
Its immense popularity is due in part to Gurdjief's use of this symbol to categorize psychological and spiritual human prototypes.
However, its significance is even far greater than these or other uses.
As we have seen in other symbolic designs, the power of One always exists in a three-pronged relationship (for example; also see the descriptions of the Mobius ring, the Torus knot and the Viseca pisces pendant among others).
The Hebrew word for God - "Elohim" - is made up of three separate words: "El, Ela and Elim", whose meaning is God. Goddess and Gods are as one.
The numerological value of the Hebrew word for the word "three" - "Shalosh"- is 333. The numerological value of the Hebrew word "Alef" - which is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet - is 111.
The Hebrew alphabet has 27 letters (22+5 "final" letters), which is 3*3*3.
The Hebrew letters are also used as numbers.
The Creator who is in a state of unity as One separated himself from his own self, so that each living being can perceive himself / herself/ itself as an individual in order for creation to exist.
In this way, three forces are created in the universe - positive, negative and neutral.
This combination is symbolized by the three triangles of the enneagram.
If we were to focus on the nine points of the enneagram and numerically signify them:
(1-9) we would discover that one triangle connects the numbers 3,6 and 9 (of course, all are extensions of three) while the other triangles connect the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 7 and 5 that represent the number 7.
THE ENNEAGRAM = 111 1/7 = .142857
This equation has movements in thirds; 1/8, 4/5 and 2/7. At this point the relationships swap over to 8/1, 5/4 and 7/2. This can be seen if one repeats the equation: 142857142857 .
These are not only number sequence partners, but also interval inversions. The inversion of a 4th, for example, is a 5th.
The 3rd and the 6th are removed and together they equal 9, as do all inversions.
3x6x9 = 162
1x4x2x8x5x7 = 2240 1+6+2 = 9 2+2+4=8 9x8=72 2240 x 162 = 362880
3+6+2+8+8 =27. Some of these equations are even connected to the proportions of the Great Pyramid and to the 72 names of God in the kabala tradition (if you divide the middle sentence in the Torah into thirds, you get 72 sections of three letters each which give the holy name of God made up of 216 letters [72x3], which was pronounced only once a year by the high priest in the holy of hollies at the Temple in Jerusalem).
The number 7 represents the structure of the Seed Of Life that consists of 7 circles representing (through the Flower Of Life and the Fruit of Life that results from it) the pattern for all of creation. The numerical relationship of 7 within the enneagram also represents the notes in the musical scale, since all this reality is composed of frequencies that are based on mathematical laws drawn from the Seed of Life.
The translation of the Hebrew engraving on the pendant is -" Three is the mystery, come from the great one.
Hear, and Light on thee will dawn."
"Many the times spoke THEY to me,
teaching me wisdom not of the world;
showing me ever new paths to brightness;
teaching me wisdom brought from above.
Giving knowledge of operation,
learning of LAW, the order of ALL.
Spoke to me again, the Seven, saying:
From far beyond time are WE, come, O man,
Traveled WE from beyond SPACE-TIME,
aye, from the place of Infinity's end.
When ye and all of thy brethren were formless,
formed forth were WE from the order of ALL.
Not as men are WE,
though once WE, too, were as men.
Out of the Great Void were WE formed forth
in order by LAW.
For know ye that which is formed
truly is formless, having form only to thine eyes.
And again, unto me spoke the Seven, saying:
Child of the LIGHT, O THOTH, art thou,
free to travel the bright path upward
until at last ALL ONES become ONE.
Forth were WE formed after our order:
THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT--NINE.
Know ye that these are the numbers of cycles
that WE descend from unto man.
Each having here a duty to fulfill;
each having here a force to control."
