A fresh vision on Gurdjieff's most important symbol - the Enneagram - used nowadays in all fields of life is offered by the brilliant author of The Mythology of the Energy, Mr. Adrian Mirel Petrariu, Ph.D. This is the 2nd edition of this title, containing four extra chapters. The information presented in this book is unique and the reader will have the chance to understand - through clear explanations and diagrams - the origin of Gurdjieff's symbol and its intricacies in order to begin to apply it in the daily life. A must-have for any serious seeker of truth in the gurdjieffian sense and one of the most important books on this subject written in the last decade. Foreword: The Origin of the Origin 7 Chapter 0: Common Sense Questions 13 Chapter 1: God 24 Chapter 2: The Dimensions of Time 31 Chapter 3: One, Two, Three 46 Chapter 4: To a Whole Other Level 51 Chapter 5: The Source of Universal Movement 58 Chapter 6: The Snake 67 Chapter 7: The Apocalypse 78 Chapter 8: Counting 90 Chapter 9: Grace 101 Add-On Chapter 1: The Petal of Life 109 Add-On Chapter 2: Hero's Journey 118 Add-On Chapter 3 (Application): A Rainy Sunday Afternoon 131 Enneagram Annexes 156 Bonus 203 Add-On Annex: The Origin of Time- Shaping the Law of Octaves 209 Endnotes 219
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