The INTELLIGENT ENNEAGRAM (XI A. G. E. BLAKE ¢ inShambhala Publican, otic Hall 200 Masechusets Avenue Boson, Manachsets 62115 ©1995 byA GE. Bake Al sighs reseved No par ofthis book maybe spose in any form ob 7 mean, stone or mechan ncladingptoopying ceding, ot Y sy infomation rita ete em, host, petmision in ting rom the publi. oeressgat it Eon itd nthe United Ste of Ame (© This don i printed on aci-epaper hat ees ‘he Amecan Noon Sana Inte 23848 tnd Dibted nthe United Sts by Fandom Hous, Inc sein Cada by Random Howse of Canada Lid [bray of Congres Calogingin-Pbiton Dasa Be, AG (Antony George dar) ‘oe iteliget onengam / AGE Blake I ob. a Incas opal erence and inde ISBN -s0e2-215-2 (pk: ak pape) [No learning can subsite for intelligence, which i «sense of ‘what is rel a sense of one's own being and the presence ofthe word. The wise imagine what they can se, el what they ‘can touch and reason about what they experience. Stephen Viintey, The Rules of Chaos {In expressing the laws ofthe unity of endless diversity a symbol Itself possesses an endless number of aspects fom which it can be examined and it demande from the man approaching i the ability to see simultaneously from diferent points of view. Sym- bol which ae transposed into the words of ordinary language become rghd—then they grow dim and very esl become "their ‘own opposites” confining the meaning within narrow dogmatic fame, without giving it even the very relative eeedom ‘of epic! examination ofa sabes. Gunde peaking in 1 Soarh of he Miraculous by PD. OuspenskyContents ist of Figures Preface ‘Ackaowledgments Introduction: A Plc in Time Preamble Carrier of Teaching Gare and His World Bedasba's Story Intligese Part One: The Frame of Transformation 1. The Symbol ‘The Diagram Calculations ‘To Fel and Sense 2. Overview Form and Content Asymmetry and Buildup: Transformation Intelgence ‘Trinity 3, Form of Sequence In Music and Painting ‘Change and Order 4. The Symbolism of Making and Becoming ‘Octaves of Achievement ‘Shocks or Enablement ‘The Evolutionary Sequence and Physical Science BaeContents 5 Sevenfold Architecture “The Law of Seven Seeing in Depth Seven into Three 5, [Put Three Together ‘The Law of Three ‘The Three Creation Evolution ‘The Logos ‘Triamazikamno art Two: The Hazard of Transformation 7, Four Paradigms of the Enneagram ‘The Simple Action ‘The Impossible Object ‘The Problem Solution ‘The Three Versions 8. The Metabolism of Perception ‘The Secular Ritual ofthe Kitchen Center of Gravity ‘The Intervention of Point 6 Going Beyond ‘The Restaurant (atthe End ofthe Universe) 9. A Computer Running on Air ‘The Analogue Three Bodies Spirit and Sout ‘Matter, Energy, and Information Consciousness and Sensitivity State and Station Hardware and Soteare ‘What Are Bodies Made of and Who Has Thera? 10, Being in Life ‘The Human Life Cyle ‘The World of Sex ‘The Physical Symbol 8 103 10s, 107 no 10 us m 23 rs 130 130 BL 13 34 135 BB 19 143 ur ur 153 Contents 1, Drama Legominism ‘Weaving a Plot ‘The Art of Interpretation ‘The Turn and the Latch ‘The Measures of interpretation Dramatic Progression Form of Recurrence 12, An Enneagram of Crisis Rise ofthe Technosphere ‘The Three Octaves ‘The Inner Lines of Regulation ‘The Stucture of Sustainable Development ‘The Logos ofthe Biorphere art Three: The Purpose of Transformation 13, Wheels within Wheels Into Eternity Acceleration The Design ofthe Enneagram ‘They Leave Our Story Here ‘Worlds and Cosmoset 14, Cosmic Interiude Immortality and Finer Impressions ‘The Trouble Spots ‘Transmitting Infuences ‘The Lateral Octave and the Solar System 15, The Greater Present Moment Enneagram of Worldviews ‘Change of Epoch Correlation with Centers Interpreting Progress Lines of Work Overview 16. The Great Amen Praying in Three Worlds m m 176 183 187 190 199 99 207 210 a4 28 225 ns 228 231 234 236 an 241 243 245 254 2m a 231 284 288 238Contents ‘The Traditional Forms Stivig to Know Ever More and More 17, The Tescooano How Deep Is Resi? “Apparatus of Perception Vision 18, Recucent Meaning ‘The Path of Experience Structure ofthe Week Intentional Method Backward and Forward 19, Remember to Remember ‘The Transformational Present ‘The tnner Lines Remembering Every Day Reading the Enneagram ‘Afterword: The Beginning of Dialogue Glossary References Index a2 297 201 301 312 318 318 24 526 32 338 338 33 350 360 363 369 37 List of Figures The enneagram symbol Forms in the symbol Process sequence Unity in muliplicy ‘Triad i circ ‘Openings in the process “The periodic gare Progression of hydeogens “The imu ofthe enneagram ‘The musical wale ‘The octave inthe enneagram ‘Aceleil octave Botiel's octave (Changes in ee and time Patterns of transformation in pot-making Diagram of shocks Energy levee Sevenfold hierarchiet Ecological hierarchy {Levels of abstraction and time-span capacity Implicit ws ofthe enneagram The octaves in triplets ‘The octave as form ofthe triad Holy Teniy Uncertainty andthe third force ‘Thre categories of existence ‘Action space defined by the logos Filing gas with water An imposible objet after Opus 28 by Oscar Reatersvirdnn3. na. ma. 122, 23, Bu. 12, Ba, Ba, BS, BE az. BE 138. mt. a2. m3. aa, Ms. 46. 151, 152, ist of Figures Borromean rings robler-solving sequence (Celestial analogue Commands inthe cice ofthe process Face-off atthe apex Centers of gravity ‘Transformational community ‘The dymamic of avareness ‘The wil forme ofthe thre bodies “The rele of «human fe Enneagram of sex Implications of the inl points Plot of The Terminator ‘Sketch ofthe “music of life” “Tarn and atch Diagram of text with crossover inks Design of Total Recall Base structure of drama Enneagram af the Sciptres Biowphere, technosphere, and noosphere ‘Nine points of evolution Developmental curves ‘Thre ocaves Enneagram of perpetual motion Enneagram of concrete situations Enneagram of fod transformation Cumulative effet of octaves Step symbol The Bist octave “The second octave The third octave Cosmic octaves Branching from the min ocave Life coupling Sun and Earth ‘The requirement for further intervention Life in the sla aytem Planetary synchronicity Making anew world Enneagram a a diagram of centers 105, 7 m m4 us oy 135, 4 153, 161 178 19 184 186 67 19 194 206 208 as 226 226 mr me 153. Ist ma. 7a, 173, wa. 78. ie 182. 163, 184, 18s, 86. 187, 1s 192, 183, 194, 195. 196, 197. 198, iss. 19.10 ron ist of Figures, Lines of work ‘The “imposible” relation between the thee swords Basic form of a microscope ‘The active srture ofa microseope Enneagram ofa microscope Oruboro spina Enneagram a fact and value ‘The possiblities of transformation 1-42 Experiment 8-5-7: Understanding 2-85: Wisdom and 7-1-4 Know-how Days ofthe week ‘Ashtch ofthe scenic method Science and technology as complementary Enneagram ofthe taneformational present Enneagrammati presentation of hexagram Enneagram as levels of experience The cre The fist octave The second octave The inner lines “The third octave The tangle ofthe logos ‘The three shocks Emptiness, 283 299 205 307 308 30 33 320 a2 an 3 a5 a7 333 3H 36 30 351 381 as 353 355 335 356 357Preface ‘Taz sxwsacnam sxacpor introduced by Gurdjieff ner the turn ofthe century has captivated minds for generations, Some have spent consider- able energy in researching its possible origins, whe others have turned it to advantage in the expression of their own ideas. As one of many forms of thought that Gurdjieff experimented wit, it remains the most power- fal and evocative, I is a masterpiece of symbolic art ew realize that symbols are more than codifcations of profound and ancient understanding; that they are, in ther essence, starting points for action in the moment. They make no sense if they are taken ab static configurations, residing in an eternity ouside of the present moment. ‘When Gurdjieff said that something had been left out ofhis presentation, without which the symbol ofthe enneagram could not be understood, 1 believe he was referting tothe action that can initiate uniguely in 2 ‘human being. Symbols are about the creative work that can unfold in us. ‘Without this action, symbols become part of encultuation, a contribu tion to sleep, ‘The enneagram isthe tip of an iceberg the iceberg in its greater mass being the unspoken thoughts of humankind, which are sometimes called ‘the noosphere. Its nota terminus but a stating point. As we enter into it the enneagram dissolves into an intensity of thought that we can hardly sustain, Iti then no different from the Kabbalistic Tree of Life othe [ems ofthe Ching. Only 0 see this, we have to be able to create our ‘own forms. eis stikng that very few of the reporters and commentators on the cennecagram ever remark on the astonishing hypothesis it contains ofthe Interweaving of three octaves or worlds or kinds of action. The result has been a mechanical approach and a defeat ofthe enneagramn’s purpose. Inwi Preface its picture of transformation, the enneagram shows how differently na- tured processes have to build into a perfection. In ts pete of discovery, it shows how differen kinds of veil have to be progresively removed in ‘order to come to what isestental and true. This relates to the ennes. ‘ram's foundation in the ireducible idea of cosmoses: of the supersys, tem, andthe subsystem, which form a quantum whole of action, ‘The quantum whole is number 9 on the enneagram. This divides into ‘he complementarites of3 and 6, Points 3 and 6 form interfaces dividing and connecting three domains of ation, The inner lines express an inter, nal dialogue berween the three domains that comes with understanding. tis easiest to grasp the workings ofthe enneagram in terms of human enterprise, because we cn more easily acept ides of purpose an intel ‘gence in that realm than we can in the realm of natural processes, For {his reason, Ihave tended to concentrate on human endeavor. Howeven, it temains essentially true that the human being isan exemplar of the ‘whole universe and that what we can find in oureves i also true ofthe natural order As fr as posible, Ihave related my interpretations ofthe eaneagram to the statements reported of Gurdjieff by his pupil Ouspensiy. I belive weave to remain tue to the initiatives of such a great pioneer, especially ‘when we depart from them in our own journeys of discovery. Ise Gur. eff as part ofan extraordinary incursion ofa new order of peeeption {into human lif, an incursion that involved at, music, philosophy, si ence, and literature, as well a5 the occult. The word in general reacted olently to this influx, and we have suffered wars and chaos asa conse- quence. One of the most important emergent ideas of this century has been that of information. This promises to enable us to see the sameness of Aiffeent phenomena, especially the sameness between human and now- ‘human proceses. Gurdjieff did not have a concept of information, ‘through its to be found in his deep intuitions about the significance of impressions. For this reason, his teachings have been relepited to the domain ofthe occult, when thy offered important insights needed for ‘understanding our place inthe world, Ihave taken the tree categories of ‘matter, energy, and information as my reference frame. Tis isto empha- size that Gurdjiefs approach was thoroughly physic, based on the un- folding of real events. His objective science was no arrogant ploy of self. 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My personal advice in reading itis to find something that sparks you off and9 ftom there. Otherwise, take the phone off the hook, lay in a store of decent coffe, and plow right through. I is only afer you have become reasonably familiar withthe book that ts form and sequence canbe un derstood, ‘There are three main pats. The fs ys out the background and theory. ‘he second delves into various examples of transformation as enneageems tnd the third focuses on the intentional method that it impli. Lines of