Claudio Naranjo, Automatic Writing, & the Enneagram. One-year-out Congrats! to Marcia Montenegro and Don Veinot!
One-year-out Congratulations to Marcia and Don! A pastor named Tyler Zach, who promotes what he calls the "Gospel Enneagram," wrote a little tract in which he asked: "Let's just get to the heart of the matter and ask the question: If some of the Enneagram’s origins do have occultist roots—should this fact alone be enough for Christians to stop using the Enneagram?" His basic answer is: No, It shouldn't matter. Strange thing is, I was actually encouraged to see this. Why? Well, the reason is that he was responding to Claudio Naranjo's 2010 claim in an interview with E. J. Gold that when he was creating the Enneagram of Personality back in c. 1970, he had relied on automatic writing. In the same interview Naranjo also admitted that he had lied about the enneagram being an ancient teaching (see minutes 1:20-4:20 for both admissions). Zach mentions that Naranjo says he originated the enneagram in the clip but neglects to mention that he had previously li