In our case we prefer the Enneagram in its more traditional form as a group of three interlinking triangles rather than in the open-ended form preferred by Gurdjief and psychology. One reason for this is that the traditional form emphasizes the aspect of three interlocking groups of three –again the idea of Three Times Three, or magic times itself. We also regard this as a more balanced form.
Correllians use the Enneagram to chart not “personality types” but the Nine Monads, and the relationships between them. Many of the ideas associated with the psychological use of the Enneagram we adapt to expand our interpretations of the Monads, which we would regard as being analogous to the nine “personality types” just as they are analogous to Pythagoras’ Numbers and to the Planets in Astrology (for the correspondences between the Numbers and the Planets see Lesson 2:5).
We would place the Monads on the Enneagram thusly:
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It will immediately be apparent that the Monads form three groups of three, each represented by a Triangle. Examination of these three groups will reveal further characteristics of the Monadic pattern.