THE ENNEAGRAM:
A SATANIC OCCULT SPIRITUAL TOOL WITHIN THE CHURCH
Linda Kim
Over the course of many
years, doctrines of demons--- occult doctrines, symbols, psycho-spiritual
technologies and tools have been creeping into the whole body of the Christian
church, thus for example we see some churches forgoing the cross of Christ in favor
of peculiar contemporary logos bearing a striking similarity to the powerful
occult symbol, the Oroboros (the body of the serpent) while others advertise
themselves as the church of One Spirit
(interfaith/interspirituality). Psycho-spiritual techniques
for channeling the divine essence or spark “within” are becoming
immensely popular in many contemporary Mega Churches as are occult
spiritual tools such as the Enneagram, which is not only used and promoted by
some Christians, but defended as a psychological tool based on biblical
principles.
The Enneagram however, is the
antithesis of God’s Word and Way of Jesus Christ God Incarnate (Romans 3:24;
6:23; 10:9-10; Eph. 1:7; 2:8-9) Its inventor, George Ilych Gurdjieff and
his disciples, Peter Damien Ouspensky and Oscar Ichazo were very active
in the occult, spiritism, Theosophy (Ouspensky), channeling, yoga, drugs, devil
worship, and a study of the pantheist/panentheist and reincarnation conceptions
of Middle Eastern religions.
Gurdjieff was an Armenian
teacher of occult spiritual philosophies and techniques based on knowledge he
acquired during contacts with secret societies as recounted in his book, “Meetings
with Remarkable Men.” Though Gurdjieff was aware of Luciferian Theosophy and other occult spiritual
philosophies he decided to found his own order based on doctrines of spiritual
enlightenment through meditation and heightened self-awareness.
(occultopedia.com)
Gurdjieff’s system
incorporates ancient Egyptian Hermetic magic, biological and spiritual theories
of evolution, Gnostic pantheist conceptions of a Divine One Substance, and
various other occult pagan doctrines such as esoteric Kabbalah, Taoism,
Buddhism and Greek nature philosophy.
Gurdjieff’s techniques
included specially adapted forms of hypnotism, total obedience to a guru who
has achieved enlightenment, constant self-observation, hard physical labor and
demeaning tasks, intense emotionalism and dance routines.
The aim of Gurdjieff’s system
is to shock the initiate into a new self-awareness that will open the psyche to
communication with the divine essence “above” that is also “within,” or the
Master, in the words of Rhonda Byrne, author of The Secret:
“People go through their
whole lives chasing everything in the material world, and they fail to discover
the greatest treasure of all, which is within them. Shut your eyes to the
outside world. Direct your thoughts and words inside of you. The
Master within you is the key to all the treasures in the world.” (Rhonda Byrne,
“The Secret Daily Teachings”)
With this understanding, the
goal of the Enneagram comes to light. Its purpose is twofold: to lead a person to self-awareness and
second, to an awakening of the divine
Self “within.” “Self” is capitalized because “Self” is
considered to be divine.
Ouspensky reframed
Gurdjieff’s ideas as the Fourth Way and his teachings on the Enneagram appear
in his books, “In Search of the Miraculous” and “The Fourth Way.”
In “What is the Enneagram?” Marcia Montenegro explains that the nine
numbers most likely originate with Oscar Ichazo’s belief in the “nine divine
forms” of “Self,” a spiritist philosophy derived from the Gnostic view of the “Self”
as divine and pure and from the esoteric values of Sacred Geometry:
“Ichazo was heavily involved
in psychedelic drugs and shamanism and asserted that he had “received
instructions from a higher entity called Metatron” and that his group was
“guided by an interior master.” (solasisters.com, May 24, 2011)
Ichazo’s pupil Naranjo, a
psychiatrist who studied with him in Chile passed on the Enneagram teachings to
Jesuit Bob Ochs.
Ochs brought it into Roman Catholic circles at
the occult New Age Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California where Naranjo
taught. (ibid, “A Closer Look at the Enneagram,” Dorothy Garrity Ranaghan, 1989, p.
9)
At home within much of the Roman Catholic Church, the Enneagram was
welcomed into Protestant Evangelical circles
back in 2006 as Lighthouse Trails reports:
“Next year’s National Pastors
Convention will be using an occultic tool called the enneagram. The tool
will be used during one of the Critical Concerns Courses. An introduction
of the course, Understanding the Enneagram: Insights for Spiritual
Transformation says “This course will provide personal and biblical perspectives
from the enneagram, an ancient tool being rediscovered in the church.
“(National Pastor’s Convention Using Occultic Enneagram,
lighthousetrailsresearch.com, Dec. 12, 2006)
The ultimate purpose of the
Enneagram is to initiate a person into something far beyond the conscious
control of the human will, for once a person has been initiated their
spirit/soul is open to demonic bondage, harassment and madness. Thus to “go within”
so as to channel the Divine Self “within,” is to perform the cult of Satan
which opens the spirit/soul to contact with powers and principalities and their
chief, the devil. Initiation inevitably results in a
counter-conversion from the Holy God in Three Persons to self and Satan and
from there to bondage, terror and blackness.
The common thread running
through all occult doctrine, symbols, psycho-spiritual technologies and tools
such as the Enneagram is the diabolical mind of the serpent, the same fallen
angel who tempted Adam and Eve with the words, “Ye shall be as Gods” but now
seduces with the words, “go within.”
@Linda Kim