THE ENNEAGGRAM WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO THEATTENTION OF THE WESTERN WORLD BY G. I.GURDJIEF. HE LEARED ABOUT THE ENNEAGGRAMFROM A GROUP OF SUFIS WHO LIVED IN CENTRALASIA.THE SUFIS USED IT AS A SYMBOL OF THE NINESTAGES OF ENLIGHTENMENT. IT IS MEANT TODIPICT THE MOVEMENT FROM EGO TO ESSENCE.