The enneagram symbol has roots in antiquity and can be traced back to ancient Greece.

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Kennedy University in the 1980s and co-chaired the first International Enneagram Conference held at Stanford University, in 1994.

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Palmer, who was among Naranjo's first students, says the enneagram has since been given a major push by modern neuroscience.

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