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Enneagram was invented in the 1960s by a single guy

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Before it became the darling personality test of corporate retreats and spiritual seekers, this nine-pointed system was slapped together by a guy in South America in the mid-20th century. It borrows heavily from older esoteric traditions, but its current iteration is about as ancient as the microwave oven.

Enneagram was invented in the 1960s by a single guy
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