New Buttons & the Enneagram Symbol
I’ve got some fun news! These brand new Enneagram buttons will be available very soon via my online store. Until then, they’ll be available exclusively at our Enneagram Meet Ups or by special request.
The buttons are the first in a series of products that I’m working on, and I’d like to thank Sticker Mule for their great production job!
Why Buttons?
Good question. I don’t make things just to follow a fad or play to the crowd. I make things that I want, need, or would use myself with some sense of purpose. The Enneagram has trended in recent years, yes. But it stands for so much more than the fad it’s become in some settings. There’s deep symbolism at play, and I’m better off when I have a visual reminder of it.
Did you know the Enneagram symbol is actually a combination of 3 shapes, each with their own significant meaning? I like how this article describes them:
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The symbol used now is a combination of three concepts:
A Circle, representing the Oneness of life, and the container within which we as humans live out the context of our lives. It represents the Wholeness of a humans, before we were seemingly fragmented by ego and after we have become aware that we have never lost that Wholeness.
A Triangle, representing what is known as the Law of Threes, which states that every whole phenomenon is composed of three separate sources: the Active, the Passive and the Neutral. It’s easy to find examples of the Law of Threes: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one. Another is the concept of The Perceiver, the Act of Perceiving, and The Perceived. In his Fourth Way teachings, George Gurdjieff applied the Law of Three in a process of transformation which required, as he saw it, affirmation, denial, and reconciliation.
And lastly, the Hexad, a six pointed figure that follows seven points from beginning through six changes in momentum, and then back to its origin, which is the seventh point. The Hexad represents the Law of Seven, which considers the path of movement toward and away from anything in our world as not a straight line, but rather periods along the journey of striving, failing, and striving again…a rising and falling of energies along the path. The Hexad has its origins in Sufi tradition.
When I see the Enneagram it reminds me of how we’re all interconnected, of how all our different ways of seeing the world should be valued, of the process of transformation, of how I’ve grown & how I still need to grow, of how to ask better questions, of how to not take things so personally, and of what gift I am here to offer.
So, yes, an Enneagram button can just be a fun addition to a bag or a jacket. That’s great! It can also be a totem or a part of your spiritual practice. It’s both for me.
Let me know if you’d like a button(s)! And stay tuned for more buttons, art prints, & other Enneagram-related products in the coming weeks & months.