Posted by BigPuppy on July 13, 1998 at 11:58:27:
In Reply to: Re: Homer's Odyssey posted by Derf on July 12, 1998 at 22:03:11:
Where ever it started... it was pretty disappointing. I believe that the Cyclops represented the EIGHT. If Michael J. Pollards, Wind God, represented the SEVEN... that was pretty thin. Now we are looking at the fires of Haddes which is suppose to represent FOUR.
Frankly, the argument that Homer understood or practiced the enneagram has little weight with me. It really is a question of whether you believe the "chicken or the egg". I suspect that when casting about for an organizing system, Naranjo and Gurdjieff either consciously or unconsciously settled with a classical theme. But there will be those who will never accept such an explanation... it is not weird enough, not ethereal enough, not para-normal/coincidental enough... "MULDAR!!!"
Just one dog's eye view.
BP