Taixuanjing

Here is a question that is easy to ask and, as far as I can tell, has never actually been asked: does the content of Enneagram Type One look anything like the content of the Taixuanjing‘s first quarter? Type Six like the sixth? And so on down the line. You have to lift both sets … Read more

August 2026 — Joe Perez Two nine-fold schemes for the human interior, separated by two thousand years and every conceivable difference of method and intent, agree far more often than they have any business agreeing. And the place where you would most expect them to part company — the one objection that ought to end … Read more