Other Applications
Other applications of the enneagram to describing processes can be found in writings influenced by those of Gurdjieff, notably in the writings of J.G. Bennett. In his book Gurdjieff: Making a New World Bennett describes the workings of a community kitchen in terms of the enneagram and offers some explanation of the meaning of the internal lines; and his book Enneagram Studies is devoted to the subject, offering nine examples of enneagrams in various applications.
Another completely unrelated system, the so-called "Overstone Cycle", was devised by nineteenth century banker, Lord Overstone, to describe events on the financial market: starting with "quiescence", it then moves on to "improvement", then through "confidence", 'prosperity', 'excitement', "over-trading", 'convulsion', 'pressure", "stagnation', until it ends again in "quiescence" (see J. Johnstone's Illustration of Lord Overstone's famous description of the business cycle).
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