Has the Enneagram Duped Christians? Christina Wallace Reveals Some Shocking Details

About this episode

Christina Lynn Wallace discusses her journey of reevaluating the Enneagram and its implications for Christians.

“The Enneagram was demanding that I look to it first, and only through its lens could I look to God second.” That’s just one of the revelations made by author and Oxford theology student Christina Lynn Wallace. For years, Christina loved the Enneagram—a tool that has become popular in counseling and recovery circles. It helped her understand herself. It gave language to her struggles, her relationships, her emotions, and even her marriage. Like many Christians, she encountered it almost entirely through Christian sources and believed it was simply a helpful tool for self-awareness and spiritual growth. Then her mother asked her a question she couldn’t shake: Have you ever really looked into the origins of it? What followed was months of research that eventually led Christina to publicly walk away from the Enneagram altogether. And there are some shocking findings, including one of the founders admitting to having something or someone take over his body while writing aspects of the framework. In this episode, we have one of the most nuanced and difficult conversations we’ve ever had on the podcast. Christina walks through the documented origins…

People in this episode

Host: Jon Seidl

Guest: Christina Lynn Wallace

Topics covered

• Enneagram
• Christianity
• self-awareness
• spiritual growth
• addiction
• identity
• discipleship

Keywords

• Enneagram
• Christianity
• self-awareness
• spiritual growth
• addiction
• identity
• occult

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