The enigram came to the us by way of south america in the seventies. It was used as a spiritual direction tool in the jesuit community. The beauty of the enogram is that it is deep, and i think that can make it seem overly complex when first starting out. There are nine types which go back t like the thirteenth century,. What you shan't ritie, there's none. And these three major threads of thought were being played with at the time.