Publications & Research
We invite you to explore the publications linked below. These resources offer a deeper look into the theoretical principles and practical applications of our work. We encourage you to join the ongoing conversation and contribute your insights to this evolving dialogue.
Triune Consciousness: Foundational Research
Evolution’s Best Kept Secret introduces the triune (3-6-9) pattern as a simple throughline appearing across nature, the mind, and culture. It provides the conceptual backbone for the Triune Consciousness curriculum.
Evolution's Best Kept Secret
October 2020
The First Analysis Institute of Integrative Studies (FAI) has long explored the intersections of the Personality Enneagram and evolutionary science. In this key publication, FAI explores the evolutionary genetic origin of the Personality Enneagram and how the Enneagram's "3,6 &9 Triune" pattern mirrors the structure of the Genetic Code.
Uncovering the Apocalyptic Enneagram in the Book of Revelation
December 2024
Discover how the Enneagram, a key tool in understanding personality types, may unlock hidden interpretations within the Book of Revelation. This fascinating connection suggests that the "3, 6 & 9 Triune" found in the Enneagram can offer a new perspective on the ancient scripture, shifting its focus from primarily apocalyptic scenarios to a universal message of Christ's redemptive love.
Identifying the Enneagram in the Book of Revelation
February 2019
The Enneagram, as discovered and revealed by George I. Gurdjieff in the early 20th century, serves as a universal symbol for interpreting knowledge related to humanity and the universe. Central to Gurdjieff's teachings, the Enneagram operates on the Law of Three, which asserts that all phenomena involve two opposing forces and a third neutralizing force, with the 3, 6, and 9 triangle representing this "free trinity." Additionally, the Enneagram embodies the Law of Seven, indicating that all phenomena progress through seven stages, forming an infinitely repeating cycle.
Revelation: Stewardship & Interfaith Collective Action
These companion essays – Identifying the Enneagram in the Book of Revelation and Uncovering the Apocalyptic Enneagram in the Book of Revelation – trace recurring patterns in Revelation and explore their implications for responsibility, hope, and action today. The insights form the foundation of FAI’s interfaith programs, which are grounded in shared scriptural themes.
Meditative Point: Integrating the Three Centers
Gurdjieff’s Best Kept Secret presents a straightforward attention practice for balancing thinking, feeling, and doing. It offers an accessible way to turn integrative theory into everyday awareness.
Gurdjieff's Best Kept Secret
November/December 2019
During his 1928-1932 visit to New York, George Gurdjieff imparted a crucial teaching to his followers about the importance of focusing on the "back of the head" as a meditative point to connect all three centers of the Enneagram: physical, emotional, and intellectual. This triune focus, aligning with specific brain regions such as the hindbrain, limbic system, and neo-cortex, provides a unique way to navigate mental, emotional, and physical stress.
Applied Research: Genes & Nutrition
These publications apply the “Triune Consciousness” and Enneagram lens to biology and nutrition—moving from a proposed 3-6-9 pattern in the genetic code (Identifying the Enneagram in the Genetic Code) to studies conducted at the University of Chicago and UIC testing how vitamins A and D may work together in lab and animal models (published in Functional Foods in Health and Disease). The findings point to shifts in cancer-related pathways and measurable, dose- and time-dependent effects on tumor growth.
Identifying the Enneagram in the Genetic Code
March 2019
Between 1915 and 1917, P.D. Ouspensky and G.I. Gurdjieff studied the human organism as a "chemical factory" governed by Enneagram principles, but the discovery of DNA and the Genetic Code, which would later offer insight into this process, came decades later. The Genetic Code, essentially a Rosetta Stone for interpreting DNA, governs the translation of nucleotides into amino acids that build living organisms. This code may even have deeper connections to the universal Enneagram, as it appears embedded within the Genetic Code itself.
Vitamins A & D: their combinations for breast and colorectal cancers
November 2025
Vitamins A and D have been reported to improve cancer
outcomes. In this work, we reviewed recent meta-analyses, preclinical, and transcriptomics data for these vitamins and combinations for breast and colon cancers. The reviewed studies showed an inverse correlation between vitamin A intake and the risk and survival rates of breast cancers. Sufficient vitamin D3 levels were associated with improved survival outcomes, lower tumor grades, and less ER- or triple-negative breast cancers.
Vitamin A and D3 combinations reduce breast cancer tumor load ...
December 2024
Earlier, we documented that a combination of vitamins A and D3 synergistically inhibited the growth of MCF-7, T48:A18 and SKBR3 breast cancer cells with the best activity seen in the ER+ cell line MCF-7. Transcriptomic analysis of treated MCF-7 cells also showed that the combination significantly upregulated the apoptosis and unfolded protein response canonical pathways, and reduced estrogen signaling.
Combinations of vitamin A and D are synergistic in breast cancer cells ...
March 2023
Numerous studies over the past 30 years have shown that bioactive compounds present in functional foods, including vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals reduce cancer risk. For example, vitamins A and D derivatives found in fruits, vegetables, and dairy products, reduce the growth of breast, bladder, head, neck, lung, prostate, and skin cancers. However, the effects of these combined vitamins have not been previously reported for breast cancer.
Combination of vitamins A, D2 and D3 reduce tumor load ...
May 2022
In previous work, we have shown the synergistic effects of combinations of vitamins A, D2, and D3 in reducing the proliferation of HCT-116 colon cancer cells. This combination also induced apoptosis and altered gene expression patterns as determined by transcriptomic profiling.
Combinations of vitamins A, D2 and D3 have synergetic effects...
December 2019
Vitamin D was first hypothesized to play a role in cancer chemoprevention in 1980 when it was observed that there was a higher rate of colon cancer in the Northern USA as compared with populations living in the South. While cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) has been tested in many cancer-cell lines, published results for ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) are lacking for most epithelial cell cancers, and combination studies of both D2 and D3 and vitamin A (retinoic acid) are lacking in general.