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^, tasl in this vorld has been to lead human spirits b, means o[ a natural path to the supernatural thins, vhich b, riht belon to them, but o[ vhich the, have lost all conception, either b, their ovn debasement or b, the [alse instruction o[ those vho have tauht them. [s'
he 1raditional ^artinist Crder is an initiatic Crder and a
school o[ moral chivalr, vith its roots in the Vestern esoteric tradition. It is open to men and vomen. Its name is derived [rom that o[ Louis Claude de 5aint-^artin, vho vas a reat m,stic and pover[ul Illuminist livin in rance in the s;oos. Ie vrote man, bools under the name o[ 1he Lnlnovn hilosopher concern- in our nature and our relationship to the universe. 1hrouh him, the 1raditional ^artinist Crder is linled to a tradition vith roots oin bacl to the rimordial 1radition, at a time vhen humanit, vas privileed to unite itsel[ [reel, vith the Oivine, vithout an, intermediar,. ^artinists asl themselves vhether humanit, is nov capable o[ brinin about a union vith the Oivine. I[, as indicat- ed in the Eible, ve vere created in the imae o[ Cod, hov do ve eplain humanit,s present miserable situation! 1his uestion leads ^artinists to stud, the histor, o[ humanit,, [rom emanation out o[ the Oivine immensit, up to its present conditions. 1he ^artinist Va, or ^artinists, there is no lnovin humanit,'s [undamen- tal nature ecept b, stud,in the natural relationships vhich eist betveen Cod, the universe, and humanit,. 1he universe and humanit, [orm a vhole, tvo proressions linled one to the other and evolvin toether. I[ ve vish to understand our true nature ve must lool tovard Cod, sa,s 5aint-^artin, [or . . . ve can onl, read ourselves in Cod, onl, understand ourselves in the Oivine splendor . . . . I[ ve are no loner in a position toda, to reach this understandin it is because ve have made the error o[ separatin ourselves [rom Cod and losin ourselves in the vorld o[ appearances, the temporal vorld. Ve have, to some deree, [allen asleep to the spiritual vorld. Cur inner 1emple is in ruins. 1he ^artinist uest lies in determinin hov ve can redis- cover this state o[ paradise in vhich humanit, used to be at once a thouht, a vord, and an action o[ Cod. einteration is our oal. Ve ma, have lost our oriinal pover, but ve preserve the seed o[ this pover, nonetheless, and all it tales is the vill to culti- vate this erm and male it bear [ruit. Ve sense [ull vell that ve are in a state o[ privation, and nothin in this lover vorld is capable o[ satis[,in us entirel,. Vhat ve desire [undamentall, is not o[ this vorld, and that is vh, ve con- tinuall, o astra,, bein driven b, immense lonin [or that [acult, vhich previousl, enabled us to possess all, to rule all, to understand all. 5aint-^artin said, 1here is nothin so common as lonin and nothin so rare as desire. 1he one vho realizes the oriin o[ this melanchol, [eelin, this [leetin memor, o[ a lost reatness, vho aspires to rediscover the oriinal purit,, is lnovn as a ^an or Voman o[ Oesire. Iis or her desire is that o[ Cod, and desire is the root o[ eternit,. 1o become a Voman or ^an o[ Oesire is to undertale the reconstruction o[ the inner 1emple. 1he ^artinist relies on tvo pillars to build this everlastin 1emple-that o[ initiation and that o[ the ^artinist teachins. Initiation denotes the beinnin o[ this reat vorl, [or it is at this moment that ve receive the seed o[ liht vhich constitutes the [oundation o[ our vorl. It is then up to us to vorl to brin into bein this liht and male it shine. ^artinist [z' initiations are a privileed moment, the meetin betveen a ^an or Voman o[ Oesire and the Initiator. 1he, can onl, be bestoved in a 1emple, vith the joint and active presence o[ the one ivin and the one receivin. Vorldl, initiations are a necessar, preliminar, to ^artinists, thouh ve see them as earthl, representations o[ a reater trans- [ormation. 1he, onl, become meanin[ul vhen ve receive the central initiation. 5aint-^artin tells us that this initiation is that b, vhich ve can enter into the heart o[ Cod, and male Cods heart enter into us, there to [orm an indissoluble marriae vhich vill male us the spouse o[ our Oivine edeemer. 1here is no other m,ster, in arrivin at this hol, initiation than to delve [urther and [urther into the depths o[ our bein, and not let o until ve can brin [orth the livin, vivi[,in root, because then, all the [ruit vhich ve ouht to bear, accordin to our lind, vill be produced vithin and vithout ourselves naturall,. rom a plate in the bool Secret S,moc|s cj t|e Rcs:cruc:aus cj t|e 16t| auJ 1t| Ceutur:es. [;'
he teachins represent to a ^artinist the nourishment
necessar, [or the rovth o[ the seed received durin initiation. 1he [oundations o[ the teachins are the vritins o[ Louis Claude de 5aint-^artin and his teacher, ^artines de asuall,. ^mon the subjects o[[ered [or consideration are. ^,stical s,mbols C,cles o[ humanit, 1he triune nature o[ humanit, Civilization and the ideal state soteric stud, o[ Cenesis ^rt, music, and lanuae ree vill and destin, ^,stical reeneration 1he uaternar, lav 1he elemental vorld econciliation and reinteration 1he vorld o[ Crbs 1he visible and invisible vorlds 1he mp,rean vorld Oreams and initiation 1he ranls o[ anels 1he science o[ numbers 1he abala ra,er ^editation on the 5ephiroth In our vorl, ^artinists use neither theur, nor maic, [or ve con[orm to the ideal o[ the Lnlnovn hilosopher-to uide humanit, b, a natural path to the supernatural. or this, it is not necessar, to amass intellectual lnovlede, because to proress on the path o[ reinteration, ve must not racl our brains, but our hearts. 1he ^artinist uses tvo bools in this vorl. one is the Eool o[ /ature and the other the Eool o[ Iumanit,. /ature is the true horn o[ plent, [or ,our present state . . . it is in e[[ect the meetin- point o[ all created virtues. 1hus, all these Oivine virtues, ordained b, the Creat rinciple so as to cooperate in our rehabilitation are alva,s in eistence around us. Oivine visdom has sovn the s,mbols o[ its virtues all around us that ve ma, learn to bene[it [rom them. 1hus, /ature constitutes an endless source o[ lnovl- ede [or the initiate. [' 1he ^artinist 1eachins 1he second bool entrusted to the ^artinist [or medita- tion is the Eool o[ Iumanit,. or us, this is the essential bool. ^ccordin to 5aint-^artin, ve are the one bool vritten b, the hand o[ Cod, it is vithin us that all the lavs o[ the universe are vritten and all these [undamental and important truths eist vithin all o[ us be[ore the, eist in an, bool. It is [irst vithin ourselves that ve must search. eadin the Eool o[ Iumanit,, there[ore, leads to introspection and allovs the return to the cen- ter o[ the bein, the heart. 5aint-^artin tells us that the heart is the oran and the place vhere all our [aculties are centered and vhere the, mani[est their action, and as these [aculties relate to all the lindoms o[ vhich ve are composed, namel, the corporeal, the spiritual, and the divine . . . ., the heart is the meetin place and continuous epression o[ the soul and the spirit. 1he return o[ a bein to its center, this inner contemplation, is the true pra,er, because it imbues our soul vith this sacred charm, this divine ^aian visdom vhich is the secret li[e o[ all beins. 1he vorl o[ the Voman or ^an o[ Oesire provoles an inner trans[ormation, a spiritual a[[latus vhich heralds an inner rebirth. Cnce born as a nev man or nev voman, ve o throuh all the staes o[ evolution until ve reach complete maturit,. Cnce become human-spirit, ve vill be able to [ul[ill our ministr,. In this mis- sion, ve shall accomplish that vhich vas our oriinal destin,, that is, to be the active intermediar, betveen Cod and the Lniverse. Communication vill be reestablished betveen the hih and lov, and the earth vill be able to [ind the 5abbath. Iumanit, vill be able to participate in the reinteration o[ the vhole into the Cne and vill become aain the 1emple o[ Cod. ec|e cj eace, meu auJ wcmeu cj Jes:re, suc| :s t|e s|euJcr cj t|e Tem|e :u w|:c| ,cu w:|| cue Ja, |ave t|e r:|t tc ta|e ,cur |ace. Suc| r:v:|ee s|cu|J astcu:s| ,cu |ess, |cwever, t|au ,cur ao:|:t, tc ccmmeuce ou:|J:u :t Jcwu |ere, ,cur ao:|:t,, :u jact, tc aJcru :t at ever, mcmeut cj ,cur ex:steuce. Rememoer t|e teac|:us cj t|e saes, as aocve, sc oe|cw`, auJ :ma:ue t|at ,cu cau ccutr:oute tc t|:s aua|c, o, see:u tc :t t|at as oe|cw, sc aocve.` - lcu:s C|auJe Je Sa:ut-Mart:u [,' 1ree o[ the 5ephiroth as the ortal o[ Liht, the doorva, o[ the 1etrarammaton throuh vhich the Just vill enter. ['
he [oundations o[ the ^artinist teachins are the vritins
o[ Louis Claude de 5aint-^artin and ^artines de asuall,. 1he stor, o[ these tvo reat m,stics beins in the earl, s8th centur,. In the midst o[ the reat political and economic unrest leadin to the rench evolution, rance paused to listen to a debonair, inspirin, m,sterious man vho aved both the nobilit, and the people vith the hih level o[ m,sticism contained in his published vritins. 1his author sined his bools 1he Lnlnovn hilosopher. Vhere did his reat understand- in come [rom! Ie could have been easil, mistalen [or a 5ophist, ,et he possessed the entleness and pro[ound understandin o[ a philanthropist. 1his man vas Louis Claude de 5aint-^artin. Ie dared to invade the salons o[ the vealth, aristocrats to challene their jaded interests vith inspirin discourses. Ie alloved himsel[ to become the idol o[ rench societ, vith but one purpose-to drav their minds ava, [rom their meaninless, sel[-indulent eistence to contemplate humanit,s true position in the universe. Ie vished them to comprehend the natural connection eistin betveen Cod, humanit,, and the universe, and to be conscious o[ the special place ve once occupied in our oriinal state and vhat happened to us dur- in the course o[ time. ^bove all, he vished them to learn hov to reain this lorious [ormer state. 1he published vritins o[ Louis Claude de 5aint-^artin vere read in rance, Cerman,, nland, even in ussia. 1he lnovlede vhich he imparted became lnovn under the name o[ ^artinism. 1his reat teacher re[used to tale credit [or vhat he tauht, hov- ever, instead pa,in tribute to his initiators. 1o those vho vere vor- th,, he divuled the secret o[ a hiher lnovlede the, could access. 1o attain it, the, had to trans[orm themselves, and their preparation vas throuh initiation. 1he man to vhom Louis Claude de 5aint-^artin ave credit [or his teachins vas ^artines de asuall,, a pover[ul [;' ^ Erie[ Iistor, o[ ^artinism m,stic, adept, and theurist o[ the s8th centur,. 1radition indicates he vas vell versed in the secret visdom embodied in the esoteric teachins o[ ,pt, Creece, and the Crient. 5hortl, a[ter s;o, asuall, vent to Eordeau and established the headuarters [or his order, 1he ^asonic lus-Cohen nihts o[ the Lniverse. 5aint-^artin, then an o[[icer in the rench ^rm,, learned that one o[ his [ellov o[[icers vas a member o[ this Crder o[ the lus-Cohens [lect riests'. 1hrouh this [riend, 5aint-^artin met vith the 5upreme ^aster o[ the Crder, ^artines de asuall,, and vas immediatel, captivated b, the mans oals and teachins. ^[ter due preparation and demonstration o[ his vorthiness, 5aint-^artin vas initiated into the Crder o[ the lus-Cohens in the ,ear s;,, at ae zz. Ie eventuall, attained the hihest deree o[ that Crder, that o[ au-Croi. Eut 5aint-^artin vas not entirel, von over b, asuall,s methods, vhich called [or theuric rites, ver, complicated ceremonies concerned vith perceivable mani[estations. 5aint-^artin o[ten asled asuall,, ^aster, is all that necessar, in order to lnov Cod! In s;;z, personal matters compelled asuall, to leave rance [or ort-au-rince, in Iaiti, vhere he died in s;;. Vithout its [ounder, the Crder proressivel, [ell dormant. Iis tvo ablest disciples vere 5aint-^artin and Jean-Eaptiste Villermoz. Villermoz joined vith some members o[ the lus-Cohens and the Crder o[ the 5trict Cerman 1emplar Cbservance. 1he, reoranized themselves b, adoptin part o[ the theoretical teachins o[ ^artines de asuall, to create an order called 1he Charitable nihts o[ the Iol, Cit,. Cthers joined this Crder, but 5aint- ^artin, seein that the, vere not so much seelin the truth as the hilosophers 5tone, chose to [ollov an independent path. [8' 1heuric diaram o[ the lus-Cohens [rom an oriinal document lept in the rench /ational Librar,. [q' 5aint-^artin traveled to nland, Ital,, and Cerman, to stud, humanit, and nature and to compare the [indins o[ others vith his ovn. It vas in 5trasbour, a cit, in northeast rance, that he became acuainted vith the vorls o[ Jacob Eoehme [s,;,-sz', vhich revolutionized his vhole m,stical li[e. Jacob Eoehme became [or 5aint-^artin his second teacher. In order to read Eoehmes tets in their oriinal lanuae, 5aint-^artin learned Cerman at the ae o[ ,. 1hrouh a stud, o[ Eoehme, he realized that true ini- tiation surpasses theuric rituals, there is no need to call upon inter- mediar, povers o[ creation throuh comple and o[ten danerous ceremonies. Initiation can onl, be produced vith the heart. 1his is vhat is called 1he Va, o[ the Ieart. Oesin [rom a plate ecerpted [rom the bool Secret S,moc|s cj t|e Rcs:cruc:au cj t|e 16t| auJ 1t| Ceutur:es. rom this point until the end o[ his li[e, 5aint-^artin made a dail, tasl o[ translatin the tets o[ Jacob Eoehme. I ove m, entr, into the hiher truths to ^artines de asuall,, and I ove the most important steps I have made into these truths to Jacob Eoehme. 5aint-^artin published his [irst vorl in s;;, under the title C[ rrors and C[ 1ruth, or Iumanit, ecalled to the Lniversal rinciple o[ 5cience. 1he bools purpose vas to combat the athe- ism o[ his time. ^s vith all his other vritins, this vas published under the pseudon,m o[ 1he Lnlnovn hilosopher. Ourin the man, ,ears o[ his literar, activit,, Louis Claude de 5aint-^artin vrote numerous vorls, includin 1he /atural [so' \iev o[ the Connections istin Eetveen Cod, Iumanit, and the Lniverse, 1he erson o[ Oesire, 1he /ev erson, 1he 5pirit o[ 1hins, and 1he ^inistr, o[ the Iuman-5pirit. Ie also le[t to posterit, a revealin and inspirin personal correspondence, as vell as a [ev posthumous vorls. In addition, he published translations o[ the vritins o[ the one he called his most dear E [Jacob Eoehme'. 1he Eirth o[ Oavn, 1he 1hree rinciples o[ the Oivine ssence, ort, Cuestions on the 5oul, 1he 1riple Li[e o[ Iumanit,, and 5i oints and /ine 1ets. 1he philosophical vorls o[ Louis Claude de 5aint-^artin aroused much interest. In order to stud, his teachins, a circle o[ disciples vas [ormed, lnovn b, the name o[ 5ociet, o[ Intimates. 1his societ, vas vorlin [or the purest [orms o[ spiritualit,. 5aint- ^artin accepted ver, [ev men and vomen into his societ,, alva,s eercisin etreme prudence. Oespite the political and social turbulence o[ the rench evolution, Louis Claude de 5aint-^artin vas never seriousl, harassed durin the ein o[ 1error, or at an, other time durin the evolution. Ie passed ava, o[ a strole on Cctober s;, s8o;, at the ae o[ o. [ss' 1he name o[ Cod vhich burns in the heart and soul o[ humanit,. rcm t|e Cc||ecteJ \cr|s cj |acco ce|me.
ollovin Louis Claude de 5aint-^artins death, the
^artinist disciples vere not ver, active. 1he traditional teachins and ceremonies vere privatel, transmitted b, roups o[ initiators, spreadin principall, throuhout Ital,, Cerman,, and rance. ^[ter a lon period o[ secrec,, a reat e[[ort vas undertalen in s888 to restructure ^artinism into an initiatic order. It is due to the e[[orts o[ Or. Crard ncausse [apus' and ^uustin Chaboseau that this order survived and tool on the name ^artinist Crder. 1heir e[[orts vere revarded vith success in s8qs vith the [ormation o[ a 5upreme Council o[ the ^artinist Crder, consistin o[ zs members vith authorit, over all the lodes in the vorld. apus, a vell-lnovn rench esotericist, vas elected the [irst resident o[ the 5upreme Council. Lnder his brilliant and tireless direction, the Crder rev rapidl,, and b, sqoo, it could account [or several hundred members in most parts o[ the vorld. apus soon became an authorit, on ^artinism, and his vorls constitute a precious source o[ in[ormation [or ^artinists and all those interested in the tradition. Vorld Var I [sqs-sqs8' reatl, a[[ected the rovth and activities o[ the Crder. apus died heroicall, carr,in out his duties as a medical doctor, and man, other leaders and members o[ the Crder did not survive. It vas [inall, revived in sq;s due to the e[[orts o[ ^uustin Chaboseau, the co-[ounder o[ the ^artinist Crder vith apus. Ie, alon vith the tvo other remainin survivors o[ the s8qs 5upreme Council, created the 1raditional ^artinist Crder to distinuish it [rom several move- ments vhich vronl, claimed to be the successors o[ apus. ^uustin Chaboseau, vho vas a descendant o[ an uninterrupted [iliation bacl to Louis Claude de 5aint-^artin, served as Crand ^aster and resident o[ the 5upreme Council until his transition on Januar, z, sq. alph ^avell Levis, Imperator o[ the ^ncient and ^,stical Crder osae Crucis, vas received into the 1raditional ^artinist Crder on 5eptember s, sq;q, b, Ceores Lareze, [sz' ^odern ^artinism leate and representative o[ ^uustin Chaboseau. Conseuentl,, the charters, mani[estos, and all other documents needed [or the promotion and development o[ ^artinism in the ^mericas vere transmitted to alph ^. Levis just prior to the oppression vhich the 1raditional ^artinist Crder had to endure in urope durin the 5econd Vorld Var. Currentl,, the 5upreme Council o[ the 1raditional ^artinist Crder is directed and presided over b, the 5overein Crand ^aster, Christian Eernard, Imperator o[ the osicrucian Crder, ^^CC. 1he 1raditional ^artinist Crder, as reoranized in the nlish lanuae jurisdiction, oes bacl throuh an initiatic transmission vhich is absolutel, authentic, to the purest sources o[ ^artinism. 1hus, the ^artinist liht has been able to shine, spread, and increase vithout interruption and vithout ever losin an, o[ its oriinal luster. [s;' [s'
here are tvo levels o[ ^artinist a[[iliation open to
osicrucians. s. Crator, or Iome 5tud, membership. 1o all those interested in pursuin the ^artinist teachins, ve o[[er an Crator, or Iome 5tud, proram. 1his t,pe o[ mem- bership entitles ,ou to receive at home [our ^artinist discourses Eecomin a ^artinist ever, month, to be studied in a manner that vill be indicated to ,ou. ^lthouh sel[-initiation is not part o[ the ^artinist s,stem o[ stud,, ,ou vill receive a ritual to marl the beinnin o[ each level in ,our Crator, vorl. Crator, stud, vill [amiliarize ,ou vith the theoretical teachins o[ the 1^C, hovever it vill not o[[er the three traditional initiations, vhich con[er upon ,ou the status o[ a true ^artinist initiate. Instead ,ou become a student o[ ^artinism. 1o enroll ,oursel[ in this t,pe o[ membership, please com- plete the enclosed application and send it vith appropriate dues made pa,able to the 1raditional ^artinist Crder. I[ it is accepted, ,ou vill receive ,our [irst paclet o[ discourses vithin a short time. ^^CC members vho do not vish to receive Iome Crator, Lessons but onl, to join a local oup, must enroll vith the Crand Ieptad as a Ieptad Cnl, member. z. ^embership in a local Ieptad. 1he traditional method o[ ^artinist membership is o[[ered throuh initiation and learnin in a ^artinist Ieptad. 1he vord Ieptad comes [rom the Creel |eta, vhich desinates the number seven. 1hus, a Ieptad is a local bod, under the supervision o[ the seven o[[icers in chare. Vorl in the Ieptad is conducted in the strictest traditional manner, and initiations are con[erred vith the active ph,sical presence o[ the candidate and an initiator, vho is an o[[icer dul, initiated and empovered b, the directives o[ the ^artinist 1radition to initiate others. 1his [orm o[ a[[iliation is open to those vho are able to attend the meetins or classes, called conventicles, vhich are held either veell, or monthl, at the local Ieptad. 1hese meet- ins are conducted in the Ieptad temple, and include a ^artinist ritual [olloved b, an active discussion amon class members and the class master o[ the concepts presented in the Ieptad discourse. ^embers vho complete their studies and initiations in the Ieptad, vhich tales a minimum o[ si ,ears, become [ull-[leded initiates in a chain o[ Liht etendin bacl to Louis Claude de 5aint-^artin himsel[. 5maller ^artinist roups, lnovn as ^teliers [Vorlshops', also o[[er classes and the ^ssociate Oeree Initiation. [s,' I[ this t,pe o[ membership appeals to ,ou, please [irst complete the enclosed application [or admission into the 1raditional ^artinist Crder, choosin either Iome Crator, [receivin lessons at home' or Ieptad Cnl, [no lessons at home' ^embership, and enclose the dues applicable [or the cataor, o[ membership ,ou have selected. Cnce ,ou have been accepted as a member o[ the Crand Ieptad, consult the list o[ local Ieptads and ^teliers posted on the 1^C section o[ vvv.rosicrucian.or/ members/, or contact the 1^C C[[ice to obtain this list. 1he dues receipt ,ou receive vith ,our [irst paclet o[ discourses vill enable ,ou to contact the Ieptad or ^telier closest to ,our home in order to appl, [or initiation and participation in its activities. ^embership vill reuire modest dues to help support the epenses o[ the local Ieptad or ^telier. or those vho live in an area vhere there is no Ieptad or ^telier but vho desire to be initiated into the ^artinist 1radition, the option is o[[ered to receive the [irst ^artinist initiation onl, [the ^ssociate Initiation' at a distant Ieptad or ^telier or at a reional convention, i[ it is bein o[[ered. 1his allovs those vho are unable to participate in the classes and activities o[ a local roup vith reularit,, or vho live in a place vhere none are available, to attend eneral ^artinist conventicles held durin national or vorldvide osicrucian conventions, or to visit a nearb, roup on occasion [or special events [such as the o[[icial visit o[ a rovincial ^aster, the annual east o[ Ieschouah, or a eneral conventicle vith a uest spealer, etc.'. ^embers o[ the 1raditional ^artinist Crder are [ree to dis- continue their membership at an, time. I[ the, are Iome Crator, members, the, must return the teachins that the, have received to the Crand ^aster o[ the Crder. Ieptad Cnl, members vho vish to resin [or an, reason are reuired to leep con[idential an, in[ormation the, have received durin their active a[[iliation in the local roup. [s' [s;' I[ ,ou have additional uestions, please visit. vvv.rosicrucian.or /members/tmo/inde.php or contact tmo_rosicrucian.or [o8' q;-; 95 1raditional ^artinist Crder osicrucian arl s;z /alee ^venue 5an Jose, C^ q,sqs-ooos L.5.^. [s8' . . .
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