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Introduction
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THE MARTINISM
OF THE 1952 MANIFESTO
TO THE MARTINIST ORDERS UNION
Documents used l'Initiation (1952-1958)
Introduction
The association CRP puts this document at your disposal, which was made out from the review L'Initiation publications by the regional delegate for the M. O.
Everyone should use it to exercise his critical mind. This cannot be a document to swallow.
On purpose, everything is submitted to the critical eyes of the seekers, of those who do not spare their personal efforts. Everything is to be tested, often because very truths are surrounded by blurredness.
The following journals on this theme could complete the information given by the review from 1960 to our days.
Other journals could consider aspects of the teachings proposed by Martines, Saint Martin, and Papus...
It is a little bit too easy to rest on the work of one or a few. The other journals will appear on condition that this basic work is enriched by personal research, complements brought by other books or reviews.
The ideas and positions expressed in this journal should never make one forget that the region
-- respects the individual freedom of each Martinist member;
- Asks no one to adhere without having fully integrated the words and thoughts - however noble they may be - of our predecessors;
- considers that no one detains truth;
- serves as a base of work for "Men of Desire", through its group structures, its rituals;
-- Is not the only dispenser of knowledge;
- stimulates the germs that we bear;
- offers initiation to every person who deserves it or in need.
I have not followed a strict plan on purpose; incomplete elements are numerous.
A sound esoterism
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A SOUND ESOTERISM
Martinism in the Nord - Pas de Calais region lies on the practice of esoterism. Our cultural field is Greco-Latin, with a few other deep components: the Gallic or Belgian cultures. Our reference data take part in a structure, which we try to enlarge, but the bases of which are notably linked to Christianism.
Our esoterism does not aim at dividing people, nor at contesting Church institutions respectful of humankind. We are opposed to any sectarian practice and claim the exercise of our responsibility and liberty.
Our bases are Plato, Moses, Orpheus, hermetism, gnosis,
Pythagoras, the Bible, legends, tales, myths, mystical trends…
Our esoterism aims at the knowledge of man, nature, God.
Our esoterism is not in contradiction with the institutional or dogmatic knowledge of churches. It corresponds to the necessities of seeking for an inner light and we do not hesitate to use new criteria concerning knowledge. It is a source of reconciliation and not divisions.
The principles lie on the law of analogies, correspondences, the life of Creation and not only creatures, "ratio hermetica", imagination, transmutation, concordance, transmission.
We favour Occidental data even when using more convenient Oriental concepts.
Our esoterism develops a conscious spiritual teaching. It keeps us far from "cheap" occultism, rejects conceptual prejudice. It uses all ways of thinking in favour of the progress of humanity.
The three ways of esoterism can be used:
1. The initiation seeks with transmission from master to disciple in the context of communities proving the validity of their traditions.
2. History tends to rediscover traditional ways; it is interested in all forms of thought and tradition. It uses the way of accumulating initiations, practice, etc.
3. Integration of world data: self-knowledge is also knowledge of the world. Tradition is a way used by the Man of Desire. Intellect, study, works on oneself, the way of heart make a gnosis possible.
Our studies are based on a human community United by an essential human relationship (trust).
Our doctrines refer to Martines, Saint Martin and their works. Our aim is the reintegration of man in his original rights and duties.
We respect churches and refuse to mix our initiatic data with any political conception.
Martinists and Church
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MARTINISTS AND CHURCH
Are we concerned by Excommunication?
According to the 1374 Canon of the 1983 Coder, "those who take part in an association conspiring against Church will be punished by a just sentence, but those who take an active part in or lead it will be punished by interdict."
1. The Martinist Order is not mentioned.
2. The order does not conspire against Church; its regulations would not tolerate it.
3. The principle of just sentence is kept for its members, that of interdict for the leaders.
Nevertheless, the negative judgement on the Order remains unchanged, because our principles are considered incompatible with the doctrine of Church: without the Church, there is no Salvation.
The Martinist is in a state of deadly sin; does it mean that he is in breach with God, knowing what he does, meaning what he does, and choosing in total freedom to do evil?
The Martinist wants to be an instrument of God, he wants to serve God; the question above does not concern him. For men, the service of God through Christ is the answer to this kind of remarks.
We willingly let religions condemn us; judge us... under their full responsibility.
The Martinist who feels concerned by such condemnations is free to tender his resignation, which will be accepted.
The others have enough work to avoid wasting their time.
The misery of man deserves better than the condemnation of men of good will.
The Martinist clearly manifests his will to be a Christian, his desire to receive Christ like a friend; he freely makes friends with his fellow men and is by no means obliged to reveal his relation to God.
Sethos (S I) from Bruxelles reminds us in the 1953 review N°3 of L'Initiation that the Martinist Order refers to the doctrine of the Original Sin; that its members do not fight against the Roman Catholic Church or against any other church; that they pray so that Light may reach every organisation and every man. The Martinist is the servant of God. The way of reintegration is close to the parable of the return of the Prodigal Son... The Unknown Superiors want to proclaim the Truth brought by Christ, but they refuse to divulge it anywhere, at any time, in any manner, in front of anybody.
They leave the established Churches take care of the men bogged down in the world.
Am I a heretic?
If a Roman Catholic, apostolic priest questioned me about the Catholic faith and the doctrine of the Apostles, I would probably give a non-authorized version of Christianism, a different interpretation of the Bible.
However, I do not want to defy Church or any other religion at all. I do not reject the fundamental truths of Christianism; I want to integrate them, to make them mine to accept them effectively. The behaviour or the role of Clergy would be my business only if they charged men with more burden than they can carry. Social order always seems adaptable.
The Trinity seems normal; the nature of Jesus seems a mystery, however if he was not man and fully man... how to deny the humanity of Jesus if he came for us?
As for the Pope, I acknowledge His authority on all of those who acknowledge this authority.
The only privileges I recognize are those bestowed by the Spirit. It seems to me that the Scriptures should be accessible to everyone; commentaries on the Scriptures, except for personal opinions written as a means of communicating with other S I must corn from qualified specialists to avoid useless wild imaginings.
The obstacles:
The origin of evil if God is almighty
The double nature of Christ, man-God
The Trinity
Are monks able to take the sins of humankind on them and expiate them through their austerity and prayers?
Do I still have to fear the Zealots, poor frightened men, uncertain of their creeds; do they suppose that I wish to defy the constituted corps?
To conclude:
It is intellectually interesting to raise the problem of the relation of a Martinist with a particular Church. Pragmatically, I would like men to live the Gospels fully before discussing "the sex of angels". As for the rest, let the specialists of the questions above mentioned divert us.
Dogma
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DOGMA
Meaning of the word "dogma":
Dogma designates any kind of teaching.
Dogma refers to a passage from the Scriptures expressing a revealed and thus normative will.
Martinism teaches a doctrine: that of the Reintegration of beings.
Through its rituals, it proposes symbols.
The initiations are a form of conditioning; they incite to work on oneself, to the conquest of individual freedom, to reflection, action and knowledge.
The Martinist does not feel concerned by a dogmatic faith; he has fully understood and integrated dogma; His "I believe that", "Credo ut", is not irrational belief in the truth of an enunciation but reflect a personal, cultivated opinion.
His "I believe in..." is not a confident abandon to the salutary virtues of a dogma before interpretation, but reflect a long maturation, the acceptance of supra-human realities. The Martinist dogmatism is an inner-accepted dogmatism and not a dogmatism imposed from outside.
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