Martinism

The Martinimus is a mystical flow, which originated in the middle of the 18th century in France. Louis Claude de Saint- Martin, the unknown philosopher, gave the movement its name. The philosophy of the Martinist is a synthesis of theosophical - Masonic thought and sprang from the Enlightenment.

Particularly important for the Martinism are the works of Saint- Martins, the former nerve of the cultural elite of France met, among others with "errors and truth." In it, he explains the seeker or Hommes de désir, rediscover the divine origin by the way of the heart. The person is asked not to be driving in everyday life there, but consciously perceive the present and to shape it.

Saint -Martin later explained himself again that he met two masters in his life that made him the greater show. For one, it was Martinez de Pasqually, founder of Elus Coen Order, and the German shoemaker and philosopher Jacob Boehme. The latter met him only through his works, which still partially translated into French Louis Claude.

After his work was " Errors and Truth" in 1782 translated into German by Matthias Claudius, was followed by other books and records:

• L' Homme de désir - The seekers (1790)
• Ecce Homo - Behold what a man (1792 )
• Le Nouvel Homme - The New Man ( 1792)
• Le crocodile, ou la guerra du Bien et du Mal - The crocodile and the battle between good and evil, (1799 )
• Le Ministère de l' homme -esprit - The ministry of the Spirit people (1802 )

When Louis Claude de Saint -Martin died in 1803, the successor of his philosophy and theosophy called henceforth Martinist. They used his teachings and ceremonies, and gave it to subsequent generations.

It was not until about 1888 the scattered Martinists by the French occultist Gérard Encausse's alias Papus were again in a religious order, the Ordre Martiniste merged. Papus ' effort led to a renewed flowering of Martinism, who had hardly found in the time of Napoleon attention.

The activities of the German Martinists are difficult to discern in history.

Nowadays managed in Germany of AMORC the legacy of Traditional Martinist Order ( TMO) and also operates its website. Internationally, there are a number of other Martinist Order, which, inter alia, to organize within Freemasonry.

• Christian mysticism
• Gnosis
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• Emil Cioran: About the reactionary thinking, 1957

• Lothar S. Diehl (ed.): Initiatenorden and mystery schools. A guide for seekers on the western path of knowledge. Zerling, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88468-071-4.
• Harald Lamprecht: New Rosicrucians. Cambridge University Press, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-525-56549-6 (church, denomination, religion; 45)
• Clemens Zerling: From Martinezismus to Martinism in: The Rosicrucians. History of an idea between myth and reality ... VFSammler in Stocker Verlag, Graz, ISBN 978-3-85365-232-9

• Information site about Martinism

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