Back in 1972, when I was 15 (I’ll give you a little time to get your calculators out!) I purchased my first and second Tarot decks. I was at boarding school in England, so I had to keep my interested somewhat hidden. My first deck was one of the only kinds available at that time, […]
The last few weeks have seen me talking in several States, with the result that this is the first time I’ve been in front of my home computer since before the end of May! This time I want to bring you an inspiring prayer based on the Lord’s Prayer, written by Abbé Julio and founding the […]
I was absolutely delighted to see my friend Bro. Mathieu G. Ravignat’s new book on the Elus Cohen published towards the end of last month. It is currently available on Amazon. Bro. Mat does have the distinct advantage of living in Quebec and being bilingual, which means he can read ten books in French […]
This is the diagram designed by Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin, while writing down Pasqually’s Treatise on the Reintegration of Beings, to be read alongside Jean-Baptiste Willermoz’ 9th Lesson to his Grands Profès, provided in the prior Post. The diagrams below are an image of the original one by Saint-Martin (on the right), and a cleaned-up version […]
So, finally we come to the final lesson. In this lesson Willermoz prepares his Grands Profès to read Pasqually’s Treatise on the Reintegration of Beings, by giving them important pointers to the text. This is a critical point, since it shows that the Profès and Grand Profès Lectures were only introductory, and that the members […]
Here is the penultimate lesson from Willermoz to his students of esoteric and spiritual Freemasonry. It is humbling to realize these letters were written by him exactly 200 years ago this year. This is a brief blog since I am at the Texas Masonicon, about to attend talks before giving mine this afternoon. However, I […]
These two papers again help to flesh out Pasqually’s Treatise, but admittedly, once again, with Willermoz’ deeply Catholic side coloring the explanations. In a way it doesn’t matter too much, since we can easily see where Willermoz goes ‘Catholic dogma’ on us. Still, it is always sad to read another perpetuation of the story of […]
The next two Lessons are a direct message to a new member, and an expansive consideration of the nature of the Trinity. The 4th manuscript is a traditional cautionary tale, gently chiding the new Initiate for his presumption and arrogance, then assuring him of the aid of all his Brethren. It is an old message […]
This third of the nine lessons from Willermoz to his Grands Profès is perhaps the most famous of all his writings. Also called Man-God, a Treatise on the Two Natures of Christ, this priceless document in the Willermoz Archives in the Lyon National Library has even been published as its own book (see the header […]
Well, it has been a busy couple of weeks. We had some of our Chiefs from the UK stay on the East Coast, and the Temple was humming with many wonderful events (those of you linked on Facebook will have seen the Episcopal Consecration, and believe me much more happened which has no place on […]
