During my current efforts to translate and publish Saint-Martin’s and Papus’ works on Numbers, hoping to provide insight into the French approach to Numerology, I came across a long quotation by Papus in his book La Science des Nombres, in which he eulogizes a colleague, Albert Faucheux, who went by the nom-de-plume of Francois Charles […]
A few months ago I was approached by a representative of the Grand Commandery of Tennessee and the Grand Encampment of the United States, to talk about a potential project. An old, handwritten book had been discovered on the bookshelves of Coeur De Lion Comandery No., 9 in Knoxville. Upon further inspection, it turned out […]
This blog takes a departure from my usual subject matter. While tidying up the other day I came across a precious document I had written out by hand from an old typed manuscript, and in the interest of its preservation and for the interest of readers, I present it here. When I was a boy […]
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 […]
When a Grand Lodge or, better, the Conference of Grand Masters meets, do you think that it talks about the meaning of Masonic symbols, debates the origins of the Craft or discusses the true meaning of Initiation? Me neither! And yet these were precisely some of the topics discussed at the early Conferences in the […]
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 […]
This is not a normal post, but a piece of family history. Most families have the proverbial ‘black sheep’, the person nobody mentions. I never knew I had a great uncle called Harry, bother to my grandfather. Recently, going through me mother’s belongings I found an old letter dated 1935, from this relative who was […]
I’m delighted to announce that Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin’s second book, ‘Natural Table’, is now published and available at amazon.com among other sites in the US, as well the most country Amazon websites. Published in 1782, seven years after ‘Of Errors & Truth’, Saint-Martin was still a Freemason and avid follower of Pasqually and his teachings, […]
