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 were expected to read the original work. However, this had only been available to the Réaux Croix and this suggests that, in Willermoz’ Order, either all the Grands Profès were already Réaux Croix, or that Willermoz considered them to be equivalent. This adds evidence to the theory that the Grands Profès did indeed practice theurgy.
For now, enjoy the final lesson, available in English at last. A diagram from Pasqually’s Treatise, which is a visual representation of much of the lesson, will be provided shortly.
In due time this will appear in a book, with other materials to be announced…
Here is the lesson:
Paper 9 by Willermoz (Cahiers 1 – 9)
This article could be fleshed out a bit to orient the reader with a few more quotes from Augustine and Oecolampadius”s 1525 treatise, Genuina expositio verborum Domini interpretatione: Hoc est corpus Meum. Here”s the sort of Augustinian quote that the Reformed seized upon: “Eat Christ, then; though eaten He yet lives, for when slain He rose from the dead. Nor do we divide Him into parts when we eat Him: though indeed this is done in the Sacrament, as the faithful well know when they eat the Flesh of Christ, for each receives his part, hence are those parts called graces. Yet though thus eaten in parts He remains whole and entire; eaten in parts in the Sacrament, He remains whole and entire in Heaven. http://tonyclifton.net/