Interesting facts on Martinism:
The definition of Martinism
Martinism is a system of mystical Christian Illuminist philosophy and theurgical procedure, concerned with the Fall of the first man, his state of material privation from his Divine Source, and the process of return of mankind back into its original divine state, called 'Reintegration' or 'Illumination'.
Martinism is a collective term used to describe both this particular doctrine, as well as the teachings of the reorganized 'Martinist Order' founded in 1886 by Dr. Gerard Encausse (Papus). Since the late 18th century, the term Martinism already was used interchangeably between the teachings of Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin and Martinez de Pasqually, and the works of the first being attributed to the latter. Martinism is Christian Chivalry, or, if preferred, a chivalric line of individual and collective improvement.
Well-known members of the Martinist movement include he Compte de Saint-Germain, Czar Nicholas II of Russia, Gerard Encausse (Papus), John Yarker, Eliphas Levi, Lord Bulwer-Lytton, A.E. Waite, H.P. Blavatsky, J.I. Wedgwood, Victor Blanchard, Honore de Balzac, Pamela Coleman Smith, Margaret Peeke, and many others in the fields of government, religion, literature, education, business, and the arts. Martinism is intimately intertwined with the teachings of Illuminism, whose influence is felt across Europe and clear into Russia.
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