Category: NaturalTable


  • Zayin (ז) – The Works of Man

    This is the seventh in a series of chapter-by-chapter essays on Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin’s book “Natural Table”. The previous chapter can be found here. In this chapter, Saint-Martin reflects on the state that we find ourselves in via an extended metaphor based on human reproduction, gestation, and birth. Following this there is a discussion of…

  • Vav (ו) – Temporal Life

    This is the six in a series of chapter-by-chapter discussions of Saint-Martin’s “Natural Table”. The previous chapter can be found here. After the discussion of the events of the Fall of Man, Saint-Martin now dives into the pitiable state in which we now live, but he does so in a way that offers a glimmer…

  • Heh (ה) – The Fall, Loss of the Light

    This is the fifth in a series of essays where I go through each chapter of Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin’s “Natural Table”. You can find the previous chapter here. In this chapter Saint-Martin outlines his thoughts on how we fell to our present position, so it is important to keep in mind the ideas he had…

  • Daleth (ד) – Man emanated from God

    This is the fourth in a series of essays exploring the book “Natural Table” by Louis Claude de Saint-Martin. I am stepping through the book chapter by chapter, with the hope that I can help explain some of the subtle thought of this profoundly wise man. The previous chapter can be found here, and the…

  • Gimel – Man, visible sign of God

    This is the third part of a series discussing, chapter by chapter, the book, “Natural Table” by Louis Claude de Saint-Martin. The first in the series can be found here, and the previous article is here. Communication Communication is absolutely fascinating. Taking a physicalist point of view for a moment (a stance I entirely disagree…

  • Beth – Disorder in Creation

    This is the second in a series of essays on Louis Claude de Saint-Martin’s book, “Natural Table of the Relationships which exist between God, Man and the Universe”. The series begins here. A world of chaos In this chapter, Saint-Martin takes on the subject of the disorder, evil, and chaos that we observe in the…

  • Aleph – Truth is in Man

    This is the first entry in a series where I will be going through Louis Claude de Saint-Martin’s book, “Natural Table of the Relationships which exist between God, Man and the Universe”. In this post, I will be discussing the first chapter of this book, “Aleph — Truth is in Man”. Given that, at this…