Category: SaintMartin
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This is the tenth in a series of essays discussing, chapter-by-chapter, the book “Natural Table” by Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin. The previous article can be found here. Each of these will stand well on their own, but it’s unavoidable that a better picture will be formed by reading them in order. Mythological lessons In this chapter…
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This is the ninth in a series of essays discussing, chapter-by-chapter, Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin’s “Natural Table.” The previous chapter can be found here. After several chapters of hammering home just how much trouble we are in, and how far we are from the Divine (although always with a sense of hope), in this chapter he…
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This is the eighth in a series of essays of a chapter-by-chapter analysis of Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin’s book, “Natural Table of the Relationships which exist between God, Man and the Universe”. The previous essay can be found here. As a physicist I have to admit that I struggle a little with this chapter. Saint-Martin relies…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…