Tag: SaintMartin


  • Yod: Religion and Myths: Natural Human Needs

    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…

  • Heth (ח) – The Universal Law of Reaction

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Drawing the Martinist Pantacle

    The Martinist Pantacle is the image you see at the top-left of this page, right beside “Between Two Worlds”. It comes in various colours depending on the circumstances, the grade being represented, and the design choice of the particular Order using it, but the basics are the same. Upwards and downwards pointing triangles, enclosed within…

  • The Creation Myth of Saint Martin

    “Ten Instructions to Men of Desire”, is a series of lectures by Louis Claude de Saint Martin. On the face of it, they are his interpretation of the cosmology put forward by Martinez de Pasqually in his Treatise. But to think of it as an introductory or explanatory document to Pasqually’s text is to do…