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... what I think, but that is my opinion, is that a true initiatory organization should never refuse the initiation to those who prove to be spiritually suitable to receive it only because they cannot afford the enrolment and a monthly fee that is beyond their possibilities. Not all initiatory organizations are the same. Fortunately there are some, in my experience, which are within everyone’s reach, rich and poor.
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The Number Ten, Harmony and the achievement of the complete state of ‘Being’.
With this paragraph we enter the 3rd Level of interpretation, that of Initiate Master Builder.
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| The Journey through the Great Work /3.2 |
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Ars Muratoria describes in detail the ‘geometry’ of a method and its instruments. These instruments hide the virtues of the Initiate’s Psyche in the allegory.
On the contrary of what we think, it is necessary to refuse and disown the exoteric isolation of the High ritual Chambers and to understand the invisible connections of the initiatory activities through which Esoteric Philosophy joins in the Scottish Pyramid the commitment of initiates of different levels and abilities.
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| The Journey through the Great Work /3.1 |
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Ars Muratoria describes in detail the ‘geometry’ of a method and its instruments. These instruments hide the virtues of the Initiate’s Psyche in the allegory.
When in the evolution of the Human Kingdom the air element of the thought got in contact with the fire element of the spirit, an aqueous and voluble element appeared in the lower levels of the mind; it still accompanies Personality up to its complete individualization. |
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| Anamnesis of the inner reawakening |
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... I wonder if being an initiate represents the "sine qua non" condition... or isn't it enough to have a pure and simple love for knowledge, beyond any material interest.
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 | There is initiation and Initiation |
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Usually nobody is interested in understanding what Initiation is; what it means to be an Initiate; what is required in order to become one. Maybe because knowing certain things would involve making awkward comparisons.
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| Hedonism and initiation |
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| […] Who is alone belongs to himself ... |
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| Seven-fold interpretation of the inner evolutionary system |
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...the humankind is going through an involutional period and...a new ‘man’ will grow from the ashes of the old one...A great knowledge got lost in the mists of time...the Atlantean race was destined to the development of the Astral body and so on going back to all the others...
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| Modern Occultism between Éliphas Lévi and Aleister Crowley |
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| Apparently the French term occultisme was used for the first time by Éliphas Lévi; apart from the nominal problem, though, the tradition of ‘occult sciences' has its roots at the beginning of Christianity. Previous to Lévi's neologism there wasn't a clear distinction, even terminological, with what Guénon later defined the domain of ‘esotericism' or ‘initiation'.... |
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| Thirteen Answers on Magic, Church, Freemasonry and esotericism |
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| 1. Q: Is a syncretism between two opposite realities such as Catholicism and magic possible…?
2. Q: We talk about Regular and Accepted Lodges…?
3. Q: There is a problem of costs; a few years ago for joining a Lodge I was asked…?
4. Q: Many people nowadays consider Freemasonry a corrupted Institution…?
5. Q: I am very keen on Initiatory sciences and nowadays what troubles me is the excommunication by the Catholic Church…?
6. Q: I think that only God can say who really owns the Truth…?
7. Q: In these days I am interested in Kremmerzian Hermeticism…?
8. Q: I am against any form of discrimination towards women and vice versa...?
9. Q: I wish for the restart … of the Inter-religious Dialogue between the (Worldwide) Masonic Institution and the Catholic Church …?
10. Q: The Latin Catholic Church claims to have the primacy on the interpretation of the great figure of Christ…?
11. Q: I studied Religious Sciences in a Catholic Institute, I would like to study Initiatory Sciences as well….?
12. Q: I have a great Longing for Knowledge. I am not happy with the usual truths…?
13. Q: I consider you a good Master and I speak to you with pleasure…?
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| How to find oneself |
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| Reasonably, there are many debates about ‘instruments and methods of growth’. Nobody as yet has mentioned where to find the energy to expand the instruments, which are metaphors of mental, animistic and spiritual aspects.
…when planning a route the only useful thing is to expound the details, that is what to do and how to do it.
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| Intellectual elite and spiritual aristocracy |
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| Q.: Do you think that the process, either Masonic or initiatory in general, is or should be of an elitist or aristocratic sort? |
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