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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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 | Imago Templi / 6.20 |
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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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| Illusion of the form |
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| Everything that surrounds us and that is knowable through our senses, we can say that it exists; usually we say it’s real, although its guise (what we see) is substantially illusory. This is because every representation veils in its form the underlying life that is its cause.
Therefore any reduction of metaphysical reality into physical forms (language, symbol, ritual, etc.) as much as it can be close to the metaphysical reality, it’s physical and therefore it’s not real.
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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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| Metaphysics and Cybernetics (part 1) |
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| In the post-modern era – or rather ‘super-modern', according to the neologism coined by Marc Augč – we feed on radical feelings and ideological preconception towards technology. The followers of Habermas and English analytical philosophy claim to be the epigone of the Light and they generally show great trust in scientific rationality. On the contrary, the heirs of ‘active nihilism' show great scepticism about the ability of technology to escape the net of power and cultural industry. The author – making explicit some implicit premises in Heidegger's thought – postulates the possibility of a ‘third' way that doesn't indulge in easy demonizations or optimistic compliances, but proposes to grasp the relations between the virtual world of cybernetics and the creating imagination of mysticism. |
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| Considerations on the mysticism of essence and on the Carmelite mysticism |
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| When we talk about Christian mysticism we must first of all draw a distinction. There are two different issues: one is the ‘mysticism of essence’, the Rhine-Flemish mysticism founded on the deep integration of the divine inside the soul. Another issue is the so-called ‘mysticism of feeling’, where the divine You is considered in a nuptial relation with the soul... |
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| Sacredness of Numbers |
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| The meaning of every Arcanum is given by the body, the geometrical structure of the symbol, and from the soul, that is the Number. Therefore, for the researcher who wants to interpret the Symbols it is fundamental to understand the origin of Numbers. For this reason we present the introductory comment to the “Sacredness of Numbers” according to Virio. |
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| Illnesses of the soul and ‘illnesses’ of the Gods: the marks of time |
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| ‘I had a dream: I imagined I was a soul that has come back from the ancient Greek world, the soul of an initiate to the mysteries of Dionysus who has been given the chance to cast a glance at the modern world. What would strike me most? Which transformations of our way of living and feeling would attract my attention?
Some ‘diseases’ are described; in the popular imagery they were suffered by three gods of the Greek pantheon, Dionysus, Mercury and Apollo. The modern world has ‘forgotten’ the intelligence of the heart; it has been replaced by empty sentimentality. The ability to interiorize experiences has been sacrificed to the myth of speed. The riddance of death and of the relationship with the matter condemns western civilization to lose any contact with the Beauty and the mystery of the world, replaced by false rationality.’ |
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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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