martinism means A form of mystical and esoteric Christianity concerned with the fall of the first man, his state of material privation from his divine source, and the process of his return, influenced by Freemasonry. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
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MARTINISM — [Noun] An initiatory and theosophical doctrine of Christian mysticism, centered on humanity's fall from a divine state and its potential for spiritual reintegration. From the proper name Martin (referring to Martinez de Pasqually and later Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin) + the suffix -ism, denoting a system or doctrine. Unlike Rosicrucianism, with its broader focus on spiritual alchemy, or Orthodox Christianity, grounded in established scripture and liturgy, Martinism is a clandestine path of symbolic rites and speculative theology. It is the hushed ritual in a candlelit lodge, the meditative tracing of celestial sigils, and the patient, interior labor of reversing a primordial exile—a secret history of grace written in cipher on the human heart.
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- A form of mystical and esoteric Christianity concerned with the fall of the first man, his state of material privation from his divine source, and the process of his return, influenced by Freemasonry.