The Ministry of the Spirit-Man

...find these same dogmas spread across such distant places and at such remote eras from one another.

While I wait to become better acquainted with these theosophical theosophical: relating to "theosophy," a system of philosophy or religion that proposes to establish direct contact with the divine through mystical insight or spiritual intuition. riches of Asia, and to draw useful enlightenment from them myself, I must caution that they can no more than other books carry man beyond speculative spiritualism speculative spiritualism: an intellectual or theoretical belief in the soul or spiritual matters, which the author considers a mere first step.; it is only the radical development of our inner essence that can lead us to active spiritualism active spiritualism: a lived, practical experience of spiritual power and direct union with the divine, characterized by internal transformation rather than just study..

It is also upon this indispensable foundation that the work I publish today rests, as well as all those I have published previously.

Descartes rendered an essential service to the natural sciences by applying algebra to material geometry. I do not know if I shall have rendered as great a service to thought by applying man—as I have done in all my writings—to that species of living and divine geometry which encompasses everything, and of which I regard the Man-as-Spirit original: "l'Homme-Esprit." A central concept in Saint-Martin's philosophy, referring to the human being restored to their original spiritual dignity and function as a mediator between God and the universe. as being the true algebra and the universal analytical instrument; this would be a satisfaction for me that I would not dare hope for, even if I allowed myself to desire it. But such a comparison with that famous geometer, in the employment of our faculties, would be one more similarity to add to those he and I already share in a less important order, among which I shall mention only one: that we were both born in that beautiful region known as the garden of France original: "le jardin de la France." This refers to the province of Touraine, the birthplace of both René Descartes (born in La Haye en Touraine) and the author, Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin (born in Amboise)..