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Is Freemasonry esoteric ? |
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| By : Alain Pozarnik - Friday, 15 October 2010 00:00 | |||
 The keen interest to knowledge and spiritual dimension of man is accompanied of a proliferation of the number of groups, researches, called "esoteric" which often Yet, Freemasonry, in spite of its diverse movement, claims it is an initiatory order which aim is to work on symbolism. Is the work on symbols an « esotericism» ? The word "esoteric", etymologically "inner", refers to a particular type of knowledge, hidden, which is opposed to another one called "exoteric", so "external", accessible for everyone. That's why the importance of initiation for the transmission of esotericist knowledge which will lead the apprentice to assimilate, progressively, knowledges of a superior order. But, are things that simple?
In this first part, three different sensibilities, Alain Pozarnik's one, Jean-François Var's one and Jean Clergue-Vila's one, will develop the meaning of esotericism. Alain Pozarnik's claims the transparent character of this brotherly order is not secret: "every being seeking knowledge can progress on the path proposed by Freemasonry". Jean-François Var insists, him, on the group's force, the synergy of the collective "allowing a outpouring and a quicker progression on the way which remains infinite". Jean Clergue-Vila, shows the importance of three elements: geometry, the sacred and gnosis (hidden knowledge). Are these three elements still within this fraternity?
When the word esotericism is used, especially in masonic environments, we often refer to the works René Guénon published concerning this subject. A huge work, hard to apprehend, sometimes dogmatic, but which introduced important notions like sacred science. What are the fundamental elements according to René Guénon so that we can talk about initiation? Is Freemasonry genuinely initiatory? Is it intrinsically esoteric?   In the second part of this debate, our participants will relate, from a historical point of view, the origins of Freemasonry and the transition of a freemasonry first operative, and then which became speculative. At which moment did this transition occurred, and in which country? How did the different rites developed and what are their differences? For what reasons do the Scottish Rite has such a keen interest?   In this ritual, is Freemasonry esoteric? "It is esoteric because it reveals what we are, and gives us elements for the knowledge of ourselves", asserts Alain Pozarnik. To enter in oneself, "to enter in ones own cabinet of reflexion», this is the beginning of the path to know oneself, then understand the world which surrounds us and then be able to act.   To this introspection need, Jean-François Var and Jean Clergue-Vila remind us the necessity of an ontological teaching which enables man to discover his limits but to find his divine origin. To the phrase "Man, know thyself" from the Delphic motto, they remind the end of this sentence, often forgotten (egotism?) : "and you will discover the Universe and Gods… A debate (2x40 min) presented by Georges Asseh, director of the magazine Les Cahiers Verts.
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