The Rose+Croix Martinist Order

®

A Brief History of
The Rose+Croix Martinist Order®
Commonly known as The R+CMO

The Founding of The Rose+Croix Martinist Order®

The Founders of The Rose+Croix Martinist Order® (commonly known as The R+CMO) received completely and fully The Initiation and Line of Filiation through a European Grand Master, and, calling together more than thirty other Martinists, founded The Rose+Croix Martinist Order® in 1991. Since that time, The Rose+Croix Martinist Order® has become the largest Martinist organization in the United States with an unbroken Line of Filiation and traditional Martinist practice. To avoid confusion with other groups, the name and emblem of The Rose+Croix Martinist Order® have been registered as trademarks and are fully and legally protected.

The Line of Filiation of The R+CMO

Initiates of The Rose+Croix Martinist Order® are directly in the Chaboseau line, not the Papus line. Rose+Croix Martinists receive through that Line of Filiation the originalInitiation as it was first transmitted by Louis Claude de Saint-Martin himself.

The Rose+Croix Martinist Order® confers the complete Initiation upon its members by granting all four Degrees to all qualified members. The Order uses ceremonies derived from the original 1895 and 1916 Order Rituals.

The R+CMO and Theurgy

The Rose+Croix Martinist Order® offers genuine, world-affecting Theurgy as found in the tradition from Saint-Martin who wrote as a Theurgist when he said... :
...There were precious things in our first school. I am even inclined to think that [Martinez] Pasqualis...had the active key to all that our dear Boehme exposes in his theories.... From all this, it follows that an excellent match may be made by marrying our first school to friend Boehme. This is what I work at; and I confess to you candidly that I find the two spouses so well suited to each other that I know nothing more perfect in its way....
--Letter XCII, 11 July,1796 in Theosophic Correspondence

The R+CMO and the Christian Church

The Rose+Croix Martinist Order® is not a religion, has no "official" church, does not sponsor a church, and is not affiliated with any church. While The Rose+Croix Martinist Order® strongly supports Church activity by its Initiates, all R+CMO Martinists are completely free to select the Christian denomination of their preference. Following the practice established by Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin, The Rose+Croix Martinist Order® is a Christian Initiatic Order and requires that its members be Christians.

The R+CMO and Freemasonry

While many R+CMO Initiates are Freemasons, The Rose+Croix Martinist Order® is not connected with the ancient and honorable fraternity of Freemasonry, nor does it use any Masonic Rituals of any kind whatever. Thus, Freemasons are free to fully and actively participate in the Rites, Ceremonies, and activities of The Rose+Croix Martinist Order®.

The Governing of The R+CMO

The R+CMO functions under a national council system as originally planned by Chaboseau and Papus. Thus, The Rose+Croix Martinist Order® has a President, not a Grand Master.

For the Seeker

If you wish to seek Initiation into Martinism through The R+CMO, click HERE

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