Editing Martinism (section)

===Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin===

The Martinism of Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin is a mystical tradition in which emphasis is placed on [[meditation]] and inner spiritual alchemy. Saint-Martin disapproved of these teachings being called 'martinism' by his contemporaries, and instead explained it as a silent 'way of the heart' to attain reintegration. Saint-Martin most likely did not organize this path as an 'order', but gathered small circles of students around him, where he transmitted his teachings.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

In a nutshell, the Martinism as we know it today consists of the [[theurgic]] tradition of Martinez de Pasqually ([[Martinezism]]), the [[Masonic Templarism]] of Jean-Baptiste Willermoz ([[Willermozism]]) and the [[Christian Theosophy]] of Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin.<ref name="Churton 2016"/> This heritage was reorganized into the 'Ordre Martiniste' in 1886 by Augustin Chaboseau and Gerard Encausse (also known as Papus).{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}