Rites of Memphis Misraim
More than 200 years old, this Rite still engenders lively interest and
enjoys important developments on an international level. Faithful to its
founding principles, it affirms itself as a Rite that is traditional, symbolic
and spiritualistic, and associated with the principles of tolerance and
liberty.
Upon entering into the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis Misraïm,
one places a foot on the path of tradition, with respect for human values
and tolerance. This Rite is characterized by an initiatic quest founded
on:
- A spiritualistic and deist orientation,
- A vocation to preserve and to
transmit the philosophical reflection on symbols of Ancient
Egypt and the different currents that have marked our civilization
(Hermetic, Gnostic, Kabbalistic, Templar and Rose+Croix)
- An open and reflective
search for a better understanding of oneself and of humanity.
Such is the spirit of traditional Masonry for which, in every act, there
is both the visible and the invisible, the positive and the negative, a
fleeting, perhaps even non-existent, present, already bearing the seeds
of the future.
Freemasons of this rite are invited to think. An apprencticeship and a
methodology are proposed that are founded on the knowledge of symbols,
living tools that, in a constant dynamic, call into question all that has
been acquired. Thus, according to the tradition of the Rite, the Mason “works
the stone” again, always refining the perceptions and developing
discernment. It addresses the interior of each in a rich, intimate experience
that through resonance jostles the exterior while causing the perceptions
and vision of the world to evolve, because the Mason has begun the greatest
possible adventure, the conquest of the self.
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