Виллермоз, Жан-Батист

Jean-Baptiste Willermoz France 1730 – 1824 Teachers: Martinez de Pasqually; Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin; Diderot; D'Alembert; Baron von Hund; Meunier de Precourt, 1762; Students; Augustin Chaboseau; H. Spencer Lewis; Friends; Bacon of Chivalerie; the Marquis de Lusignan; Enemies; Cagliostro; Organizations; Freemasonry; Grand Lodge of Regular Masters of Lyon, Grand Master 1762; 3 years after initiation, he founded The Lodge of Perfect Friendship, 1753 ; Martinist Order; Order of the Elus Cohens 1767 and Brotherhood of Eulis; "Sovereign Chapter of Knights of the Black Eagle Rose+Croix" devoted to Alchemy; German Order of Strict Observance ; organized the conference for the creation of the Rectified Scottish Rite; Knights Beneficent of the Holy City (CBCS);Rite of Strict Observance; Author: thought to have written the Rose Croix degree in the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. Rule of the Order in 9 Points; Comments: Martinist ; the Rosicrucian inspired Martinez de Pasqually (L'Ordre Martiniste des Elus-Cohen de l'Univers) founded a set of Masonic Rituals around the redemption of the Adamic Man by the 'Reintegration' of it's members. he was followed by Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin and Jean-Baptiste Willermoz who created the chevalric system degrees upon which the philosophical theory was structured. Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Willermoz; http://www.rose-croix-veritas.com/jeanbaptiste_willermoz.htm; http://themartinistpentacle.wordpress.com/2010/07/11/jean-baptiste-willermoz/; http://www.ordrereauxcroix.org/library/;