Martinism is a form of Christian mysticism and esoteric Christianity concerned with the fall of the first man, his materialistic state of being, deprived of his own, divine source, and the process of his eventual return, called 'Reintegration'.
Martinist altar, photo made in course of assembly of Lodges of the Sovereign Autonomous Ancient Martinist-Martinezist Order, Hotel Metropol, Moscow, Russia, April 2013
The Martinists, from left to right: Papus, Marc Haven, Philippe, Sédir [fr], Rosabis.
The interior of Lodges of Sovereign Autonomous Ancient Martinist-Martinezist Order during the regular ceremonial meeting at the Hotel Metropol, Moscow, Russia, in April 2013.
Jean-Baptiste Willermoz was a French Freemason and Martinist who played an important role in the establishment of various systems of Masonic high-degrees in his time in both France and Germany.
Portrait of Willermoz by Jacques Gauthier d'Apoty in 1766