synarchy movement of empire book ii - Pierre Beaudry's Galactic ...

ideas into a Catholic dogmatic garb. Many Catholic prelates have fallen for
this cheap magician trick
The crux of the matter is that this is where Maistre falls into the
heresy of Manicheism. He knew that the gnosticism of Origen had been
condemned by the Church, and that Origen's theory of the {two souls} had
been rejected by the Vatican, but, the devil being in the detail, Maistre
argued: "I am not unaware that the doctrine of the two souls was condemned
in ancient times; but, I don't know if it was done by a competent tribunal."
What Maistre was attempting to do was to show that he was
embracing Manicheism, without appearing to be embracing Manicheism. He
added: "The fact that man should be a being resulting of two {souls}, that is
to say from two intelligent principles of equivalent nature, one being good
and the other being evil, is, I believe, the opinion that had been condemned,
and that I also condemn with all of my heart." For the record, Maistre had
then just rejected Manicheism. However, he added this cryptic nuance: "But
that the intelligence is the same as sensation, which is also called the {vital
principle} and which is {life}, can be something material, completely devoid
of understanding and consciousness, is what I will never believe, unless I
happen to be warned that I am mistaken by the only power [the Pope] with a
legitimate authority over human belief. In this case, I should not hesitate a
moment, and whereas now I have only the {certainty} that I am right, then I
would have the {faith} that I am wrong." (Eclaircissements, p. 387)
This is the key to Joseph de Maistre's bluff. Maistre is saying that the
Pope may force him to stop his Martinist activities, but he cannot convince
him that he is wrong. This is the reason why Maistre added: "If I were to
profess other opinions, I would directly contradict the principles which have
dictated the work I am publishing, and which are no less sacred to me. In
other words, some contradictions he is willing to {live with}, some he will
not. This is where Maistre has made the conscious choice that he would
serve, Mammon not God. That is where the duality of man becomes
magically transformed into the "{duplicite}" of man.
So, Maistre must have told himself: "The intelligence, the celestial
soul that I am cannot be tinted by blood, it cannot be affected by the
suffering of others, by their moaning, by the quivering of their flesh. I can
drink their blood all I want, and my spirit will not suffer from it. I am able to
kill those innocent victims and tear their hearts out, like an Aztec priest,
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