René Guénon

The work of an initiatic organization must always be accomplished “in the name” of the spiritual principle from which it proceeds and which it is destined to manifest in some way in our world… it is always the expression of a divine aspect, and it is a direct emanation from this aspect that properly constitutes the inspiring and guiding “presence” of the collective initiatic work, in order that this latter might produce effective results according to the measure of the capacities of each of those taking part in it.

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