| Many of the world religions, most obviously Buddhism, | | | | or similitude of beauty...". |
| express desire and wishes as the reason of worldly | | | | "But, oh simple one in affections, where have you |
| controversies and strife, the idea that an end to the | | | | learnt that the loving practice must be hazarded in a |
| desires of men would signal an end of aggression and | | | | group? Do you not know that Love being unique, |
| greed, that lack of personal desire allows a person to | | | | wants subjects who have no other intentions beside |
| focus on the spiritual and not become embroiled in | | | | themselves?" |
| the affairs of men. Freedom from desire is their aim. | | | | That is not all possible examples, but enough to get |
| The SC has a very different approach, it is full | | | | the feel of it. This is not remote from desire, this |
| passion and desire, for instance:- | | | | requires intense passion and devotion to the one |
| "Now our souls impassioned by her subject, | | | | thing. Founded well after the writing of this |
| enamoured by the report of that wise old man...". | | | | document, the Martinist movement still emphasizes |
| "For I still can picture to myself her beautiful eyes, | | | | the heart in it's teaching, it also categorizes people as |
| bright sparks of affections causing infinite desires, I | | | | "Men of the Forest" or "Men of Desire". Martinez de |
| consign to the equitable term of my sight this | | | | Pasqualis and Louis Claude de Saint Martin knew of |
| beautiful mouth that proffered so many oracles, & in | | | | the value of Desire and understood how it could be |
| going over all the meetings of such beautiful | | | | applied. The Work is for those who are truly, |
| gesture.". | | | | passionately dedicated to it's cause with the |
| "...the excellent Nephes...who can cause her to be | | | | persistence and enthusiasm of a lover. Desire can |
| seen by faithfully lovers of her beauties.". | | | | provide a powerful tool, the tricky bit of course lies in |
| "We were going ever forward, devouring with | | | | desiring the Right Thing in the Right Way. |
| gluttonous eyes everything that had the appearance | | | | |