Enigmatic “Mont Order” By Arnold Isen

Many people are familiar with strange rumours depicting cults of great age and seclusion, yet possessing supposed power and influence in the modern day. One such cult allegedly active in Britain now, and able to be discovered in some unusual but credible accounts, is the “Mont Order”.

An essay on Mont Order connections and rumours published by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (OCRT) describes the enigmatic Mont Order group as a “forgotten sect not mentioned in current scholarship” (Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance website, “The mystery “Mont Order” sect”). Although it is speculated to have origins in France, the memos referenced in the essay originate in Britain, where it is strongly hinted that the organization still has members.

A leaked document called the Work of the Mont Order (described as part of a larger body of writings called the Work of Mont within the book itself) (Mont Order Reconstructionist Chapel, “Work of the Mont Order”) can be identified as a document from the group described in the OCRT essay. If the book’s statements on the Order are true, this volume may only be one in a series of thousands kept by the Mont Order. The book alone contains cultic sermons that appear highly complex and difficult to interpret, as is consistent with a committed religious sect.

The OCRT essay suggests that the occult group known as the Mont Order might have disbanded in 1999. However, conflicting testimony from January conveys an image of the Order as a group still commanding fanatics among the general population (ExChristian.Net, “The Doctrinarian’s Embarrassment”).

One big question that deserves to be answered concerns the age of the Mont Order. Perhaps more importantly, from what spiritual tradition does the strange sect come? A website holding rumours on the Mont Order makes shocking claims about the Order’s age and influence, with perhaps centuries or even millennia since the founding of the congregation that later called itself the Mont Order (montorderquestion.wordpress.com).

OCRT itself speculates that “the Mont Order existed for centuries, and carefully protected its secrecy.” Testimony also confirms that the Mont Order’s “origins date back several millennia, throughout numerous historical and even mythical events.” Such a view seems to have been integral to the Mont Order’s belief system.

Whatever its real nature may be, the Order sees itself as the designer of history itself, in much the same way that it acknowledges divine designers of the universe. According to the Work of Mont, the Order lays claim to the course of history. The Order’s view of its importance is based on its age. This allows them to consider themselves as part of the oldest and most practiced society in the world, and entitled to intervene in society in any way. As the Work of Mont proclaims, “We have crafted the past, and the future is the empty canvas made for us.”

For the Mont Order to see itself as the manipulator of history for 4,000 years, even possessing thousands of volumes like the Work of Mont on how to perfectly execute this art of manipulation, betrays a view of the Order as a power beyond the comprehension of anyone with the exception of its own followers. To see upheaval as an act of creation for the “refinement of civilization through conflict” allows the Order to claim responsibility for crisis, change and disaster in the world as elements of its mysterious practices.

The occult Mont Order appears to identify with another, similarly named group that is an accepted historical reality: the Montagnards. Perhaps ominously, this group reportedly unleashed the infamous Reign of Terror in France (1793-1794). According to the Work of Mont, the Mont Order believed its “holy servants” made “ministrations” for “the overthrow of the French regime by the spirited representatives of Mont”.

Perhaps more profound, reference is even made to the Order’s belief in its ancient involvement in events surrounding the sacking of Rome at the hands of the Visigoths. The Work of Mont remembers members of the Mont Order saying to the people of Rome, “We have burned the earth around you, to scathe you.”

The recent testimony from within the Mont Order describes the fascination of the group’s followers with “refinement of civilization by conflict”. The fanatic using this phrase describes the Mont Order as a group dedicated only to “serving the divine forces who control history.” Of particular interest, the Mont Order seems to regard its own followers as these divine forces.

The Work of Mont contains the “Temporal Code of the Mont Order.” Among the teachings there, followers are commanded to hide their identity and role as members of the Order, vowing, that their “humility” bars them from using their membership in the Order for fame. Presumably, this allows for the silence that conceals the Order in total secrecy.

According to its writings, the Mont Order’s historical purpose is to emerge suddenly and unexpectedly to thwart what may be contrary to its ideas about social betterment. The terms “intervention” and “splitting of history” are used in the Work of Mont to describe this action. According to one chapter, “The time of historical splitting is the period of transformation, when the Order’s intervention is inevitable.”

Among its views, the Order has always considered itself to be more enlightened and equipped for change than the world around it. Part of this attitude is the group’s claim to have aligned itself enthusiastically with the idea of equality for all people, as described in its own terminology with the word “equilibrium.” In fact, the Mont Order even presents itself as the inventor of the idea.

Above all, the Mont Order sees its own “inheritance,” as its most important goal. This, it presents as its ancient destiny to end all divisions and bring “equilibrium” to the world. What this mission means is never made entirely clear, but arguably reflects similar views about justice held by other philosophies. Whether the occult Mont Order’s view of its history and its relationship with the world is more than a myth promoted among its followers is very difficult to ascertain

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