Who is Saint Germain. Esoteric side of the issue

The mystical personality of Count Saint-Germain was described by contemporaries as a man of medium height, proportionately built, pleasant appearance, with regular features. He was swarthy, with dark hair that was often powdered. He dressed simply, usually in black, but his clothes were always best quality and sat well on it.

Count Saint-Germain maniacally loved the stones that he had both on the rings and on the watch, chain, snuff box and even on the buckles. Once a jeweler valued the buckle on his shoe at 200,000 francs. To people who saw the count for the first time, he seemed to be a middle-aged man, there was not a single wrinkle on his face, vigorous and healthy.

Saint-Germain hardly ate meat or drank wine, and rarely ate in front of other people. Despite the fact that some of the nobles at the French court considered the guest a charlatan and an impostor, Louis XV invariably reprimanded such courtiers and did not tolerate any unflattering remarks about the count. Although, it was impossible not to notice the grace and nobility in the behavior of the count, which was accompanied by an absolute sense of self-control in any situation, which spoke of the inner sophistication and culture inherent from birth.

The Comte Saint-Germain had an impressive ability to anticipate even the smallest details and questions that were about to be asked of him. Possessing a feeling akin to telepathy, he felt the need for his presence in some distant city or state. Known for his amazing habit of appearing at home or with friends, bypassing doors; he left the premises often in the same simple way.

Another contemporary of the mysterious mystic wrote: “He looked about 50 years old, his physique was moderate, his facial expression spoke of deep intellect, he dressed very simply, but with taste; the only concession to luxury was the presence of the most dazzling diamonds on his snuffbox, watch and shoe buckles. The mysterious charm that emanated from him was due mainly to his truly regal generosity and condescension.

By general opinion, the count harmoniously combined grace and refined manners. He played several musical instruments remarkably, and sometimes the count literally led society into confusion with his rare abilities, which seemed supernatural and mysterious. Once, for example, 20 poetic lines were dictated to him, and he wrote them down with both hands simultaneously on two separate sheets of paper - and none of those present could distinguish one from the other.

The education of Saint-Germain amazed even scientists. He really knew alchemy, that is, he studied the mass of dark tomes in which the old medieval magicians wrote down their experiments and research; as you can see, he tested many experiments in practice.

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The geography of the count's wanderings and the variety of goals of his missions are truly amazing. From Persia to France and from Calcutta to Rome, everywhere he was known and revered. During the reign Peter III he was in Russia, and between 1737 and 1742 he was a guest at the court of the Persian Shah.

Regarding Saint Germain's travels, Una Birch, author of The Secret Societies, wrote: “Saint Germain's travels take a long period of time and cover a huge number of countries. Horace Walpole spoke to him in London in 1745; Clive knew him in India in 1756; Madame Allemar claimed that she saw him in Paris in 1789, 5 years after his alleged death. Many people were sure that they spoke to him at the beginning 19th century. He was on short leg with crowned persons in Europe and had many friends among eminent people of all nationalities.

He was often mentioned in the memoirs of those days, and always as a very mysterious person. Frederick the Great, Voltaire, Madame de Pompadour, Rousseau, Chetham, Walpole - they all knew him personally, and were all keenly interested in his origins. But no one, even after decades, could explain why he appeared either as a Jacobin agent in London, or as a spy in St. Petersburg, or as an alchemist and connoisseur of paintings in Paris, or as a Russian general in Naples. At times he is seen playing music at Versailles, gossiping in London, sitting in the library of Frederick the Great in Berlin, or holding initiate meetings in the caves of the Rhine...

The count himself liked to inadvertently mention that he was personally acquainted with Christ and even predicted his crucifixion on the cross. Among his friends and girlfriends were Cleopatra, Plato, Seneca, the Queen of Sheba. He spoke in detail about what Cleopatra told him about her love for Caesar. He spoke about her as if she stood as if alive before his eyes, spoke so indifferently, as if he still could not forget his love for her.

Once in Dresden, an onlooker jokingly asked the count's coachman whether it was true that his master was five hundred years old? The coachman replied seriously: “I don’t know for sure, but over the 130 years that I have served him, his lordship has not changed at all ...” This confession was confirmed by some aristocrats who recalled that in childhood they had already seen this man in the salons of their grandmothers and he was just as wonderful.

In addition, the count has long been considered a man who played an important role in Masonic activity. At the very least, there is no doubt that the Comte Saint-Germain was a Freemason and a Templar. Another famous traveler says in his memoirs that Saint-Germain was directly involved in his initiation into the knighthood. Many of those brilliant men with whom the Count had close relations were prominent, and there is evidence that Saint Germain was a great expert in arcane wisdom. It is quite acceptable to assume that he was associated with the Rosicrucians, perhaps even was the head of their order.

Saint Germain knew the principles of Eastern esotericism well. He practiced the oriental system of meditation and concentration and was repeatedly seen sitting in the Buddha posture. Periodically, he went to the Himalayas, from where he suddenly returned to Europe. Once he said that he would stay in India for eighty-five years and then return to his European affairs. Sometimes he admitted that he was following the orders of higher powers. But he was silent about the fact that he was sent by the Mystery School to the world to fulfill a specific mission. Moreover, some scholars believe that Saint Germain and Sir Francis Bacon were the two greatest emissaries of the last 2,000 years sent into the world by the Secret Brotherhood.

"Mirror of Nostradamus"...

Among the countless talents of Count Saint-Germain, not in the last, but maybe in the first row, contemporaries called a talent that invariably caused amazement and even some fear of those around him. This is the amazing accuracy of his predictions. It was rumored that he had this phenomenal ability thanks to a magic mirror (a carefully polished bronze tray), in which one could supposedly see the events of the future, the fate of people and entire states.

According to the legends, this mirror once belonged to Michel Nostradamusau, and it was thanks to him that he was known as the greatest seer in history. Queen Catherine de Medici wrote about the existence of such a mirror in her diary. According to her, he himself showed her this magic item. In it, she saw the bloody events of the Bartholomew night and the death of Henry III.

Whether the count possessed this mysterious mirror or was simply a talented clairvoyant is not exactly known, but his prophecies surprisingly often came true.

1763, Russia... For a year now, Saint-Germain has been in St. Petersburg. Moreover, he appeared here just on the eve of the coup, as a result of which Catherine II came to power. It is possible that the count was directly related to these events. In any case, there are references to the meeting of Saint-Germain with the favorite of the Empress Grigory Orlov. And one of the Germans who served at that time in St. Petersburg wrote in his memoirs that once a drunken Orlov told him about the secret spring of this coup: “If not for Saint-Germain, then nothing would have happened ...”

What else did Count Saint-Germain do in Russia? As usual, he shone in the world, conquered the hearts and minds of ladies with his talents in music, painting, and processing of precious stones. Even made a swift military career, having received the rank of general of the Russian army. But it would be wrong to say that Saint-Germain was in Russia only in connection with the accession to the throne of Catherine II. One of the main moments of his stay here was a meeting with a young military man who had recently received the rank of captain, the future winner of Napoleon, Mikhail Golenishchev-Kutuzov. There is an indication of this in the Teaching of Living Ethics, where Kutuzov is called a "green laurel", that is, a powerful evolutionary spirit capable of receiving advice from the stronghold of Knowledge.

It was Saint-Germain who knew everything about the upcoming events: that he would not stand it, would not fulfill the mission entrusted to him to unite Europe and would go where he should not, against Russia. Napoleon had to be stopped, because he increasingly began to subordinate his life to personal goals, and only Kutuzov could act as a counterweight to him.

The 18-year-old captain, presumably, listened attentively to the predictions and instructions of Saint Germain. We can only guess how the conversation took place between them, but the main thing was done - Mikhail Illarionovich turned out to be on top and accepted the advice. Long before the attack of Napoleon's troops on Russia, his defeat was predetermined. By the way, later, when Alexander I hesitated over whom he should appoint as commander of the Russian army, he went to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, where he was clearly pointed to Mikhail Kutuzov during prayer. And contrary to the opinion of his inner circle, Alexander I chose this particular person.

And another mysterious story connects the Count of Saint-Germain with Russia. In The Queen of Spades, he described one of the most beautiful legends associated with him. They say Pushkin tragic story The young man who tried to find out the secret of the three cards from the old princess was written on the basis of the story of Prince Golitsyn, with whom she happened in reality. The prince told the poet that he once lost a huge sum of money at cards. He complained about this trouble to his grandmother Natalya Petrovna Golitsyna and asked her for money to win back. The princess did not give money, but passed on to her grandson a secret that she had learned in her time in Paris from the Count of Saint-Germain. The grandson bet on these cards and won back, but he never sat down to play again - such a condition was set before him by his grandmother, who at one time made the same promise to Saint-Germain.

And in France, the ability of the mysterious Count Saint-Germain to accurately predict events, his knowledge of various poisons and antidotes attracted the attention of the mistress of King Louis XV, the Marquise de Pompadour. She decided that it knowledgeable person will be useful to her, and decided to "tame" him. The Marquise realized that Saint-Germain did not need money and positions, she could not intimidate him either, so she decided to use her charms. Of course, Pompadour knew that all attempts of secular beauties to seduce Saint-Germain ended in failure - and she really wanted to do what others failed.

The marquise invited Saint-Germain to her place and complained of some kind of illness. The Count seemed to read from her eyes what she was really thinking about, and behaved with her very impudently. To begin with, he stated that the cause of her malaise was overeating, then he reproached her with senseless hatred for Queen Mary, and in the end he named the exact date of death of the king’s favorite ... Needless to say, after such a “heartfelt” communication, the marquise became the worst enemy of Saint Germain. With the help of the king, she tried to put him in the Bastille, but Louis defended the master and refused to fulfill the insistent request of the vengeful Pompadour. Then the marquise developed a cunning plan. Together with Foreign Minister Étienne François Choiseul, they advised the King to send Saint-Germain to negotiate in The Hague as a representative from France.

In The Hague, Saint-Germain skillfully defended the interests of France, but was soon arrested. He was accused of ... preparing the assassination of Queen Mary, wife of Louis XV. Allegedly, the count dropped a letter where he outlined such an insidious plan. The letter was no doubt a fake, but Saint-Germain was put in a Dutch prison until the circumstances were clarified. Of course, the count escaped from prison. Whether he bribed the guards or hypnotized is unknown, but no one has ever succeeded in keeping Saint-Germain behind bars.

Why did the count, who was able to foresee events, fall into the trap set by the Marquise de Pompadour? Most likely, he knew that everything would end well for him, and used the whole story to leave France, in which, as he believed, he lingered too long.

Other times will come...

A few years after the death of Louis XV (1774), most likely between 1776 and 1777, Saint-Germain again visited Paris, this time incognito, identifying himself as Monsieur Saint-Noël. This visit, which is extremely important for understanding the activities of Saint-Germain, is described in detail in her diaries by the Countess d'Adhémar. At Saint Germain's request, the Countess arranges for him to meet Queen Marie Antoinette.

In a conversation with Her Majesty, Saint-Germain for the first time openly warned her about the upcoming terrible events, predicted the fall of the monarchy and fratricidal civil war, spoke of the massacre, debauchery, robbery and general expulsion of citizens. “Time is short, there are only a few years of deceptive silence ahead,” he reported. But, as Madame d'Adhémar writes, "the queen, unable to carry on long serious conversations, was unable to take the prophecies with due responsibility." But historians have noted that in the family of Louis XVI it was she who was "the only man." What can we say about the king, who did not even dare to receive the messenger, although Saint-Germain asked for an audience both through Madame d'Adhémar and through the queen herself.

After a conversation with his wife, the monarch retold the content of their conversation with Saint-Germain to the Prime Minister Comte de Maurepas, his longtime foe and envious, and he took steps to arrest the count. When the courtier appeared to the Countess d'Adhémar with questions about the whereabouts of the "crook and rogue", Saint-Germain suddenly entered the room in his own person. Here is his rebuke to the minister, captured by the pen of the countess:

“Count Morepa, the king deigned to ask you for advice, and you only think about maintaining your own authority. In your struggle against my meeting with the king, you are losing the monarchy, as there is very little time left to save it. After the expiration of this period, I will not appear in these parts until the next three generations succeed each other. I told the queen everything I was allowed to say. My revelations to the king could have been more detailed. But, unfortunately, you have come between me and His Majesty. I will have nothing to reproach myself with when terrible anarchy devastates France. As for the expected disasters, you are not destined to see them, but the preparation for them will be a worthy monument for you ... Do not expect gratitude from posterity, empty and helpless minister! You will join the ranks of those who will cause the death of the empire.

Only one thing can be added to this: Comte de Morepa died before the terrible times of terror.

In 1779, Count Saint-Germain went to Hamburg, after which he lives in Schleswig with Prince Charles of Hesse as a welcome and honored guest. From there, he makes numerous trips related to the regulation of the activities of Masonic, Rosicrucian and other occult lodges in Europe. He was their honorary member and spiritual mentor, founded several spiritual and mystical societies, for example, the Order of St. Joachim in Bohemia.

How long can a person live, even if he is an adept of secret knowledge? Historians have an accurate official record in the church book of the city of Eckernförde (Northern Germany), according to which Count Saint-Germain died here on February 27, 1784. The place of his burial is also known. And yet, the Russian religious philosopher Helena Roerich wrote that the grave is not real and "in fact, the count's double is buried there."

Indeed, in 1788, the French envoy to Venice, the Count de Chalons, ran into the "dead man" in St. Mark's Square and tried to talk to him, but Saint-Germain hastened to leave, not recognizing his acquaintance. In 1793, the Count was seen in Paris by the Princess de Lamballe and Jeanne Dubarry. In 1814, the elderly aristocrat Madame de Genlis met him in Vienna - he looked the same as in the days of her youth.

In one of his predictions, which are believed to date back to 1789-1790 and said to the Austrian Rosicrucian Franz Graffer, Saint Germain predicted: “I am leaving. Someday we'll see each other again. I am very much needed now in Constantinople. Then I will go to England, where I have to prepare two inventions that you will hear about in the next century. We are talking about machines that will be needed in Germany.

Later, there will be successive shifts in the seasons: especially striking changes await first spring, and then summer. All these are signs of the approach of the end of time, the completion of the cycle. I see it all. Believe me, astrologers and meteorologists know nothing. In order to have true knowledge, it is necessary to learn from the pyramids. By the end of this century, I will disappear from Europe and go to the Himalayas. I need to rest and I need to find peace. Exactly eighty-five years later, I will again appear before the people. Farewell. May my love be with you…”

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IN official literature he is known as an Enlightenment adventurer, diplomat, traveller, alchemist and occultist. The origin of the Count of Saint-Germain, real name and date of birth are unknown. He spoke almost all European languages, as well as Arabic and Hebrew, had extensive knowledge in the field of history and chemistry. The leading figures of the theosophical movement H. P. Blavatsky and H. I. Roerich believed that Saint Germain was a student of Indian and Egyptian hierophants and an expert on the secret wisdom of the East. As Lord of the seventh ray, Saint Germain initiates our souls in the science and ritual of transmutation through the violet flame.
Saint Germain is the Lord of the seventh ray. Ascended Lady Master Portia - Goddess of Justice and Opportunity, his twin flame. Saint Germain and Portia together hold the office of Hierarch of the Aquarian age.
Saint Germain is the great patron of the flame of freedom, Portia is the patron of the flame of justice. Each two thousand year cycle passes under one of the seven rays. Jesus, as Lord of the sixth ray, has served as the hierarch of the age for the last 2,000 years. On May 1, 1954, Saint Germain and Portia were crowned as hierarchs of the coming seventh ray cycle. Freedom and justice are the yin and yang of the seventh ray of Aquarius: together with mercy, they provide the basis for the manifestation of all other qualities of God in this seventh age.
Saint Germain and Portia convey to the people of God seventh ray revelations for the seventh century. It is a violet ray of freedom, justice, mercy, and a sacred ritual for the coming of a new wave of life, a new civilization, a new energy.
As Lord of the seventh ray, Saint Germain initiates our souls in the science and ritual of transmutation through the violet flame. He is the seventh angel, whose appearance is predicted in "Revelation", who comes to patronize the fulfillment of the mystery of God.
Saint Germain says, “I am an ascended being, but this has not always been the case. Not once or twice, but for many incarnations, I walked the earth, like you now, imprisoned in a mortal shell with attendant spatial restrictions. I was on Lemuria, on Atlantis. I have seen the rise and fall of civilizations. I have seen a change in consciousness as people have degraded from golden ages to primitive societies. I saw how choices were made and how humanity, making the wrong decisions, wasted the energies accumulated over a whole hundred thousand years. scientific progress, sometimes lost the achievements of consciousness of the cosmic level, which significantly exceeded everything that the members of the most advanced religions of the modern era have achieved.
Yes, I saw these elections, and I chose myself. By making the right choice, a man and a woman strengthen their position in the hierarchy. By choosing to be free within the circle of God's great will, I have won freedom from the mortal wheel of incarnations and excuses for existence outside of the One. I gained freedom through the flame - that key of the Aquarian cycle that the ancient alchemists were looking for, that purple elixir that the saints wield ...
You are mortal. I am immortal. The only difference between us is that I chose freedom, and you have yet to make that choice. We have the same potential, the same resources, the same connection with God. I used these means to forge a God identity. For once upon a time, an inner voice uttered the decree of Alpha and the living God: "Children of the One, forge your God-identity." And I heard this call in the silence of the night and answered: “I will do it!” And when I said "I will do it", the whole cosmos echoed "I will do it!" The will to be something gathers the infinite potential of the being...
I AM Saint Germain and I have come to establish your soul and the fires of your heart in the victory of the Aquarian age. I have prepared a matrix for the initiation of your soul... I am walking the path of freedom. Choose this path and you will meet me. I am your teacher, if you accept me."
More than fifty thousand years ago, Saint Germain ruled over a golden age civilization that flourished in the fertile lands that are now the Sahara Desert. As king-emperor, Saint-Germain was fluent in ancient wisdom and knowledge of the material spheres, and people saw in him the standard of their own emerging Godhood. His empire reached heights of beauty, harmony and perfection unsurpassed in the physical octave.
When the people of this civilization ceased to be interested in the creative plan of the Great Divine Self, being carried away more and more by transient sensual pleasures, the Cosmic Council instructed the ruler to leave the empire; henceforth his own karma was to be the guru of his subjects. The king gave a big dinner party for his advisors and statesmen. Each of its 576 guests received a crystal goblet filled with "pure electronic substance".
This protective elixir was Saint Germain's gift to the souls of his servants, so that once again in the Aquarian age they had the opportunity to revive the civilization of the golden age, they would remember the I AM Presence and become an example for all people, showing that God can and will dwell with His people, if people make their minds and hearts an acceptable habitation for His Spirit.
During the solemn dinner, the Cosmic Lord took the floor. He did not introduce himself, only the word "Victory" was inscribed on his forehead. He warned people about the impending crisis, which they themselves caused by their unbelief, reproached them for their inattention to the Great Source of God and predicted the transfer of power in the empire to the prince, who was going to ask for the hand of the king's daughter. After seven days the ruler and his family retired to the city of gold, the ethereal complement of that civilization; and a day later the Prince appeared and took the throne without hindrance.
13,000 years ago, Saint Germain, as the high priest of the Temple of the Violet Flame on Atlantis, supported with the help of invocations and his own Causal Body a column of fire - a fountain of singing violet flame, which, like a magnet, attracted the inhabitants of the near and far neighborhoods, striving to be freed. from everything that fettered the body, mind and soul. To achieve liberation, it was necessary to make one's own efforts: to make calls to the sacred fire and perform the rituals of the Seventh Ray.
All those who worshiped in front of the altar of the Temple of the Violet Flame, previously prepared to receive the priesthood of the Ecumenical Order of Melchizedek in the monastery of Lord Zadkiel - the Temple of Purification, which was located where the island of Cuba is now located. This priesthood combines perfect religion and perfect science. It was there that Saint Germain and Jesus received the anointing proclaimed by Zadkiel himself: "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."
Prior to the sinking of Atlantis, while Noah was still building the ark and warning the people of the impending great flood, the Great Divine Director called on Saint Germain and several dedicated priests to move the flame of freedom from the Temple of Purification to a safe place at the foot of the Carpathians, in Transylvania. Here they continued the sacred ritual of spreading the fires of freedom, even as the karma of humanity descended by divine command.
In subsequent incarnations, Saint Germain and his followers, following the instructions of the Great Divine Director, rediscovered this flame, and later, under the guidance of the same Guru, a sanctuary was founded in the place where the flame was kept and the Rákóczi Palace, the Hungarian royal house, was built.
In the eleventh century BC, Saint Germain was incarnated as the prophet Samuel. He was a prominent religious figure in the era of the great apostasy, the last of the Hebrew judges and the first prophet Jewish people. In those days, judges didn't just settle disputes; they were charismatic leaders who people believed could communicate directly with God and unite the tribes of Israel against their oppressors.
Samuel was the Messenger of God, who announced the release of the descendants of Abraham from the yoke of dishonorable priests - the sons of Eli and the invaders of the Philistines. He, like Moses, is called the great intercessor. During a period of ongoing threats from the Philistines, Samuel fearlessly led his men to spiritual revival, urging them to "turn with all their hearts to the LORD" and "remove foreign gods from among themselves." People repented of their sins and begged Samuel not to stop crying out to the Lord God, asking for their salvation. And as Samuel prayed and offered the burnt offering, "the LORD thundered that day with great thunder over the Philistines," which enabled the Israelites to smite their enemies. "And the hand of the LORD was upon the Philistines all the days of Samuel."
And the prophet was the judge of Israel all the days of his life. When Samuel grew old, he made his sons judges over Israel; but they "did away into selfishness and took gifts, and judged perversely," and the people demanded from Samuel: put "a king over us, so that he judges us, as among other peoples."
Deeply saddened, Samuel prayed to the LORD and was instructed to do the will of the people. And the LORD said: "... They did not reject you, but they rejected Me, so that I would not reign over them."
Samuel warned the Israelites of the dangers that the election of rulers would entail, but they continued to noisily demand a king. In accordance with their desire, he anointed Saul as king, instructing him and the people to always obey the voice of the LORD. But when Saul showed himself to be an unfaithful servant disobeying God, Samuel proclaimed the LORD's judgment against him and secretly anointed David king. When the prophet died, he was buried in Ramah, and all the Israelites mourned his death.
Saint Germain was also incarnated as Saint Joseph, father of Jesus and husband of Mary. His name is mentioned several times in the New Testament. The Bible says that he is from the line of King David. Holy Scripture tells the story in detail that when an angel of the Lord warned him in a dream about Herod's intention to kill Jesus, Joseph heeded the warning and fled with his family to Egypt, from where he returned after Herod's death. It is believed that Joseph was a carpenter and died before Jesus began his public mission. In the Catholic tradition, Saint Joseph is revered as the patron saint of the worldwide church, and his feast day is celebrated on March 19.
At the end of the third century, Saint Germain was incarnated as Saint Alban, the first Christian martyr. Alban lived in England during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian, who was persecuting Christians. He was a pagan who, after serving in the Roman army, settled in the city of Verulam, later renamed St. Albans. Alban hid from persecution christian priest named Amphibalus, who converted him to Christianity. When the soldiers came looking for the priest, Alban helped him escape by exchanging clothes with him. Alban's cunning was revealed, he was punished with a whip and sentenced to death. According to legend, his execution gathered a crowd of onlookers, and the narrow bridge across the river could not accommodate everyone who wanted to cross to the other side. Then, listening to the prayer of Alban, the waters of the river parted. Seeing this, the shocked executioner, having converted to the Christian faith, begged to be allowed to die instead of Alban. However, his request was ignored, and he was beheaded after the martyr.
Working on the inner planes as Lord Neoplatonist teacher, Saint Germain became the inspiration for the Greek philosopher Proclus (c. Studying with the Lord, Proclus chose as the main thesis of his philosophy the principle of the existence of the only true reality - the One, which is God, or the Godhead, the ultimate goal of all earthly aspirations. The works of Proclus cover almost all areas of knowledge - from philosophy and astronomy to mathematics and grammar.
Proclus was aware that enlightenment and philosophy were given to him from above, and he counted himself among those through whom the Divine revelation is transmitted to humanity.
In the fifth century, Saint Germain was embodied as Merlin, an alchemist, prophet and advisor to the court of King Arthur. In a country torn apart by warring clans and plundered by Saxon conquerors, Merlin led Arthur through twelve battles (which were, in fact, twelve initiations) to unite the British realm. Working hand in hand with the king, he established the sacred brotherhood of the Round Table. Under the guidance of Merlin and Arthur, Camelot became a mystery school in which knights and ladies sought the inner revelation of the mysteries of the Holy Grail and walked the path of personal Christhood.
Saint Germain was embodied by Roger Bacon (1220-1292), a philosopher, Franciscan friar, educational reformer and scientific experimenter. In an era when theology or logic (or both) determined the parameters of science, he proposed to take the experimental method as a basis, openly declared his belief that the Earth was round, and severely criticized contemporary scientists and researchers for their limitation. “The source of true knowledge is not foreign authorities and not blind faith in established dogmas,” he said. Ultimately, Bacon left his position as a lecturer at the University of Paris and became a member of the Franciscan order of the Friars Minorites.
In his time, Bacon was known for his exhaustive research in the fields of alchemy, optics, mathematics, and linguistics. He is rightfully considered the forerunner of modern science and technology. He predicted the following inventions: hot air balloon, aircraft, eyeglasses, telescope, microscope, elevator, ships and crews with a mechanical engine. He wrote about them as if he saw them with his own eyes.
The scientific and philosophical outlook of this monk, his bold attacks against the theologians of his contemporaries, his studies in alchemy and astrology caused his own fellow Franciscans to accuse him of "heresy and harmful innovation", for which he was imprisoned for fourteen years. But for his followers, Bacon remained "doctor mirabilus" ( wonderful doctor) and has been known by that epithet for centuries.
Later, Saint Germain was incarnated as Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the discoverer of America. Two centuries before Columbus' voyage, Roger Bacon laid the foundations for the discovery of the New World, writing in his work Opus Majus (Great Labor) that "with a fair wind, the sea between the western tip of Spain and the shores of India can be overcome in just a few days."
And although this statement was erroneous in the part where it was said that the country to the west of Spain was India, it served as the starting point for the discovery made by Columbus. He quoted the passage in a 1498 letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, noting that he made his 1492 voyage largely under the influence of this visionary statement.
Columbus believed that it was to him that God destined to become "the messenger of the new heaven and the new earth, about which He spoke in the Apocalypse of St. John and about which even earlier he foretold through Isaiah."
In 1502, he writes to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella: "It was not reason, not mathematics, and not maps that helped me to carry out this enterprise connected with India: the words of Isaiah completely came true."
Columbus had in mind the eleventh chapter of the book of the prophet Isaiah, verses ten through twelfth, that the Lord will return "to himself the remnant of his people ... and gather the exiles of Israel, and gather the scattered Jews from the four corners of the earth."
Columbus was firmly convinced that he had been chosen by God for this mission. Studying Bible prophecy, he wrote out everything related to his mission. The result was a separate book, which he entitled "Las Proficias" ("Prophecies"), and its full title was as follows: "The Book of Prophecies Pointing to the Discovery of India and the Return of Jerusalem." This fact, although not often remembered, is nevertheless considered among historians so certain that even " british encyclopedia directly states that "Columbus discovered America through prophecy rather than astronomy."
In the embodiment of Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Saint Germain was a philosopher, statesman, essayist, and an outstanding man of letters. Bacon, named the greatest mind Western civilization, is known as the founder of the inductive and scientific methods knowledge that made a decisive contribution to the process of creating modern technologies. Saint Germain foresaw that only applied science could save mankind from poverty, from hard work for a piece of bread and enable people to turn to the search for the higher spirituality that they once possessed.
"Great renewal", rebirth after decline, apostasy, ruin - this is the formula that Bacon proposed to use as a tool for changing the whole world. This idea, which first occurred to him when he was a boy, and later, in 1607, found clear form in a book of the same name, truly launched the English revival.
Over the years, a group of intellectuals rallied around him, among whom was the entire color of the writers of the Elizabethan era. Some of them were members of a secret society called the Knights of the Helmet, whose goal was to improve education by spreading the English language and creating new literature, written not in Latin, but in a language understandable to any Englishman. Bacon also initiated the translation into English of the Bible (King James Bible), as he was convinced that independent reading The Word of God should be accessible to the common man.
In the 1890s, ciphertexts were found in the original edition of Shakespeare's plays and in the writings of Bacon and other authors of the Queen Elizabethan era, revealing that Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays and that he was the son of Queen Elizabeth and Lord Leicester.
His mother, however, fearing a premature loss of power, refused to recognize him as her heir.
By the end of Francis Bacon's life, despite the persecution, the fact that his numerous talents remained unrecognized, came out victorious from circumstances that could overcome an ordinary person. He is said to have died in 1626, but some have argued that Bacon lived secretly in Europe for some time. On May 1, 1684, his soul ascended from the Rakoczi Palace, the sanctuary of the Great Divine Director.
Most of all, Saint Germain wanted to free God's people and therefore sought permission from the Lords of Karma to return to Earth in a physical body. Such grace was bestowed on him, and now he appears in the form of the Comte de Saint-Germain, an amazing aristocrat who shone at the courts of Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and became famous as a "miracle man."
He was an alchemist, scientist, linguist, poet, musician, artist, storyteller and diplomat who delighted the courts of Europe with his skill. The count could eliminate the defects of diamonds and other precious stones, at the same time write a letter with one hand, poetry with the other. Voltaire spoke of him as "a man who never dies and knows everything." (423)
The name of the count is mentioned in the letters of Frederick the Great, Voltaire, Horace Walpole, Casanova and in newspapers of that time.
Remaining unrecognized, Saint-Germain tried to soften the transition from a monarchical system to a representative form of government and prevent the bloodshed of the French Revolution. But his advice was ignored. In the last attempt to unite Europe, Saint Germain supported Napoleon, who, however, abused the power of the Lord and doomed himself to death.
But even before that happened, Saint Germain turned to the New World. He became the Patron Sovereign of the United States of America and its first President, inspiring the creation of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. It was he who was behind many of the labor-saving inventions of the twentieth century, fulfilling his goal of freeing humanity from hard work so that people could devote themselves to the cause of God-realization.
In the second half of the eighteenth century, Saint Germain succeeded Lady Kuan Yin as Lord of the Seventh Ray - the ray of mercy, forgiveness and sacred ritual, and in the twentieth century he reappeared - now as the patron of the outer organization of the Great White Brotherhood.
In the early 1930s, he came into contact with his "general in the field," a reincarnated George Washington, who had been groomed for the position of Messenger. He published, under the pseudonym Godfrey Ray King, the main points of Saint Germain's teachings for the New Age in the books Mysteries Revealed, Magical Presence, and I AM Conversations. In the late 1930s, the Goddess of Justice and other Cosmic Beings emerged from the Great Silence to help Saint Germain bring the Teachings of the sacred fire to mankind and prepare for the coming of the golden age.
In 1961, Saint Germain came into contact with his incarnated representative, the Messenger Mark L. Prophet, and in memory of the Ancient of Days and his two prominent disciples, Gautam Buddha and Lord Maitreya, founded the Brotherhood of Keepers of the Flame. Its purpose was to give acceleration to all who originally came to Earth with Sanat Kumara, to awaken in them the memory of their ancient vow and the task for which they incarnated on Earth today - the task of serving as world teachers and shepherds in their families, communities and countries. at this crucial moment of the cycle change.
Thus, Saint Germain called upon the original Keepers of the Flame to hear the voice of the Ancient of Days, answer the call, and rededicate themselves to the cause of reviving the flame of life and the sacred fires of freedom in the souls of God's people. The Knight Commander of the Brotherhood of Keepers of the Flame is Saint Germain.
On May 1, 1954, Saint Germain received from Sanat Kumara the scepter of power and from Master Jesus the crown of power to guide the consciousness of mankind in the next two thousand years. This does not mean that the influence of the ascended master Jesus is waning. He became a World Teacher, and his instructions and the radiance of the Christ consciousness to all mankind, coming from the level of the Ascended Masters, became even more powerful and all-pervading than before, for the Divine is inherent in constant self-transcendence. We live in an expanding universe - a universe that expands from the center of each individualized son (sun) of God.
This means that we are now entering a two thousand year period where by invoking the violet transmuting flame into our beings and the world, we can purify the energy of God that the human race has been corrupting for millennia and free humanity from fear, want, sin, sickness and death, so that everyone can live in the light as a God-free being.
At the dawn of the Age of Aquarius, Saint Germain appeared before the Lords of Karma and received the grace - the opportunity to spread the knowledge of the violet flame outside the circle of the inner abodes of the Great White Brotherhood, outside the walls of the classrooms of the mystery schools. Saint Germain tells us about the benefits that a person receives by invoking the violet flame: “Some of you have balanced a large amount of karma, in others the hardness of the heart has truly dissolved. I went in there new love and a new gentleness, a new sympathy, a new sense of life, a new freedom and a new joy in following that freedom. Holiness has appeared, for you have come into contact through my flame with the priesthood of the order of Melchizedek. Certain impulses of ignorance and mental density have melted and dissolved, and there has been a turn towards nourishment more suited to your own God-mastery.
The violet flame helps in family relationships. It has helped some to balance the records of old karma, old grudges, and also to get on the path in accordance with their vibrations. It must be remembered that the violet fire contains the flame of God-justice, and God-justice naturally contains the flame of judgment; thus the violet flame always comes as a double-edged sword separating the Real from the unreal...
Blessed ones, it is impossible to enumerate all the benefits of the violet flame, but alchemical changes do take place in the character of a person. The violet flame resolves the splits that cause psychological problems that originate in events. early childhood and past incarnations and created such deep ruts in the consciousness that could not be erased for many centuries.
Saint Germain teaches the science of alchemy in his book Course in Alchemy. He uses amethyst - the stone of the alchemists, the stone of the age of Aquarius and the violet flame. Saint Germain told us that Franz Liszt's "Rakoczi's March" contains the formula of the violet flame and is in tune with the flame of his heart. Strauss waltzes carry the vibration of the violet flame and will help you align with it. The key note of the Hierarchs of the Aquarian Age is the "March of the Crusaders" by Felix Mendelssohn.
Saint Germain has a focus on the golden ethereal city above the Sahara Desert. He conducts classes at the Royal Teton retreat, as well as at his own ethereal-physical retreat, the Cave of Symbols in Table Mountain, Wyoming, USA. In addition to this, he serves in the dwellings of the focuses of the Great Divine Director - the Cave of Light (India) and the Rakoczi Palace (Transylvania) - the retreat of which he is a hierarch. Relatively recently, he established a base in South America - in the abode of the God and Goddess Meru.
Its electronic pattern is the Maltese Cross, and its fragrance is the scent of violets. Saint Germain's name comes from the Latin Sanctus Germanus, meaning simply "Holy Brother"

Comte Saint-Germain is one of the most mysterious figures in history, in particular in the history of the eighteenth century. He has many names and lived lives, even more secrets that we will probably never be able to comprehend and discover.

Contemporaries describe him as of a dense physique, with an expressive and captivating look. The Count's life was shrouded in mystery. He then disappeared, then appeared in different places under new names.

His age was impossible to determine, and everyone agreed on this. Perhaps this is what formed the basis of the legend that Saint Germain owns the secret of longevity. Some elderly aristocrats recalled that Count Saint-Germain also visited the salons of their grandmothers. Should they be trusted? Who knows. But the fact remained - the age of the count, as well as the dates of his birth and death, were and remain shrouded in a veil of secrecy.

Count Saint-Germain was known in many places, took an active part in the political events of that time, and played a diplomatic game. Therefore, he was called an intriguer and adventurer. But he had knowledge about everything in the world.

For example, he was a polyglot - he spoke different languages absolutely no accent. So, Count Saint-Germain spoke English, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian and other languages. As for history, he knew it so well that one might think that he himself had once taken part in the events he was talking about.

But these Count's talents

were not limited. He played several musical instruments without notes, wrote music, striking with his skill the famous musicians of that time. In addition, Saint-Germain painted beautifully in oils. He developed special paints that glowed in the dark, but seemed to shimmer in different colors in the light. The composition of the paints, unfortunately, remained under the cloak of secrecy.

Also this unique person developed production technologies, in particular technologies for working with leathers and fabrics. So, flax, which was bleached using his technology, resembled silk, and the skin after dressing became like fabric. The count was also a brilliant inventor, but many of his inventions still do not fit in our minds. So, Count Saint-Germain invented a spinning wheel, when working on which two threads were formed at once. But this required an unusual effort from the worker - he had to share consciousness, simultaneously observing two processes. Therefore, it was decided to abandon this spinning wheel, since people could not yet work on it. But all this indicates that the count sought to direct progress towards the development of human abilities.

Esoteric side of the issue

But this is not all that Count Saint-Germain did. Books about him mainly describe the mystical-religious side of his personality, which was no less mysterious than other areas of life. The count created secret societies, and also served as their inspirer. But at the heart of all societies, one way or another, there were common principles, such as reincarnation, the evolution of the spiritual life of man.

What else made famous the one who was called "Comte Saint-Germain"? Predictions and more predictions! One of the most famous prophecies was Marie Antoinette's warning about coming catastrophe. Alas, she did not heed the advice, and the prediction came true.

The secret of this outstanding person remains unresolved to this day.

According to A.F. Stroev, a typical adventurer:

... a man without a homeland, without a clan and tribe, without age, like the "immortal" Count Saint-Germain, about whom it is not known whether he is a Spaniard, a Portuguese Jew, a Frenchman or a Hungarian, if not Russian.

Landgrave Karl of Hesse reports from the words of Saint Germain:

He told me that, without any doubt, he was the fruit of the marriage union of Prince Rakoczy of Transylvania with his first wife named Tekeli. As a child, he was given into the care of the house of the last Duke de Medici (Giovano Gasto - Grand Duke of Tuscany - last representative famous Florentine family), who adored the baby and laid him down at night in his bedchamber. When the grown-up Saint Germain found out that his two brothers, the sons of the Princess of Hesse-Wanfried (Rheinfels), turned out to be subjects of Emperor Charles VI and received by title, now called St. Charles and St. Elisabeth, he decided to call himself Sanctus Germano , that is, the Holy Brother. Of course, I do not have sufficient information to prove his high origin, but I am very aware of the powerful patronage of the Duke de Medici, rendered to Saint Germain, from another source.

Cesare Cantu, librarian of the main Milan book depository, who had access to the Milan archives, also reports in his work " History of Italy" that Saint Germain was the son of Prince Rakoczy of Transylvania, and that he was patronized by the last Grand Duke of Tuscany (de Medici), who gave Saint Germain a good education.

Saint Germain was also known as the illegitimate son of the Portuguese king or the princess of the Palatinate-Neuburg, widow of the last Spanish Habsburg Charles II.

Count Karl of Koblenz in a letter dated April 8, 1763 to the Prime Minister Prince Kaunitsky:

He (Saint-Germain) seemed to me the most original of all the people whom I had the good fortune to know before. I find it difficult to speak with certainty about its origin. However, I fully admit that he may be the offspring of a very famous influential family, for one reason or another hiding his origin. Possessing a huge fortune, he is content with very little and lives very simply and unpretentiously. He knows, apparently, all the sciences. And at the same time, one feels in him a just and decent person, possessing all spiritual qualities worthy of praise.

Saint Germain, as stated in "Chroniques de l'Oeil de Boeuf" said to the Comtesse de Genlis: “Seven years old, I hid in the forests, and a reward was put on my head. On the day of my birth, my mother, whom I was never destined to see again, tied a talisman with her portrait on my hand.. Saint-Germain, according to the author, showed this portrait to his interlocutor.

Path to Paris

On December 24, 1759, the Danish ambassador to France, Count von Wedel-Fries, wrote to his minister: “I cannot tell you exactly, dear sir, who he is in essence. No one, or almost no one, knows him. He spent many years here, while remaining unsolved.

Diplomatic mission during the Seven Years' War

In early 1760, the Count of Saint-Germain was sent by the king to The Hague on a secret mission. Baron de Gleichen reports that the French Marshal Belle-Ile, at the height of the Seven Years' War, tried to conclude a separate treaty with England and Prussia and thereby break the alliance between France and Austria, which rested on the authority of the French Foreign Minister - Choiseul. Louis XV, like Madame Pompadour, in secret from Choiseul, supported Belle-Ile's intentions through his own intelligence - the King's Secret, which often came into conflict with the Foreign Ministry. Marshal prepared all the necessary recommendations. The king personally handed them to Saint-Germain, along with a special cipher.

An important proof of the political activity of Saint-Germain is the diplomatic correspondence between General York, English representative in The Hague and by Lord Holderness in London, which, according to Cooper-Oakley, is in the archives British Museum. General York, in his letter dated March 14, 1760, wrote that he had spoken with Saint-Germain about a possible truce between France and England. Louis XV, Madame de Pompadour and Marshal Belle-Ile authorized him to do this. In response, Lord Holderness, on behalf of King George II of Great Britain, reported that “Saint Germain may indeed be authorized to conduct such negotiations ... We are also interested in this, because everything that contributes to the speedy progress towards the desired goal is important to us ...” .

The minister of the Saxon court in The Hague, Kauderbach, reported that he had a conversation with Saint-Germain about the causes of the difficulties that befell France. According to Kauderbach, Saint-Germain was an attorney for Marshal Belle-Ile, for which he had letters of credence. Saint Germain intended to carry out the plans of the Marshal and Madame Pompadour to conclude a treaty with England through the mediation of Holland, and that for this purpose Saint Germain had established relations with Count Bentinck, President of the Council of Plenipotentiaries of the Province of Holland. While in Holland, on March 11, 1760, Saint-Germain wrote a letter to Madame Pompadour, in which he said: “You must also know my devotion to you, madam. Therefore, give orders, and I am at your service. You can bring peace to Europe without the tedious and complicated manipulation of Congress…” .

The French ambassador to Holland, Comte d'Affrey, wrote to Choiseul about the financial projects of Saint-Germain and that he wanted to obtain a huge loan for France. According to P. Andremont, the amount was to be 30 million florins; money affairs, from his point of view, served as a cover for diplomatic intrigues.

After learning about the mission of Saint-Germain, Choiseul "insisted on the public disavowal of Saint-Germain and his expulsion from Holland." From a letter from the English General York to Lord Holderness dated April 4, 1760: "The Duke of Choiseul seems to be making desperate attempts to discredit this man (Saint-Germain) and prevent his interference in matters of national importance". From a letter from the French Ambassador to Holland, d'Affrey, to the Duke of Choiseul dated April 5, 1760: “If we fail to discredit him (Saint-Germain) in any way, then he will be very dangerous for us, especially in the current situation”.

As a result, Louis XV abolished the powers of Saint-Germain. The official statement of Ambassador d'Affrey, published on April 30, 1760, states that "His Majesty orders that this adventurer be declared a person not worthy of trust" ("reclamer cet aventurier comme un homme sans aveu").

Alchemy and other projects. Doubles and imitators

Madame Osse in her memoirs described the case of how Saint-Germain, at the request of the king, eliminated the defect in the diamond, which delighted him. To the king's questions The Count didn't really answer. However, he confirmed that he can enlarge pearls and give them a special shine.. The king kept this diamond as a keepsake. She also claimed that “His Majesty, apparently, is completely blinded by the talents of Saint-Germain and at times speaks of him as if he were a person of the highest origin”

Count Saint-Germain wrote to Pyotr Ivanovich Panin, offering him to discover the secret of gold production.

Another famous adventurer Giacomo Casanova, Saint-Germain's rival, whom he called "black" and criticized in pamphlets, wrote about Saint-Germain: This extraordinary man (Saint-Germain), a born deceiver, without any hesitation, as a matter of course, said that he was 300 years old, that he possessed a panacea for all diseases, that nature had no secrets from him, that he knows how to melt diamonds and from ten to twelve small ones make one large one, of the same weight and, moreover, of the purest water» .

In his memoirs, Casanova described the incident when he had to meet Saint-Germain for the last time. This happened in Tournai, in the house of the count himself. The count asked Casanova for a coin, he gave him 12 sous. Throwing a small black seed on it, Saint-Germain put the coin on the coal and heated it with a blowpipe. Two minutes later, the coin also became red-hot. After a minute it cooled down, and Saint-Germain gave it to Casanova. " I began to examine the coin. Now she was golden. I never doubted for a moment that I was holding my coin<…>Saint Germain simply could not quietly replace one coin with another". Then he adds: " That coin really looked like gold, and two months later in Berlin I sold it to Field Marshal Keith, who showed great interest in the unusual gold coin of 12 sous. .

After all her statements, Casanova adds: “ Oddly enough, as if against my will, the count unconsciously surprises me, he managed to amaze me ...»

In 1759-1760, Saint-Germain turned to Madame de Pompadour and the Danish King Frederick V with a number of projects, where he proposed to build an unsinkable fast ship without sails and a recoilless rapid-fire gun that could be controlled by one person:

Great knowledge allows me to do great things. I am completely free and completely independent; but the virtuous and amiable King of Denmark, with his truly royal virtues, conquered me. I long to serve him usefully and marvelously. Among other great undertakings that I have conceived for him, I promise to send his royal standard in a seven-gun admiral's ship to the East Indies in a month or less, without complicating the design of the vessel, which will not be afraid of either Dangers or ordinary Maritime Troubles ... and the most wonderful that there will be no masts on it, except for a sentinel, no sails, no sailors, for any person will be fit for this wonderful and new Navigation. I enriched this amazing Invention with a cannon that does not recoil and therefore does not need a carriage on Wheels, which shoots ten times faster than any other in the same Interval of Time, which does not warm up at all, which with an aimed shot splits a rope or Volos in two , and which one Man can serve with amazing Speed; besides, it shoots farther, occupies very little space, and has other great advantages.

In the correspondence accompanying this message, the Danish Ambassador von Wedel-Fries and Foreign Minister von Bernstorff noted:

“His projects seemed to me so extensive, not to say paradoxical, that I wanted to get rid of him, but his persistent requests forced me to yield ...” and: “We, Dear Sir, do not appreciate lovers of secrets and projects; it seems to us that the honor of the King urgently demands that the public should not think that His Majesty is bringing people like him closer ... "

From Casanova's Memoirs:

According to the memoirs of Baron Gleichen, Saint-Germain spoke about Francis I with details that only an eyewitness could know, and, captivating the listeners, let out: "And then I told him ...".

At the same time, imitators and "doubles" appeared in Saint-Germain in Paris:

A certain Parisian rake, known as "my lord Gower", was an inimitable mime and wandered around the Parisian salons, posing as Saint Germain, naturally heavily caricatured. However, many people perceived this amusing figure as a real Saint-Germain.

From the memoirs of Baron Gleichen:

Minor characters were also invented, for example, the old servant of the count. Cardinal de Roan once heard a story about a dinner at Pontius Pilate, turning to the valet of the Saint-Germain, or rather, to the one who pretended to be him, asked if this was true. To which he replied: “Oh no, monsignor, that was before me. After all, I have served Mr. Count for only 400 years ... "

On January 1, 1760, a certain “Zoltykof Altenklingen”, “a Swiss nobleman, Muscovite by blood”, sent a letter in French from Amsterdam to Empress Elizaveta Petrovna with a proposal to open soap factories in Russia and heal all diseases with the help of secret knowledge and alchemy. He also proposed to increase state revenues by 10 million. It is not without probability that this letter was written by an agent or imitator of Saint-Germain, who was heading to Amsterdam at that time, who also called himself Saltykov (the handwriting is different, but the style is very close).

Euro-trip

In 1777, in Germany, Saint-Germain met with D. I. Fonvizin. On December 1, 1777, Fonvizin, in a letter to his relatives, called him “the first charlatan in the world,” and on March 20 (31), 1778 he wrote to P.I. and to his proposal, with which he promised me mountains of gold, he answered with gratitude, telling him that if he had only projects useful for Russia, he could take them to our chargé d'affaires in Dresden. My wife took his medicine, but without any success; I am indebted for its healing to the Montpellier climate and nut oil.”

In the archives of the Grand Orient of France, Saint-Germain (as well as Rousseau) is listed as a member Masonic Lodge"Public Consent of St. John of Ecos" from August 18 to January 19, 1789.

There is information about the "appearance" of the Count of Saint-Germain at Masonic meetings in 1785, that is, later than the generally accepted date of his death (see above).

Names and aliases

IN different countries In Europe, Count Saint-Germain used the following names: General Saltykov, Prince Rakosi, Count Tsarogi, Marquis de Montferat, Count de Bellamy, Count de Veldon.

Works about Saint Germain

Saint-Germain is dedicated to the monograph by L. A. Langeveld "Comte de Saint-Germain" ( Langeveld L.A. Der Graf von Saint-Germain. - Berlin: La Haye, 1930) and P. Andremond "Three Lives of the Comte de Saint-Germain" ( Andremont P. Les trois vies du comte de Saint-Germain. - Geneve, 1979.).

The latest book published abroad about Saint-Germain is the book by Patrick Riviere published in Paris in 1995, Secrets and Mysteries of the Occult: Saint-Germain and Cagliostro.

In the context cultural phenomenon adventurer of the XVIII century, the life of Saint-Germain is considered in the work of A. F. Stroev "Those who correct fortune: adventurers of enlightenment", published in 1997 in French in the "Presses Universitaires de France", and then in 1998 in Russian ( prepared in the Department of Literature of the West of the Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences).

Occult and Theosophical Version of Saint Germain's Biography

There are stories that Saint-Germain was seen after his death in 1784, and various kinds of prophecies are attributed to him.

Comte Saint-Germain is a revered figure among occultists and theosophists of the XX-XXI centuries, who consider him one of the most important figures of European history XVIII century. Out of this circle came the work famous figure The Theosophical Society of Isabelle Cooper-Oakley (-), titled " Count Saint Germain. The secret of kings". Initially, excerpts from this work were published in the London Theosophical Journal for -1898, and then the book appeared in full edition in 1912.

The work of Isabelle Cooper-Oakley is supplied with a solid appendix in the form of a selection of archival documents (business and diplomatic correspondence for the years -1780) associated with the name of the mysterious earl. Isabelle Cooper-Oakley refers to the will of Prince Rakoczy, where not two are mentioned, as in most sources, but three of his sons: St. Charles, St. Elizabeth and Charles of Hesse, whom she identifies with St. Germain, who was under the patronage of the last Medici. The execution of the will was entrusted to the "Duke of Bourbon" (in reality Burgundy, grandson of Louis XIV), as well as to the Duke of Maine and the "Duke of Charleroi-Toulouse" (in reality the Count of Toulouse) - the illegitimate sons of Louis XIV. It was to their care, according to this text, that Prince Rakoczy gave his third son, who was entitled to an impressive share of the inheritance.

The French writer, owner of the largest occult publishing house "Shakornak", editor-in-chief of the "Astrological Journal" Paul Shakornak wrote the book "Comte de Saint-Germain", which in the preface is declared as "the most comprehensive study on this topic, of those written in French ". The first edition was published in 1947, then the book was reprinted twice. Shakornak claims that the extensive archive of information collected about Saint-Germain under Napoleon III on the orders of the emperor burned down during the September Revolution of 1870.

Paul Chacornac restored in detail the biographies of several of Saint-Germain's contemporaries of the same name, who, in his view, were often confused with the Count. First of all, this is Count Robert Claude-Louis de Saint-Germain, French Minister, Secretary of State for Military Affairs, Field Marshal in the service of the Danish King, Commander of the Order of the Elephant, Lieutenant General (-), famous for his military talents and in 1775 appointed by Louis XVI Minister of War, after the death of Marshal de Muy. Shakornak believes that many of the well-known episodes in which participation is attributed to the Comte Saint-Germain actually tell about the minister.

The major figures of the theosophical movement, H. P. Blavatsky and H. I. Roerich, believed that the epithet "adventurer" applied to Saint-Germain was an insinuation, and that he really was a student of Indian and Egyptian hierophants, a connoisseur of the secret wisdom of the East.

... What is offered as evidence that Saint Germain was an "adventurer", that he aspired to "play the role of a sorcerer" or that he swindled money from the profane. There is not a single confirmation here that he was someone else than he seemed, namely: the owner of huge funds that helped him honestly maintain his position in society. He claimed to know how to melt small diamonds into large ones, and how to transform metals, and backed up his claims with untold riches and a collection of diamonds of rare size and beauty. Are "adventurers" like that? Do charlatans enjoy long years trust and admiration of the smartest statesmen and nobility of Europe?<…>Was anything found among the papers secret archives at least one of these courts, speaking in favor of this version? Not a single word, not a single proof of this vile slander has ever been found. It's just a vicious lie. The way Western writers treated this great man, this student of Indian and Egyptian hierophants and an expert on the secret wisdom of the East, is a shame for all mankind. In the same way, this stupid world treated everyone who, like Saint Germain, after long years of seclusion devoted to the study of the sciences and the comprehension of esoteric wisdom, again visited him, hoping to make him better, wiser and happier ...

One may recall how the Swedish king Charles XII received a strong warning not to start a fatal campaign against Russia, which put an end to the development of his state. Since the publication of the diary of the Countess d'Adhémar, a court lady who was under the ill-fated Marie Antoinette, the fact of the queen's repeated warnings through letters and personal meetings, through the same countess, about the impending danger to the country, the entire royal house and many of their friends, has become widely known. And, invariably, all these warnings came from the same source, from the Comte Saint-Germain, a member of the Himalayan Community. But all his saving warnings and advice were taken as an insult and deceit. He was persecuted and threatened with the Bastille more than once. The tragic consequences of these denials are well known to all."

In occult and theosophical works, Saint-Germain appears as a composer, his musical compositions, many of which are allegedly stored in Russia, are mentioned by Shakornak and the first vice-president of the IPO International Center of the Roerichs, Lyudmila Shaposhnikova.

Image in culture

• German Kesten. The novel "Casanova", 1952: Saint-Germain is one of the characters.
• Boris Akunin. Mirror of Saint Germain.
• One of the characters in the novel Dragonfly in Amber Diana Gabeldon, set in 18th century Paris.
• Nikolai Dubov. "Wheel of Fortune": a novel about Saint Germain's journey to Russia.
• Irena Tetzlaf. Count Saint Germain. The light in the darkness"
• Mikhail Ishkov. "Saint Germain"
• Mikhail Volkonsky. "The Will of Fate": the story of the accession to the throne of Catherine II with the participation of Saint-Germain.
• One of the characters in the novel about the American Revolution "Two Crowns for America" Katherine Kurtz.
• Friend of the protagonist in The Red Lion: The Elixir of Eternal Life Mary the Impaler.
• Featured in the novel about magic and metaphysics "The Cosmic Logos" Tracey Harding.
• Character in The Sanctuary Raymond Khoury.
• Chelsea Quinn Yarbrough.“Hotel Transylvania”, 1978. Mystical novel. The name Saint Germain is the ever-living vampire who has entered the fight against the dark forces. There are about two dozen more novels by the same author that continue this series. See about the series en:Count Saint-Germain (vampire) .
• The character of the novel "King's Cross" Vadim Panova and one of the keepers of the Black Book.
• The prototype of the protagonist of the novel Bulwer-Lytton"Zanoni", according to critics, served Saint Germain.
• One of the heroes of the historical novel E. Kapandu"Knight of the Coop"
• Like Prince Senzher in the novel by K.E. Antarova "Two Lives"

• Molière pour rire et pour pleurer, 1965. Television series about Molière, Saint-Germain is one of the characters.
• "Les Compagnons de Baal" 1965. TV series.
• "La dame de pique" French film adaptation Pushkin's stories
• "The Queen of Spades"(1970). In the role of the count - Alexander Kalyagin
• "Bloodscent", 1995, horror film. One of the characters is named Saint-Germain.
• "Le Collectionneur des Cerveaux"("The Brain Collector") is a 1976 French horror film in which a mad scientist appears under the name of Saint-Germain.

• Saint Germain is the name of an anime villain "Le Chevalier D'Eon".

• Saint Germain - sister's fiancé main character in Game Animamundi.
• Saint Germain is a minor positive character of the game Castlevania: Curse of Darkness. Able to travel through time and influence the course of history.

• Graphic novel by Neil Gaiman "The Sandman"- one of the characters. The image is combined with Gilles de Retz.
• The name Saint Germain is given to a villain in a comic book series Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu: Hellfire Apocalypse
• The name Saint Germain is one of the heroes of the comic book series Spike vs. Dracula(Buffy Universe - The Vampire Slayer)
• In comics "The Frankenstein/Dracula War" appears as a captain in the Napoleonic army.

see also

Notes

1. Stroev A.F. Those who correct Fortune. Enlightenment adventurers. - M ., "UFO", 1998.
2. Shakornak P. Count Saint-Germain - the keeper of all secrets. - M .: "Veche", 2007. - ISBN 978-5-9533-1957-7.
3. Encyclopædia Britannica
4. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences
5. Langeveld L.A. Der Graf von Saint-Germain. - Stockholm: La Haye, 1930.
6. Karl, Prinz de Hesse Memoires de Mon Temps. - Copenhagen, 1861. - P. 133.
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In 1750, Paris was agitated by rumors about the appearance of a certain count in one of the high-society salons. However, the reason for curiosity was not so much the mystery of the origin of his fabulous wealth, but the biography of this man, about which no one really knew anything.

The mysterious handsome man, invariably dressed in all black, was received in the best houses, and everywhere he shone with refined manners, surprised with erudition and deep knowledge of history. The old aristocrats did not know what to think: after all, they saw this man in the salons of their grandmothers, however, they called him differently then - either the Marquis Montfert, or the Comte de Bellamy ... However, the count preferred not to talk about his past, and only it was possible to draw conclusions from his random reservations: this person personally talked with Plato, Seneca, talked with many great people who had long since departed to another world, attended the feasts of Indian maharajas ...

The count never claimed that he had been living in the world for several centuries, had knowledge of alchemy and knew how to increase precious stones, but he did not deny it either. And he answered questions: “Everything is possible in the sublunar world ...” Since no one could determine his age, rumors spread that this person knew the recipe for the elixir of immortality. In an effort to reinforce these rumors, Saint Germain never ate in public and made no secret of his disgust for the drunkenness and gluttony of those with whom he had to sit at the table.

Count Saint Germain. Engraving from 1783

Before appearing in Paris, this man under different names lived in England, Holland, Italy. Some considered the count a Spaniard, others - a Frenchman, others - a Russian. While in Genoa and Livorno, he posed as the Russian General Saltykov.

Saint-Germain was a contemporary of Cagliostro, who, having fallen into the clutches of the Inquisition, claimed that Saint-Germain was engaged in alchemy and could tell a lot if he was interrogated with passion.

The departure of Saint-Germain from France, despite the patronage of the Marquise de Pompadour and the attention that surrounded him with the king, was like a flight. However, it was rumored that in fact he was expelled from the country for espionage. Later, the count appeared in Holland, created a prosperous company there, but soon fled to Russia with the money of his partners, where he participated in hostilities under the name of General Beldan. In the 1770s he shone at the courts of the German princes, being called Prince Rakoczi.

A few years later, Saint-Germain showed up in Holstein, where he spent several years alone in his castle. In 1784 he died. However, it was a very strange death: not one of the tombstones in the local cemetery bears the name Saint-Germain.

A year later, a meeting of Freemasons was held in Paris. In the list of those who attended it, next to Mesmer, Lavater and others, Saint-Germain is listed. Queen Marie Antoinette, shortly before her execution, wrote in her diary that in 1788 Saint Germain warned her of the coming revolution and predicted a terrible fate.

In 1860, there were so many impostors that Napoleon III ordered the creation of a commission to investigate the issue. After 28 years, the French envoy in Venice met Saint Germain in St. Mark's Square, and in the years French Revolution he was seen in one of the prisons.

Many years later. One retired dignitary is very old age accidentally spotted Saint Germain on the Champs Elysees. By that time, there were almost no people who knew the count. Imagine the amazement of the dignitary when he found himself face to face with a young and flourishing count, who, according to the most conservative estimates, should have been 73 years old by that time. And yet the old man did not lose his head and, using an insignificant pretext, introduced himself to a stranger who called himself Major Fraser. They started talking, and as if by chance the retired dignitary began to indulge in memories of many years ago. The major willingly kept up the conversation and showed amazing knowledge of the affairs "for a long time past days". Even when it was about the most distant times and distant countries, there was a feeling that he was talking about what he saw and heard himself. Forgetting caution, the old man said that he happened to meet with Saint-Germain himself. His interlocutor shrugged his shoulders and hastened to take his leave.