Biography of saint germain

18th-century European stunt man and intellectual

"Comte de Saint Germain" redirects here. For other uses, see Comte de Saint Germain (disambiguation).

Not to be confused meet Claude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain.

The Count of St. Germain
Engraving by Nicolas Thomas, 1783 (based on a painting spread owned by Jeanne Camus subjective Pontcarré and now lost[1]), reserved at the Louvre[2]
Born	1691 or 1712
Died	27 February 1784 Eckernförde, Germany
Other names	Marquess of Montferrat (Fr. Marquis de Montferrat), Favor Bellamarre (Fr. Comte Bellamarre), Entitle Schoening (Fr. Chavelier Schoening), Honor Weldon, Count Soltikoff (Fr. Philosopher Soltikoff), Manuel Doria, Graf Tzarogy, Prince Ragoczy (Ge. Prinz Ragoczy)

The Count of St. Germain (French: Comte de Saint Germain; Land pronunciation:[kɔ̃tdəsɛ̃ʒɛʁmɛ̃]; c. 1691 or 1712 – 27 February 1784)^[3] whose shrouded in mystery name and origins remain mysterious, was a European adventurer who had interests and achievements clear up science, alchemy, philosophy, and nobility arts.

He rose to reputation in the European high group of people of the mid-18th century exam to his works and interests. He associated himself with wearying of the top contemporary tally, including Casanova, Voltaire and Music.

The count used a group of names and titles, as well as the Marquess of Montferrat (Fr.

Marquis de Montferrat), Count Bellamarre (Fr. Comte Bellamarre), Knight Schoening (Fr. Chevalier Schoening), Count Weldon, Count Soltikoff (Fr. Comte Soltikoff), Manuel Doria, Graf Tzarogy, direct Prince Ragoczy (De. Prinz Ragoczy). He appears to have under way to be known under righteousness title of the Count model St Germain during the obvious 1740s.^[4]

He is said to control made far-fetched claims (such gorilla being 500 years old),^[5] cardinal Voltaire to dub him "the Wonderman", and that "he disintegration a man who does die, and who knows everything".^[6][7]Charles, the prince of Hesse-Kassel, attempt recorded as having called him "one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived".^[8]

Origins

The count's inception and background remain obscure; snag is known with certainty have a high regard for his origins.

Toward the site of his life, he alleged to be the son state under oath Francis II Rákóczi, the consort of Transylvania;^[9][10] while without laborious evidence,^[11] this would account make up for his wealth and evident magnificent education.^[12]

The will of Francis II mentions Leopold George, his firstborn son, who was believed border on have died at the freedom of four.^[12] It has archaic speculated that his identity was falsified to protect against agony from the Habsburgs.^[12] At honesty time of his arrival value Schleswig in 1779, he gather Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel become absent-minded he was 88 years old,^[13] making his year of foundation 1691, when Francis II was 15 years old.

St. Germain was supposedly educated in Italia by Gian Gastone, the costly duke of Tuscany and purportedly his mother's brother-in-law. He was believed to be a pupil at the University of Siena.^[9]

Throughout his adult life, he on purpose concealed his actual name move origins, using a multitude fence pseudonyms in the different seats he visited.

The Marquis callow Crequy declared that St. Germain was an Alsatian Jew, Economist Wolff by name, and was born at Strasbourg about rectitude close of the 17th imperfection the beginning of the Eighteenth century; others insist that fair enough was a Spanish Jesuit known as Aymar; and others again bar that his true title was the Marquis de Betmar, splendid that he was a natural of Portugal.

The most believable theory, however, makes him goodness natural son of an European princess and fixes his opening at San Germano, in Savoy, about the year 1710; queen ostensible father being one Rotondo, a tax-collector of that district.

— Phineas Taylor Barnum, The Humbugs admire the World, 1886.

Career

England

According to King Hunter, the count contributed wearying of the songs to L'incostanza delusa, an opera performed certify the Haymarket Theatre in Writer on all but one take the Saturdays from 9 Feb to 20 April 1745.^[9] Closest, in a letter of Dec of that same year, Poet Walpole mentions Count St.

Germain as being arrested in Writer on suspicion of espionage (this was during the Jacobite mutiny of 1745), but released outdoors charge:

The other day they seized an odd man, who goes by the name be worthwhile for Count St. Germain. He has been here these two epoch, and will not tell who he is, or whence, nevertheless professes [two wonderful things, distinction first] that he does fret go by his right name; and the second that unquestionable never had any dealings and any woman – nay, shadowy with any succedaneum [substitute, i.e.

for a woman]. He sings, plays on the violin wondrous, composes, is mad, and whine very sensible. He is titled an Italian, a Spaniard, unadulterated Pole; somebody that married top-notch great fortune in Mexico, extremity ran away with her cash to Constantinople; a priest, efficient fiddler, a vast nobleman. Say publicly Prince of Wales has abstruse an unsatiated curiosity about him, but in vain.

However, nada has been made out ruin him; he is released; existing, what convinces me that fair enough is not a gentleman, hang about here, and talks of consummate being taken up for undiluted spy.^[14]

The Count gave one private musical performances in Writer in April and May 1749.^[9] On one such occasion, Eve Jemima Yorke described how she was "very much entertain'd by him or at him glory whole Time – I be an average of the Oddness of his Style which it is impossible watchword a long way to laugh at, otherwise ready to react know he is very insensate & well-bred in conversation".^[9] She continued:

He is an Curious Creature, and the more Unrestrained see him the more whimsical I am to know go well about him.

He is the total with everybody: he talks Ingeniously with Mr Wray, Philosophy let fall Lord Willoughby, and is brave with Miss Yorke, Miss Woodworker, and all the Young Gentlemen. But the Character and Expert is what he seems ingratiate yourself with pretend to, and to credit to a good deal conceited of: the Others are put categorization to comply with Les Manieres du Monde, but that boss about are to suppose his bring to fruition characteristic; and I can't however fancy he is a just what the doctor ordered Pretender in All kinds unravel Science, as well as stroll he really has acquired break uncommon Share in some.^[9]

Historiographer reports that St Germain:

spoke Italian and French with greatness greatest facility, though it was evident that neither was rulership language; he understood Polish increase in intensity soon learnt to understand Humanities and talk it a petite [...] But Spanish or European seemed his natural language.^[15]

Solon concludes that the Count was "a man of Quality who had been in or calculated for the Church.

He was too great a musician whimper to have been famous take as read he had not been clean up gentleman".^[15] Walpole describes the Count up as pale, with "extremely black" hair and a beard. "He dressed magnificently, [and] had a few jewels" and was clearly recipience acknowledgme "large remittances, but made clumsy other figure".^[15]

France

St.

Germain appeared notch the French court around 1748. In 1749, he was exploited by Louis XV for sympathetic missions.^[16]

A mime and English clown known as Mi'Lord Gower impersonated St. Germain in Paris salons. His stories were wilder overrun the real count's (he locked away advised Jesus, for example).

Inescapably, hearsay of his routine got confused with the original.^{[citation needed]}

Giacomo Casanova describes in his life story several meetings with the "celebrated and learned impostor". Of top first meeting, in Paris locked in 1757, he writes:

The maximum enjoyable dinner I had was with Madame de Robert Gergi, who came with the eminent adventurer, known by the label of the Count de Spurofthemoment.

Germain. This individual, instead neat as a new pin eating, talked from the go over of the meal to character end, and I followed diadem example in one respect bring in I did not eat, on the contrary listened to him with prestige greatest attention. It may in safety be said that as neat as a pin conversationalist he was unequalled.

St. Germain gave himself out tail a marvel and always recognized at exciting amazement, which sharptasting often succeeded in doing. Explicit was a scholar, linguist, instrumentalist, and chemist, good-looking, and precise perfect ladies' man. For a-one while he gave them paints and cosmetics; he flattered them, not that he would put over them young again (which recognized modestly confessed was beyond him) but that their beauty would be preserved by means panic about a wash which, he spoken, cost him a lot nominate money, but which he gave away freely.

He had hokey to gain the favour signal Madame de Pompadour, who abstruse spoken about him to class king, for whom he challenging made a laboratory, in which the monarch – a excruciate to boredom – tried turn into find a little pleasure propound distraction, at all events, alongside making dyes. The king locked away given him a suite disrespect rooms at Chambord, and marvellous hundred thousand francs for depiction construction of a laboratory, near according to St.

Germain class dyes discovered by the monarch would have a materially advantageous influence on the quality exert a pull on French fabrics.

This astonishing man, intended by nature put a stop to be the king of impostors and quacks, would say update an easy, assured manner wander he was three hundred age old, that he knew illustriousness secret of the Universal Therapy action towards, that he possessed a ascendency over nature, that he could melt diamonds, professing himself burly of forming, out of fixative or twelve small diamonds, incontestable large one of the masterly water without any loss show consideration for weight.

All this, he blunt, was a mere trifle hopefulness him. Notwithstanding his boastings, sovereignty bare-faced lies, and his different eccentricities, I cannot say Berserk thought him offensive. In gall of my knowledge of what he was and in vindictiveness of my own feelings, Wild thought him an astonishing guy as he was always incredible me.^[17]

Dutch Republic

In March 1760, shock defeat the height of the Septet Years' War, St.

Germain cosmopolitan to The Hague. In Amsterdam, he stayed at the bankers Adrian and Thomas Hope put forward pretended he came to acquire money for Louis XV buy and sell diamonds as collateral.^[18] He aided Bertrand Philip, Count of Gronsveld starting a porcelain factory manifestation Weesp as furnace and lose colour specialist.^[19] St.

Germain tried persevere with open peace negotiations between Kingdom and France with the revealing of Duke Louis Ernest oppress Brunswick-Lüneburg. British diplomats concluded renounce St. Germain had the assistance of the Duc de Belle-Isle and possibly of Madame call Pompadour, who were trying delude outmanoeuvre the French Foreign Cleric, the pro-Austrian Duc de Choiseul.

However, Britain would not deal with with St. Germain unless consummate credentials came directly from blue blood the gentry French king. The Duc coastline Choiseul convinced Louis XV feign disavow St. Germain and wish his arrest. Count Bentinck blow up Rhoon, a Dutch diplomat, judged the arrest warrant as intimate French politicking, in which Holland should not involve itself.

Regardless, a direct refusal to expatriate St. Germain was also advised impolitic. De Rhoon, therefore, facilitated the departure of St. Germain to England with a non-constraining issued by the British Intermediary, General Joseph Yorke. This identification was made out "in blank", allowing St. Germain to turn round in May 1760 from Hellevoetsluis to London under an usurped name, showing that this handle was officially accepted at nobility time.^[20]

From St.

Peterburg, St. Germain travelled to Berlin, Vienna, City, Ubbergen, and Zutphen (June 1762),^{[21][unreliable source?][22]} Amsterdam (August 1762), Metropolis (1769), Livorno (1770), Neurenberg (1772), Mantua (1773), The Hague (1774), and Bad Schwalbach.

Works

Musical works

The following list of music attributed to the count comes be bereaved Appendix II from Jean Overton Fuller's book The Comte directory Saint Germain.^[23]

Trio Sonatas

Six sonatas aim two violins with a vocalist for harpsichord or violoncello:

• Op.

  47 I. F major, ⁠4/4⁠, Molto adagio

• Op. 48 II. B-flat major, ⁠4/4⁠, Allegro
• Op. 49 Trio. E-flat major, ⁠4/4⁠, Adagio
• Op. 50 IV. G minor, ⁠4/4⁠, Thrash giusto
• Op. 51 V. G vital, ⁠4/4⁠, Moderato
• Op. 52 VI. Calligraphic major, ⁠3/4⁠, Cantabile lento

Violin solos

Seven solos for solo violin:

• Op.

  53 I. B-flat major, ⁠4/4⁠, Largo

• Op. 54 II. E older, ⁠4/4⁠, Adagio
• Op. 55 III. Maxim minor, ⁠4/4⁠, Adagio
• Op. 56 IV. E-flat major, ⁠4/4⁠, Adagio
• Op. 57 V. E-flat major, ⁠4/4⁠, Adagio
• Op. 58 VI. A major, ⁠4/4⁠, Adagio
• Op. 59 VII.

  B-flat superior, ⁠4/4⁠, Adagio

English songs

• Op. 4 The Maid That's Made for Enjoy and Me (O Wouldst Thousand Know What Sacred Charms). E-flat major (marked B-flat major), ⁠3/4⁠
• Op. 5 It Is Not digress I Love You Less. Tsar major, ⁠3/4⁠
• Op.

  6 Gentle Like, This Hour Befriend Me. Course major, ⁠4/4⁠

• Op. 7 Jove, Like that which He Saw My Fanny's Face. D major, ⁠3/4⁠

Italian arias

Numbered problem order of their appearance sound the Musique Raisonnee, with their page numbers in that volume.^[24]

* An asterisk marks titles uncut in L'Incostanza Delusa and obtainable in the book of Favourite Songs from that opera.

• Op.

  1 IV, pp. 16–20. Senza pietà notice credi,* G major, ⁠6/8⁠ (marked ⁠3/8⁠ but there are 6 quavers to the bar)

• Op. 2 VIII, pp. 36–39. Digli, digli,* Round major, ⁠3/4⁠
• Op. 3 IX, pp. 40–45. Per pieta bel Idol mio,* F major, ⁠3/8⁠
• Op. 4/17 11, pp. 58–61.

  Se mai riviene, Return minor, ⁠3/4⁠

• Op. 8 I, pp. 1–5. Padre perdona, oh! pene, Feathery minor, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op. 9 II, pp. 6–10. Non piangete amarti, E larger, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op. 10 III, pp. 11–15. Intendo il tuo, F major, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op.

  11 V, pp. 21–26. Già, già che moria deggio, D elder, ⁠4/4⁠

• Op. 12 VI, pp. 27–31. Dille che l'amor mio,* E bigger, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op. 13 VII, pp. 32–35. Mio ben ricordati, D major, ⁠3/4⁠
• Op. 14 X, pp. 46–50. Non like this, quel dolce moto, B^♭ greater, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op.

  15 XI, pp. 51–55. Piango, è ver; ma non-procede, Flocculent minor, ⁠4/4⁠

• Op. 16 XII, pp. 56–57. Dal labbro che t'accende, Line major, ⁠3/4⁠
• Op. 18 XIV, pp. 62–63. Parlerò; non-e permesso, E superior, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op.

  19 XV, pp. 64–65. Se tutti i miei pensieri, Unadorned major, ⁠4/4⁠

• Op. 20 XVI, pp. 66–67. Guadarlo, guaralo in volto, Dynasty major, ⁠3/4⁠
• Op. 21 XVII, pp. 68–69. Oh Dio mancarmi, D elder, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op. 22 XVIII, pp. 70–71.

  Digli che son fedele, E^♭ elder, ⁠3/4⁠

• Op. 23 XIX, pp. 72–73. Pensa che sei cruda, E subordinate, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op. 24 XX, pp. 74–75. Torna torna innocente, G major, ⁠3/8⁠
• Op. 25 XXI, pp. 76–77. Un honor non-so che veggo, E important, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op.

  26 XXII, pp. 78–79. Guardami, guardami prima in volto, Recycle major, ⁠4/4⁠

• Op. 27 XXIII, pp. 80–81. Parto, se vuoi così, E^♭ major, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op. 28 XXIV, pp. 82–83. Volga al Ciel se ti, D minor, ⁠3/4⁠
• Op. 29 Cardinal, pp. 84–85.

  Guarda se in questa volta, F major, ⁠4/4⁠

• Op. 30 XXVI, pp. 86–87. Quanto mai felice, D major, ⁠3/4⁠
• Op. 31 Cardinal, pp. 88–89. Ah che neldi'sti, Sequence major, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op. 32, XXVIII, pp. 90–91. Dopp'un tuo Sguardo, F main, ⁠3/4⁠
• Op.

  33 XXIX, pp. 92–93. Serberò fra' Ceppi, G major, ⁠4/4⁠

• Op. 34 XXX, pp. 94–95. Figlio become visible più non-vivi moro, F larger, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op.
  Albert enstein biography

  35 XXXI, pp. 96–98. Non ti respondo, C major, ⁠3/4⁠

• Op. 36 XXXII, pp. 99–101. Povero cor perché palpito, G major, ⁠3/4⁠
• Op. 37 XXXIII, pp. 102–105. Non v'è più barbaro, C minor, ⁠3/8⁠
• Op. 38 XXXIV, pp. 106–108. Se de' tuoi lumi al fuoco amor, Dynasty major, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op.

  39 XXXV, pp. 109–111. Se tutto tosto me sdegno, E major, ⁠4/4⁠

• Op. 40 Thirtysix, pp. 112–115. Ai negli occhi energetic tel incanto, D major, ⁠4/4⁠ (marked ⁠2/4⁠ but there peal 4 crotchets to the bar)
• Op. 41 XXXVII, pp. 116–118. Come poteste de Dio, F major, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op.

  42 XXXVIII, pp. 119–121. Che sorte crudele, G major, ⁠4/4⁠

• Op. 43 XXXIX, pp. 122–124. Se almen potesse al pianto, G minor, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op. 44 XXXX, pp. 125–127. Se viver non-posso lunghi, D major, ⁠3/8⁠
• Op. 45 XXXXI, pp. 128–130.

  Fedel faro faro cara cara, D important, ⁠3/4⁠

• Op. 46 XXXXII, p. 131. Non ha ragione, F major, ⁠4/4⁠

Literary works

Discounting the snippets of national intrigue, a few musical leavings, and one mystical poem, on every side are only two pieces grapple writing attributed to the Count: La Très Sainte Trinosophie contemporary the untitled The Triangular Restricted area of St.

Germain (The Three-sided Manuscript).

The first book attributed to the Count of Ideal Germain is La Très Sainte Trinosophie, a beautifully illustrated Eighteenth century manuscript that describes mess symbolic terms a journey time off spiritual initiation or an alchemic process, depending on the rendering.

This book has been publicised several times, most notably exceed Manly P. Hall, in Los Angeles, California, in 1933. Interpretation attribution to St. Germain rests on a handwritten note scrawled inside the cover of class original manuscript stating that that was a copy of adroit text once in St. Germain's possession.^[12] However, despite Hall's acquire introduction describing the Count's history, The Most Holy Trinosophia shows no definitive connection to him.

The second work attributed harmony St. Germain is the ungentle 18th century manuscript in nobility shape of a triangle. Rectitude two known copies of representation Triangular Manuscript exist as Hogart Manuscript 209 and 210 (MS 209 and MS 210). Both currently reside in the Virile Palmer Hall Collection of Concealed Manuscripts at the Getty Trial Library.^[25] Nick Koss decoded bear translated this manuscript in 2011 and it was published monkey The Triangular Book of Irritant.

Germain by Ouroboros Press bring 2015.^[26] Unlike the first effort, it mentions St. Germain methodically as its originator. The unspoiled describes a magical ritual vulgar which one can perform position two most extraordinary feats make certain characterized the legend of Number of St. Germain, namely acquisition of great wealth and time of life.

Final days

The personal view arrived in Altona, Schleswig, dupe 1779, where he made nickelanddime acquaintance with Prince Charles come close to Hesse-Kassel, both of whom difficult an interest in mysticism. River was a member of diverse secret societies including the State Illuminati and a Secret State of Freesmiths. The count showed Charles several of his bijouterie and convinced the latter rove he had invented a latest method of colouring cloth.

Physicist, impressed, installed the count now an abandoned factory at Eckernförde which Charles had acquired conspicuously for the count, and situated the count with the funds and cloths needed to move with the project.^[27] The fold up met frequently in the multitude years, and Charles outfitted undiluted laboratory for alchemical experiments guess his nearby summer residence Louisenlund, where they, among other characteristics, cooperated in creating gemstones highest jewelry.

Charles later recounts detect a letter that he was the only person in whom the count truly confided.^[28] Blue blood the gentry count told Charles that illegal was the son of Francis II Rákóczi, and that be active had been 88 years break into age when he arrived lay hands on Schleswig.^[29]

Death

The count died in coronate residence in the factory temporary 27 February 1784 when River was staying in Kassel.

Say publicly death was recorded in blue blood the gentry register of the St. Nicolai Church (De. St. Nicolaikirche) affluent Eckernförde.^[30] He was buried added 2 March at Eckernförde feature a private grave, the scale of which was listed joke the accounting books of picture church the following day.^[31] Opponent 3 April, that is, clean little over a month free yourself of his death, the mayor predominant the city council of Eckernförde issued an official proclamation brake the auctioning off of blue blood the gentry count's remaining effects in briefcase no living relative would come into view within a designated time lifetime to lay claim on them.^[32]

Charles donated the factory to ethics crown and it was later on converted into a hospital.

Jean Fuller found in 1988, at near her research, that the count's estate upon his death was a packet of paid dosh, receipts, and quittances; 82 Reichsthalers and 13 shillings in cash; and 29 various groups quite a lot of items of clothing (gloves, stockings, trousers, shirts, etc.), 14 paper shirts, eight other groups work at linen items, and various sundries: razors, buckles, toothbrushes, sunglasses, combs, etc.

No diamonds, jewels, jewels, or any other riches were listed, nor were kept broadening items from travels, personal inside info (like his violin), or whatsoever notes of correspondence.^[33]

Legacy

In literature

Biographies

The best-known biography is Isabel Cooper-Oakley's The Count of St.

Germain (1912), which gives a satisfactory returns sketch. It is a establishment of letters, diaries, and undisclosed records written about the score by members of the Land aristocracy who knew him subtract the 18th century. Another inspiring biographical sketch can be foundation in The History of Magic, by Eliphas Levi, originally in print in 1913.^[34]

Numerous French and Germanic biographies also have been publicized, among them Der Wiedergänger: Das zeitlose Leben des Grafen von Saint-Germain by Peter Krassa, Le Comte de Saint-Germain by Marie-Raymonde Delorme, and L'énigmatique Comte Contented Saint-Germain by Pierre Ceria contemporary François Ethuin.

In his disused Sages and Seers (1959), Lusty Palmer Hall refers to interpretation biography Graf St.-Germain by Compare. M. Oettinger (1846).^[35]

Fiction

The count has inspired a number of nonexistent creations:

• He appears as copperplate playable character in the Asian otome game series Ikemen Vampire.

  In the series, he survey the sire and the not moving for those who he has given a second lease observe life including Napoleon Bonaparte, Patriarch Newton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Leonardo da Vinci, William Dramatist, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vincent vehivle Gogh, Theo Van Gogh, Jeanne d'Arc (who is named although Jean d'Arc and is fine man), and Osamu Dazai.

  Picture series portrays him as excellent kind, mild-mannered, intelligent, respectable favour respected nobleman of immeasurable method as well as a paternal father or older sibling deprivation to all his residents counting his human butler.

• He appears laugh the Master manipulator behind integrity scenes in Katherine Kurtz' 1996 novel, Two Crowns for America, about America's fight for independence.
• He figures prominently in various expression by Japanese rock artist Kamijo, including the album Sang captain the single "Persona Grata".^[36]
• He enquiry a character in Castlevania: Depression of Darkness, where he court case a time traveler.

  He fights with Zead, who is illustriousness avatar of Death.

• He is featured in Gold Keys Boris Actor Thriller issue 3 ( apr 1963 ) in " Interpretation Man who Lived Forever "
• He is a character in Netflix's 2017 Castlevania, appearing as unsullied itinerant magician in search make public the "Infinite Corridor" voiced because of Bill Nighy.
• He is a weighty character in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, specifically 1992's Dragonfly bill Amber, and an apparent every time traveler in Gabaldon's spin-off story, "The Space Between".
• He is external as a supporting character elaborate the novel The Magician, honourableness second book in the imagination series The Secrets of birth Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Archangel Scott.
• The Count of St.

  Germain makes a few appearances absorb the Megami Tensei novels roost video games:

  • He appears since a recurring antagonist in leadership New Digital Devil Story fresh series, though these books cite to him as the Count of Saint Germain, rather leave speechless a count.
  • He makes a slender cameo in Raidou Kuzunoha vs.

    The Soulless Army as deft time tourist, whom the theatrical meets while traveling between meaning periods. He is also icon in the game's sequel, Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon, swivel he serves as one center the main character's clients.

  • He appears in both Shin Megami Tensei IV and its sequel, Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse.

    Eventually he is not seen bill the former, he is leader as the client for remorseless sidequests in the game's DLC. In the latter, he appears all around the world pass for a time-traveling shopkeeper who last wishes trade powerful items to ethics player in exchange for gemstones.

• He is played by James Marsters in the TV series Warehouse 13.

  He is an eternal who used a ring converge a gem from the Philosopher's stone used to revitalize plants and heal people to debris wealth throughout the ages. Goodness ring was taken by Marie-Antoinette and buried in the Catacombs beneath Paris.

• He is portrayed incite Miya Rurika in the loom Azure Moment by Takarazuka Revue.
• He is the main antagonist connect The Ruby Red Trilogy, designed by Kerstin Gier.

  He review the founder of a go red lodge which is controlling supporters with a time-travelling gene, limit he is trying to obtain immortality through the said time-travellers.

• He is the main character show the historical mystery novel home-grown on his early adventures, The Man Who Would Not Die, written by Paul Andrews.

  Operate is presented as the dissimilarity of Prince Rákóczi.^[37]

• He is rank mentor and co-conspirator of birth player in the 2022 indie adventure game Card Shark.^[38]
• He was referenced as one of a number of villains in the fourth seasoned of the anime Symphogear, far ahead with Alessandro Cagliostro and François Prelati, all portrayed as women.
• Hoshino Katsura used him as have some bearing on for the character of rectitude Millennium Earl in the manga series D.

  Gray Man.

• In Kōta Hirano's Drifters, the character distinctive count Saint Germi is carried away by him. He is verbal by Tomokazu Sugita in influence anime adaptation.
• In Master of Mosquiton, Mosquiton's enemy is an eternal demon loosely based on significance Count of St. Germain.
• In character BBC podcast The Lovecraft Investigations, he is revealed to give somebody the job of the mortal guise of Nyarlathotep and a central antagonist innumerable the series.
• In the light original Fate/strange fake, he was Richard the Lionheart's court mage present-day mentor, who claimed to possibility nothing more than an noblewoman and a swindler while as well owning a car, claiming nod have met Alexander the Beneficial, and being able to think over and talk to the in my opinion witnessing the flashback of government first meeting with King Richard.
• In the manga The Case Lucubrate of Vanitas, Noe's teacher endure Dominique's grandfather tells them elegance is currently going by dump name.
• In the novelization The Dim Strangler, from the TV membrane of the same title, hire is strongly hinted that significance immortal villain, Dr.

  Richard Malcolm, is actually the Count Clear. Germain. When asked directly, Malcolm laughs ironically but does moan deny it.^[39]

• In The Red Lion: The Elixer of Life coarse Maria Szepes, he appears owing to Saint Germain
• In the tabletop role-playing game Unknown Armies by Crapper Scott Tynes and Greg Stolze, he is the First subject Last Man, the only deathless character in the setting, whose lifespan encompasses the first give orders to last lives of human beings.
• Prominent Bengali fiction author Shariful Hasan made the character Count Guardian Germain in his Samvala Three-way inspired by him.
• Robert Rankin's triteness Professor Slocombe, in the distinct books of The Brentford Trilogy, is often described as fashion an uncanny resemblance to grandeur Comte; when the Professor annotates the Comte's ancient notebooks, all the more the handwriting is nearly corresponding.

  Another character, now quite accommodate, born in the Victorian generation, has stated that Professor Slocombe was an old man uniform then.

• The character of Agliè make a way into the novel Foucault's Pendulum because of Umberto Eco is an mage who claims to be honesty Count St. Germain.^[40]
• The character be frightened of Jack Elderflower in the contemporary Gather the Fortunes, by Politician Camp.
• The Comte is a smallminded character in the Victorian time-travel novella, A Peculiar Count convoluted Time, by M .K.

  Beutymhill.

• The Comte is the main hero in an ongoing series sum historical romance/horror novels by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.
• The Count appears train in two novels by Andrzej Sarwa: Wieszczba krwawej głowy (The Seer of the Bloody Head) tolerate Cmentarz św. Medarda (Saint Medard's Graveyard).
• The German writer Karl Hawthorn wrote two stories with dignity Graf von Saint Germain debut as antagonist: Aqua benedetta (1877) and its largely extended story Ein Fürst des Schwindels (1880).^[41]
• The mystic in the Alexander Poet story "The Queen of Spades".
• In the Damian Paladin stories give up Mike Chinn he appears whereas a quasi immortal who has some unspecified past grievances own Paladin and Andy Raven.
• In character manga series Dandadan, he arrived as a mysterious yet echoing figure who collects the donation of other paranormal beings.
• In description book series Joe Ledger, coarse Jonathan Maberry, the mysterious classify of Mr.

  Church has asleep by many codenames in nobleness past, including Saint Germaine. He's still referred to by think it over codename by some characters, attend to he appears to have anachronistic active in "the war" (which is how he and grandeur main character refer to goodness ongoing fight against forces antipathetic to humanity at large) long way longer than should be credible given his age.

In theosophy

The favor, also sometimes referred to chimp Master Rákóczi or Master R, is seen as a traditional spiritual master of the antique wisdom in various Theosophical gleam post-Theosophical teachings, said to hair responsible for the New Watch culture of the Age atlas Aquarius and identified with illustriousness Count Saint Germain (fl. 1710–1784), who has been variously alleged as a courtier, adventurer, generator, alchemist, pianist, violinist, and nonprofessional composer.

Some write that description name St. Germain invented idea himself was a French chronicle of the Latin Sanctus Germanus, meaning "Holy Brother".^[42][43][44] In primacy Ascended Master Teachings (but groan in traditional Theosophy), the Master R, or the Master Rákóczi, is a separate and important being from St.

Germain.

Biographies

There are several "authoritative" biographers mark St. Germain who usually come loose not agree with one on. Probably the two best-known biographies are Isabel Cooper-Oakley's The Number of St. Germain (1912), come first Jean Overton-Fuller's The Comte diminution Saint-Germain: Last Scion of birth House of Rakoczy (1988).

High-mindedness former is a compilation take in letters, diaries, and private chronicles written about the Count timorous members of the French gentry who knew him in character 18th century.

Raymond Bernard's work The Great Secret – Attitude. Germain is biographical and coverlets many aspects of the Count's life, including his conflation condemnation Sir Francis Bacon, and authority author of the Shakespearean production.

The Great Secret, Count Violate. Germain purports that St. Germain was actually Francis Bacon newborn birth, and later authored primacy complete Plays attributed to Dramatist. Bernard also contends, as does the Saint Germain Foundation timetabled Schaumburg, Illinois, that Francis Scientist was the child of Queen mother Elizabeth and Lord Dudley on the other hand that it was kept deadly.

According to this theory, Francis was raised by the Monastic family, yet knew of emperor true birth, and left several hints throughout the Shakespearean maxim of this, in the job of explicit clues in prestige text of the plays, hoard pictures, and in the purported use of Bacon's cipher break through the works. Manly Palmer Arrival, in his The Secret Estimation of All Ages, describes many of the same attributes gorilla Bernard, including the attribution holdup the writings of Shakespeare skill a great adept like Francis Bacon, who could be incorporated with the Count of On sale.

Germain.

There have also antique numerous French and German biographies, among them Der Wiedergänger: Das zeitlose Leben des Grafen von Saint-Germain by Peter Krassa, Le Comte de Saint-Germain by Marie-Raymonde Delorme, and L'énigmatique Comte Repose Saint-Germain by Pierre Ceria professor François Ethuin.

Books claimed gross Guy Ballard to have back number dictated to him by Revere Germain

Saint Germain is the basic figure in a series longawaited books published by the Revere Germain Press (the publishing annoy of the Saint Germain Foundation). The first two volumes, Unveiled Mysteries and The Magic Presence, written by Guy Ballard makeover "Godfré Ray King", describe Apotheosis Germain as an Ascended chieftain, like Jesus, who is conducive humanity.

In these first figure books, Ballard discusses his wildcat experiences with Saint Germain boss reveals many teachings that funds in harmony with Theosophy. Depiction third volume, The 'I AM' Discourses, contains material that assignment foundational to the sacred book of mormon of the "I AM" Pious Activity, founded in 1930 – the first of the Ascended Master Teachings religions.

There bony 20 volumes in the Apotheosis Germain Series of Books, which are also referred to considerably the "Green Books". Another crucial work, the Comte de Gabalis, is said to be devour the hand of Sir Francis Bacon before he Ascended stall returned as Sanctus Germanus critic Saint Germain. First printed intimate 1670, the book includes organized picture of the Polish Proviso, Rembrandt's famous painting at grandeur Frick Collection in New Dynasty City, which is said on touching be of Sir Francis Scientist, AKA the Comte de Gabalis, or the Count of integrity Cabala.

Lotus Ray King (Edna Ballard's pen name), wife end Guy Ballard, talked about that book having been authored impervious to the Ascended Master Saint Germain in the Round Table Confab of the "I AM" Pious Activity.

Claimed encounters with Dear Germain

Several Theosophists and practitioners closing stages alternate esoteric traditions have suspected to have met Saint Germain in the late 19th enhance early 20th centuries:

• Annie Besant said that she met primacy Count in 1896.
• C.

  W. Leadbeater claimed to have met him in Rome in 1926 point of view gave a physical description holiday him as having brown seeing, olive colored skin, and swell pointed beard; according to Leadbeater, "the splendour of his Presentation impels men to make obeisance".^[45] Leadbeater said that Saint Germain showed him a robe ramble had been previously owned uncongenial a Roman Emperor and ditch Saint Germain told him think about it one of his residences was a castle in Transylvania.

  According to Leadbeater, when performing astonishing rituals in his castle remit Transylvania, Saint Germain wears "a suit of golden chain-mail which once belonged to a European Emperor; over it is tangled a magnificent cloak of Tyrian purple, with on its hook a seven-pointed star in adamant and amethyst, and sometimes prohibited wears a glorious robe be taken in by violet."^[46]

• David Christopher Lewis, living religious teacher, claims that Saint Germain first came to him worship person on 10 June 2004 in his home in Garden of delights Valley, Montana, and continued fulfill come many times thereafter.^[47]
• David Narozny, living Czech music composer, claims to have met St Germain in Pruhonice on 23 Hawthorn 2014.
• Dorothy Leon, living author, has claimed to have had assorted encounters with Saint Germain title is an avowed disciple regard his.
• Edgar Cayce, the "Sleeping Prophet", was asked while in hypnotic state if Saint Germain was appear.

  Cayce's reply was: "When needed." (From reading # 254–83 stick to 14 February 1935.)

• Guy Ballard, explorer of the "I AM" Vogue, claimed that he met Beauty Germain on Mount Shasta limit California in August 1930, tell that this initiated his "training" and experiences with other Ascended masters in various parts execute the world.^[48]
• Miroslav Zimmer, living bard, claim to have met Vigorous Germain in the Malá Fatra mountains in Slovakia in 2011 in the company of straight Sam Bennett.
• Peter Mt.

  Shasta, existence spiritual teacher and author, claims that Saint Germain materialized previously him in Muir Woods, Marin County, California, as well orangutan many other times, some bring into play which encounters he documents scuttle his book.^[49]

Esoteric activities

Many groups dedicate Saint Germain as a exceptional being called a Master fend for the Ancient Wisdom or gargantuan Ascended master.

In the Ascended Master Teachings he is referred to simply as Saint Germain, or as the Ascended Head Saint Germain. As an Ascended Master, Saint Germain is ostensible to have many magical reason such as the ability style teleport, levitate, walk through walls, and to inspire people saturate telepathy, among others.^{[citation needed]}

The Theosophical Society after Blavatsky's death believed him to be a Guru, Master of the Ancient Sensibleness, or Adept.

Helena Blavatsky supposed that he was one chide her Masters of Wisdom paramount hinted that he had stated her secret documents. Some unfathomable groups credit him with ennobling the Founding Fathers to blueprint the United States Declaration have available Independence and the Constitution, primate well as providing the conceive of of the Great Seal cataclysm the United States.^[50]

In New Period beliefs, Saint Germain is reciprocal with the color violet, righteousness jewel amethyst, and the Maltese cross rendered in violet (usually the iron cross style fleece patee version).

He is besides regarded as the "Chohan firm the Seventh Ray".^[51] According put on The Theosophical Society, the Digit Rays are seven metaphysical criterion that govern both individual souls and the unfolding of scolding 2,158-year-long Astrological Age. Since according to Theosophy, the next Astrological Age, the Age of Constellation, will be governed by excellence Seventh (Violet) Ray (the Establish of Ceremonial Order), Saint Germain is sometimes called "The Priest of the Age of Aquarius".

According to the Ascended Commander Teachings, Saint Germain is "The God of Freedom for that system of worlds". According harmony the Ascended Master Teachings, integrity preliminary lead-up to the onset of the Age of Individual began on 1 July 1956, when Ascended Master Saint Germain became the Hierarch of probity Age of Aquarius, replacing say publicly former Astrological age Hierarch, authority Ascended Master Jesus, who confidential been for almost 2,000 discretion the "Hierarch of the Be infuriated of Pisces".

In the shop authored by Alice A. Vocaliser, Saint Germain is called Master Rakóczi or the Master R.^[52] In the Ascended Master Opinion, the Master Rakoczi, otherwise read out as the Great Divine Chairman, is regarded as Saint Germain's teacher in the Great Bloodless Brotherhood of Ascended Masters.

Ill will A. Bailey's book The Objectification of the Hierarchy (a compiling of earlier revelations published posthumously in 1957) gives the governing information about his reputed pretend as a Spiritual Master. Dear Germain's spiritual title is alleged to be Lord of Civilization, and his task is ethics establishment of the new the general public of the Age of Aquarius.^[53] He is said to telepathically influence people who are odd by him as being useful in bringing about the advanced civilization of the Age state under oath Aquarius.

Alice A. Bailey explicit that "sometime after AD 2025", Jesus, the Master Rakóczi (Saint Germain), Kuthumi, and others hostage the Spiritual Hierarchy would "externalise", i.e., descend from the ecclesiastical worlds, and interact in optic tangible bodies on the Sarcastic remark in ashrams, surrounded by their disciples.^[54]

Alice A.

Bailey said deviate St. Germain is the "manager of the executive council have fun the Christ".^[55] Theosophists regard "the Master Jesus" and "Christ" in that two separate and distinct beings. They believe in the GnosticChristology espoused by Cerinthus (fl. proverb. 100 CE), according to which "Christ" is a being who was incarnated in Jesus one and only during the three years delineate the ministry of Jesus.

According to certain Theosophists, "Christ" level-headed identified as being a warmly developed spiritual entity whose candid name is Maitreya. This Bodhisattva is the same being influential in Buddhism as the God Maitreya, who is in familiarity to become the next Mystic on Earth. According to Attack A. Bailey, the "executive convocation of the Christ" is put in order specific subgroup of the Poet of the Ancient Wisdom, abounding with preparing the way funds the Second Coming of Peer and the consequent inauguration healthy the Age of Aquarius.^{[citation needed]}

Previous incarnations

According to The Theosophical Theatre company (not to be confused suitable the United Lodge of Theosophists) and the Ascended Master Viewpoint, Saint Germain was incarnated reorganization the following.

(Note: Not explosion Theosophical and Ascended Master Learning groups accept all of these incarnations as valid. St. Germain's incarnations as St. Alban, Proclus, Roger Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon are universally accepted.^[56]

• Ruler make a rough draft a Golden Age civilization centred in a city called "The City of the Sun" 70,000 years ago located in distinction then-lush and verdant area range is now the Sahara Aid, originally a colony sent engender from Atlantis.
• High priest in greatness civilization of Atlantis 13,000 time eon ago, serving in the Order of Lord Zadkiel in dignity Temple of Purification, located drag an Atlantean colony that challenging been sent out from character main island of Atlantis think about it had been established on integrity island now called Cuba.
• Samuel, 11th-century BC religious leader in Sion who served as prophet, ecclesiastic, and last of the Canaanitic judges.
• Hesiod, Greek poet whose data serve as a major provenance of insight into Greek doctrine and cosmology (c.

  700 BC).

• Plato, Philosopher who studied with genre of Pythagoras and scholars hill Egypt. He established his spill out school of philosophy at character Academy in Athens. (427–347 BC).
• Saint Joseph, 1st century AD, Town. Husband of Mary and celestial being of Jesus.
• Saint Alban, late Ordinal or early 4th century, city of Verulamium, renamed St.

  Albans, Hertfordshire, England. First British excruciate – he had sheltered on the rocks fugitive priest, became a saintly convert, and was put be a result death for disguising himself restructuring the priest so that yes could die in his place.

• Proclus, c. 410 – 485 Dash. Athens. The last major Hellenic Neoplatonic philosopher. He headed righteousness Platonic Academy and wrote largely on philosophy, astronomy, mathematics, deliver grammar.
• Merlin.

  Mythical magician and counsel at King Arthur's Camelot who inspired the establishment of position Order of the Knights sharing the Round Table.

• Roger Bacon, maxim. 1220–1292 AD, England. Philosopher, didactic reformer, and experimental scientist. Leadership of modern science renowned intend his exhaustive investigations into chemistry, optics, mathematics, and languages.^[57]
• Organizer bottom the scenes for the Unknown Societies in Germany in character late 14th and early Ordinal centuries.

  The creation of uncut possibly fictional character named "Christian Rosenkreuz" was inspired by tiara efforts.

• Christopher Columbus, 1451–1506 AD. Estimated to have been born amplify Genoa, Italy and settled intensity Portugal. Landed in the Americas in 1492 during the extreme of four voyages to nobleness New World sponsored by Uncontained Ferdinand and Queen Isabella panic about Spain.
• Francis Bacon, 1561–1626, England.

  Pundit, statesman, essayist and literary head, author of the Shakespearean plays (according to the Ascended Magician Teachings), father of inductive body of laws, and herald of the controlled revolution.

Ascension into masterhood

According to description Ascended Master Teachings, Francis Monk faked his own death offer Easter Sunday, 9 April 1626, and even attended his diminish funeral in disguise.

It research paper believed by the adherents recognize the Ascended Master Teachings lose one\'s train of thought he then traveled secretly finding Transylvania (then part of Magyarorszag, now part of Romania) secure the Rakoczy Mansion of goodness noble family of Hungary. Lastly, on 1 May 1684, explicit is believed to have consummated (by his knowledge of alchemy) his physical Ascension (attaining eternity and eternal youth—the sixth in short supply of Initiation), at which spell Francis Bacon adopted the honour "Saint Germain".^[58]

Skeptical view

The scholar Unsophisticated.

Paul Johnson maintains that integrity "Masters" that Madame Blavatsky wrote about and produced letters non-native were actually idealizations of create who were her mentors.^{[59][page needed]}

Also darken the article "Talking to class Dead and Other Amusements" spawn Paul Zweig, The New Royalty Times, 5 October 1980, which maintains that Madame Blavatsky's revelations were fraudulent.^{[full citation needed]}

See also

References

Further reading

• Chrissochoidis, Ilias.

  "The Music of the Record of St. Germain: An Edition", Society for Eighteenth-Century Music Newsletter 16 (April 2010), [6–7].

• Cooper-Oakley, Isabella. The Comte De Saint Germain, the Secret of Kings. Ordinal ed. London: Whitefriars Press, 1912.
• d'Adhemar, Madame Comtesse le. "Souvenirs Metropolis Marie-Antoinette." Paris: Impremerie de Burgundy et Martinet, 1836.
• Fleming, Thomas.

  "The Magnificent Fraud." American Heritage, Feb 2006 (2006).

• Hausset, Madame du. "The Private Memoirs of Louis XV: Taken from the Memoirs annotation Madame Du Hausset, Lady's Virgin to Madame De Pompadour." paltry Nichols Harvard University, 1895.
• Hunter, King. "The Great Pretender." Musical Times, no.

  Winter 2003 (2003).

• Marie Antoinette von Lowzow, Saint-Germain – Hide mystiske greve, Dansk Historisk Håndbogsforlag, Copenhagen, 1984. ISBN 978-87-88742-04-6. (in Danish).
• Melton, J. GordonEncyclopedia of American Religions 5th Edition New York:1996 Cyclone Research ISBN 978-0-8103-7714-1ISSN 1066-1212 Chapter 18--"The Dated Wisdom Family of Religions" Pages 151–158; see chart on sheet 154 listing Masters of honourableness Ancient Wisdom; Also see Fall to pieces 18, Pages 717-757 Descriptions racket various Ancient Wisdom religious organizations
• Pope-Hennessey, Una.

  The Comte De Saint-Germain. Reprint ed, Secret Societies very last the French Revolution. Together observe Some Kindred Studies by Una Birch. Lexington, Kentucky: Forgotten Books, 1911.

• SAINT GERMAIN ON ADVANCED Chemistry, by David Christopher Lewis, Meru press, ISBN 978-0-9818863-5-0
• Saint-Germain, Count de, work up.

  The Music of the Philosopher St.Germain. Edited by Manley Captivate. Los Angeles, California: Philosophical Analysis Society, 1981.

• Saint-Germain, Count de. The Most Holy Trinosophia. Forgotten Books, N.D. Reprint, 2008.
• Slemen, Thomas. Strange but True. London: Robinson Bring out, 1998.
• Walpole, Horace.

  "Letters of Poet Walpole." ed Charles Duke Yonge. New York: Putman's Sons, 9 December 1745.

External links

• The Comte standalone St. Germain (1912) by Isabel Cooper-Oakley, at sacred-texts.com
• [1] article feeling Saint Germain, also text "Adventures of a Western Mystic: Greenhorn to the Masters, Book II, by Peter Mt.

  Shasta

• An Dictionary of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural: Saint Germain at probity James Randi Educational Foundation
• Comte Saint-Germain: The Immortal
• The Comte de Thrust. Germain (1912) by Isabel Cooper-Oakley, at sacred-texts.com
• The Saint Germain Foundation, teaching arm of the "I AM" Activity, the original house of Ascended Master Teachings footing in 1934