ATD: SPOILER P. 60 Re: yes against the day!

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The Comte de St. Germain
by Isabel Cooper-Oakley
[1912]


The original 'International Man of Mystery,' the Count
St. Germain, was an 18th century European aristocrat
of unknown origin. He had no visible means of support,
but no lack of resources, and moved in high social
circles. He was a renowned conversationalist and a
skilled musician. He dropped hints that he was
centuries old and could grow diamonds. He never ate in
public, was ambidextrous, and as far as anyone could
tell, totally celibate. He served as a backchannel
diplomat between England and France, and may have
played some role in Freemasonry. He hobnobbed with
Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great, Voltaire,
Rousseau, Mesmer, and Casanova. He dabbled in
materials and textile technology as well as alchemy,
as did many intellectuals of the time (e.g., Newton).
These are established historical facts, documented by
the extensive collection of contemporary accounts in
this book.

Less well understood are some of the other stories
that have been made about the elusive Count: he always
appeared about forty years old, popped up from time to
time after his official death (on February 27th,
1784), made spot-on, unambiguous prophecies, could
transmute matter, and spontaneously teleported to
distant locations. This has made him a subject of
interest for students of the esoteric. The
Theosophists, (of which Ms. Cooper-Oakley was a
founding member), considered St. Germain to be one of
the hidden immortals who manipulate history. In the
20th century, the "I Am" Activity, and its successors
such as Elizabeth Clare Prophet's adherents, elevated
St. Germain to the status of a demigod, an 'Ascended
Master.'

There is probably a good explanation for some of the
anomalies in the narrative. Many of the memoirs of St.
Germain were written years after the events, and
undoubtedly embellished in the telling. He appears to
have been conflated with several other aristocrats
with similar last names, which may explain the
teleportation rumors. The Count also inspired
ridicule, both high and low. Voltaire made a sarcastic
comment that the Count was 'a man who knows everything
and never dies,' which some have unfortunately taken
literally. (I'm guessing that Voltaire meant that it
was impossible to get him to shut up!) A contemporary
Parisian comedian named Milord Gower had a popular
routine in which St. Germain told even more
extravagant stories, including having advised Jesus,
and some of these gags may have been mixed up with the
Count's own tall tales in popular memory. Then there
are the imposters. Casanova pretended to be him in
1760 during a trip to Switzerland. Aleister Crowley
toyed with the idea of disguising himself as the
Count. A mentally ill French man got on TV in 1972 and
claimed to be St. Germain.

So was he a time traveler? A vampire? Secret agent of
the Illuminati? Or a hoax perpetuated by an unrelated
series of charlatans? This enjoyable book, the first
biography of St. Germain, is the indispensible
starting point for any discussion of the mysterious
Count.

--J.B. Hare, October 1st, 2006

Reference: The Immortal Count, by Doug Skinner,
Fortean Times, May 2001.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/sro/csg/index.htm


> On 11/26/06, Jordan Fink <jordan at riseup.net> wrote:
> > 60 lightarians eat light
> >
> 
> To me, this was a pretty clear riff on the
> "Breatharians", who claim
> to live without eating.
> 

>http://pynchonoid.org
>>"everything connects"


 
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