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

[pynchonoid]

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discussion item on the L page, under "Lightarian"
which I also added to the ATD index there.  Took about
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--- pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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.
> > 


 
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