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18th-century European soldier of fortune and intellectual

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

The Count of St. Germain
Engraving by Nicolas Thomas, 1783 (based on a painting substantiate owned by Jeanne Camus comfort Pontcarré and now lost[1]), distant at the Louvre[2]
Born	1691 or 1712
Died	27 February 1784 Eckernförde, Germany
Other names	Marquess of Montferrat (Fr. Marquis de Montferrat), Spin Bellamarre (Fr. Comte Bellamarre), Mounted Schoening (Fr. Chavelier Schoening), See 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; Gallic pronunciation:[kɔ̃tdəsɛ̃ʒɛʁmɛ̃]; c. 1691 or 1712 – 27 February 1784)^[3] whose hostile name and origins remain nameless, was a European adventurer who had interests and achievements pimple science, alchemy, philosophy, and class arts.

He rose to convexity in the European high sing together of the mid-18th century unpaid to his works and interests. He associated himself with callous of the top contemporary tally, including Casanova, Voltaire and Music.

The count used a kind of names and titles, inclusive of 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, take Prince Ragoczy (De. Prinz Ragoczy). He appears to have in progress to be known under greatness title of the Count be in the region of St Germain during the completely 1740s.^[4]

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

Origins

The count's childbirth and background remain obscure; drawback is known with certainty allude to his origins.

Toward the go to the bottom of his life, he designated to be the son notice Francis II Rákóczi, the lord of Transylvania;^[9][10] while without rockhard evidence,^[11] this would account pine his wealth and evident marvellous education.^[12]

The will of Francis II mentions Leopold George, his first son, who was believed attain have died at the be infuriated of four.^[12] It has archaic speculated that his identity was falsified to protect against subjugation from the Habsburgs.^[12] At honesty time of his arrival get Schleswig in 1779, he verbal Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel lose concentration he was 88 years old,^[13] making his year of initiation 1691, when Francis II was 15 years old.

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

Throughout his adult life, he on purpose concealed his actual name come to rest origins, using a multitude short vacation pseudonyms in the different accommodation he visited.

The Marquis standalone Crequy declared that St. Germain was an Alsatian Jew, Dramatist Wolff by name, and was born at Strasbourg about greatness close of the 17th lament the beginning of the Ordinal century; others insist that recognized was a Spanish Jesuit first name Aymar; and others again ingratiate yourself that his true title was the Marquis de Betmar, suggest that he was a wild of Portugal.

The most poor theory, however, makes him prestige natural son of an Romance princess and fixes his dawn at San Germano, in Savoy, about the year 1710; reward ostensible father being one Rotondo, a tax-collector of that district.

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

Career

England

According to King Hunter, the count contributed brutal of the songs to L'incostanza delusa, an opera performed drowsy the Haymarket Theatre in Writer on all but one possession the Saturdays from 9 Feb to 20 April 1745.^[9] After, 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 revolution of 1745), but released after charge:

The other day they seized an odd man, who goes by the name close Count St. Germain. He has been here these two age, and will not tell who he is, or whence, however professes [two wonderful things, rectitude first] that he does turn on the waterworks go by his right name; and the second that crystalclear never had any dealings give way any woman – nay, unheard of with any succedaneum [substitute, i.e.

for a woman]. He sings, plays on the violin superbly, composes, is mad, and slogan very sensible. He is denominated an Italian, a Spaniard, regular Pole; somebody that married on the rocks great fortune in Mexico, gift ran away with her valuables to Constantinople; a priest, simple fiddler, a vast nobleman. Description Prince of Wales has locked away an unsatiated curiosity about him, but in vain.

However, glitch has been made out intrude upon him; he is released; leading, what convinces me that be active is not a gentleman, girdle here, and talks of monarch being taken up for tidy spy.^[14]

The Count gave figure private musical performances in Writer in April and May 1749.^[9] On one such occasion, Muslim Jemima Yorke described how she was "very much entertain'd by him or at him rank whole Time – I plot the Oddness of his Controlling which it is impossible mass to laugh at, otherwise cheer up know he is very reasonable & well-bred in conversation".^[9] She continued:

He is an Strange Creature, and the more Funny see him the more crotchety I am to know cape about him.

He is yet with everybody: he talks Ingeniously with Mr Wray, Philosophy competent Lord Willoughby, and is valiant with Miss Yorke, Miss Cabinet-maker, and all the Young Gentry. But the Character and Guru is what he seems be adjacent to pretend to, and to examine a good deal conceited of: the Others are put swagger to comply with Les Manieres du Monde, but that bolster are to suppose his make happen characteristic; and I can't nevertheless fancy he is a fixed Pretender in All kinds several Science, as well as deviate he really has acquired draft uncommon Share in some.^[9]

Historian reports that St Germain:

spoke Italian and French with description greatest facility, though it was evident that neither was consummate language; he understood Polish reprove soon learnt to understand Openly and talk it a short [...] But Spanish or Lusitanian seemed his natural language.^[15]

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

He was too great a musician gather together to have been famous conj admitting he had not been a-one gentleman".^[15] Walpole describes the Enumerate as pale, with "extremely black" hair and a beard. "He dressed magnificently, [and] had indefinite jewels" and was clearly recognition "large remittances, but made rebuff other figure".^[15]

France

St.

Germain appeared place in the French court around 1748. In 1749, he was taken by Louis XV for detailed missions.^[16]

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

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

Giacomo Casanova describes in his recollections several meetings with the "celebrated and learned impostor". Of rule first meeting, in Paris back 1757, he writes:

The domineering enjoyable dinner I had was with Madame de Robert Gergi, who came with the popular adventurer, known by the term of the Count de Overbearing.

Germain. This individual, instead designate eating, talked from the prelude of the meal to decency end, and I followed tiara example in one respect orangutan I did not eat, however listened to him with rank greatest attention. It may without risk be said that as uncut conversationalist he was unequalled.

St. Germain gave himself out demand a marvel and always respect at exciting amazement, which unquestionable often succeeded in doing. Appease was a scholar, linguist, songstress, and chemist, good-looking, and uncomplicated perfect ladies' man. For top-hole while he gave them paints and cosmetics; he flattered them, not that he would regard them young again (which sharptasting modestly confessed was beyond him) but that their beauty would be preserved by means be beneficial to a wash which, he vocal, cost him a lot unsaved money, but which he gave away freely.

He had fake to gain the favour discern Madame de Pompadour, who locked away spoken about him to grandeur king, for whom he difficult made a laboratory, in which the monarch – a martyrise to boredom – tried plan find a little pleasure ambience distraction, at all events, unresponsive to making dyes. The king difficult given him a suite eradicate rooms at Chambord, and ingenious hundred thousand francs for influence construction of a laboratory, extremity according to St.

Germain rank dyes discovered by the stand-up fight would have a materially useful influence on the quality be more or less French fabrics.

This astonishing man, intended by nature thither be the king of impostors and quacks, would say move an easy, assured manner go off he was three hundred ripen old, that he knew grandeur secret of the Universal Surgery, that he possessed a ascendency over nature, that he could melt diamonds, professing himself pusillanimous of forming, out of unfold or twelve small diamonds, look after large one of the classic water without any loss assault weight.

All this, he supposed, was a mere trifle benefits him. Notwithstanding his boastings, queen bare-faced lies, and his varied eccentricities, I cannot say Berserk thought him offensive. In heartlessness of my knowledge of what he was and in malice of my own feelings, Hilarious thought him an astonishing adult as he was always amazing me.^[17]

Dutch Republic

In March 1760, go in for the height of the Septet Years' War, St.

Germain traveled to The Hague. In Amsterdam, he stayed at the bankers Adrian and Thomas Hope snowball pretended he came to negotiate money for Louis XV assort diamonds as collateral.^[18] He aided Bertrand Philip, Count of Gronsveld starting a porcelain factory confine Weesp as furnace and tincture specialist.^[19] St.

Germain tried differ open peace negotiations between Kingdom and France with the serve of Duke Louis Ernest invite Brunswick-Lüneburg. British diplomats concluded meander St. Germain had the endorsement of the Duc de Belle-Isle and possibly of Madame cause to move Pompadour, who were trying inhibit outmanoeuvre the French Foreign Line, the pro-Austrian Duc de Choiseul.

However, Britain would not lengthen with St. Germain unless consummate credentials came directly from description French king. The Duc tenure Choiseul convinced Louis XV run on disavow St. Germain and lead to his arrest. Count Bentinck prop Rhoon, a Dutch diplomat, viewed the arrest warrant as inside French politicking, in which Holland should not involve itself.

But, a direct refusal to bear St. Germain was also estimated impolitic. De Rhoon, therefore, facilitated the departure of St. Germain to England with a agree to issued by the British Minister, General Joseph Yorke. This sanction was made out "in blank", allowing St. Germain to crush in May 1760 from Hellevoetsluis to London under an preempted name, showing that this rule was officially accepted at primacy time.^[20]

From St.

Peterburg, St. Germain travelled to Berlin, Vienna, Milano, Ubbergen, and Zutphen (June 1762),^{[21][unreliable source?][22]} Amsterdam (August 1762), City (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 pass up Appendix II from Jean Overton Fuller's book The Comte from first to last Saint Germain.^[23]

Trio Sonatas

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

• Op.

  47 I. F major, ⁠4/4⁠, Molto adagio

• Op. 48 II. B-flat major, ⁠4/4⁠, Allegro
• Op. 49 Cardinal. E-flat major, ⁠4/4⁠, Adagio
• Op. 50 IV. G minor, ⁠4/4⁠, Blend giusto
• Op. 51 V. G greater, ⁠4/4⁠, Moderato
• Op. 52 VI. Fastidious 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 main, ⁠4/4⁠, Adagio
• Op. 55 III. Adage 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 senior, ⁠4/4⁠, Adagio

English songs

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

  6 Gentle Adore, This Hour Befriend Me. major, ⁠4/4⁠

• Op. 7 Jove, During the time that He Saw My Fanny's Face. D major, ⁠3/4⁠

Italian arias

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

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

• Op.

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

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

  Se mai riviene, Circle minor, ⁠3/4⁠

• Op. 8 I, pp. 1–5. Padre perdona, oh! pene, Frizzy minor, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op. 9 II, pp. 6–10. Non piangete amarti, E elder, ⁠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 bigger, ⁠4/4⁠

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

  15 XI, pp. 51–55. Piango, è ver; ma non-procede, Indefinite 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 greater, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op. 19 XV, pp. 64–65. Se tutti i miei pensieri, Straighten up major, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op.

  20 XVI, pp. 66–67. Guadarlo, guaralo in volto, Line 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^♭ greater, ⁠3/4⁠
• Op. 23 XIX, pp. 72–73. Pensa che sei cruda, E slender, ⁠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 greater, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op.
  Annie potts cunning women

  26 XXII, pp. 78–79. Guardami, guardami prima in volto, Course 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 27, pp. 88–89. Ah che neldi'sti, Succession major, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op. 32, XXVIII, pp. 90–91. Dopp'un tuo Sguardo, F chief, ⁠3/4⁠
• Op.

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

• Op. 34 XXX, pp. 94–95. Figlio origination più non-vivi moro, F chief, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op. 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, E major, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op. 39 Thirtyfive, pp. 109–111. Se tutto tosto suggestion sdegno, E major, ⁠4/4⁠
• Op. 40 XXXVI, pp. 112–115.

  Ai negli occhi un tel incanto, D vital, ⁠4/4⁠ (marked ⁠2/4⁠ but with are 4 crotchets to goodness bar)

• Op. 41 XXXVII, pp. 116–118. Come poteste de Dio, F higher ranking, ⁠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 lesser, ⁠4/4⁠

• Op. 44 XXXX, pp. 125–127. Se viver non-posso lunghi, D older, ⁠3/8⁠
• Op. 45 XXXXI, pp. 128–130. Fedel faro faro cara cara, Rotate major, ⁠3/4⁠
• Op. 46 XXXXII, p. 131.

  Non ha ragione, F elder, ⁠4/4⁠

Literary works

Discounting the snippets put a stop to political intrigue, a few harmonious pieces, and one mystical song, there are only two leavings of writing attributed to illustriousness Count: La Très Sainte Trinosophie and the untitled The Trilateral Book of St.

Germain (The Triangular Manuscript).

The first restricted area attributed to the Count be defeated Saint Germain is La Très Sainte Trinosophie, a beautifully picturesque 18th century manuscript that describes in symbolic terms a passage of spiritual initiation or threaten alchemical process, depending on say publicly interpretation. This book has antique published several times, most outstandingly by Manly P.

Hall, quandary Los Angeles, California, in 1933. The attribution to St. Germain rests on a handwritten use your indicators scrawled inside the cover recompense the original manuscript stating dump this was a copy invoke a text once in Strong feelings. Germain's possession.^[12] However, despite Hall's elaborate introduction describing the Count's legend, The Most Holy Trinosophia shows no definitive connection tell somebody to him.

The second work attributed to St. Germain is blue blood the gentry untitled 18th century manuscript encircle the shape of a polygon. The two known copies make out the Triangular Manuscript exist since Hogart Manuscript 209 and 210 (MS 209 and MS 210). Both currently reside in grandeur Manly Palmer Hall Collection sketch out Alchemical Manuscripts at the Getty Research Library.^[25] Nick Koss decoded and translated this manuscript coerce 2011 and it was obtainable as The Triangular Book contribution St.

Germain by Ouroboros Seem in 2015.^[26] Unlike the premier work, it mentions St. Germain directly as its originator. Depiction book describes a magical ceremonial by which one can satisfy the two most extraordinary feats that characterized the legend exhaustive Count of St. Germain, specifically procurement of great wealth squeeze extension of life.

Final days

The count arrived in Altona, Schleswig, in 1779, where he enthusiastic an acquaintance with Prince Physicist of Hesse-Kassel, both of whom had an interest in theology. Charles was a member a variety of several secret societies including ethics Bavarian Illuminati and a Covert Society of Freesmiths.

The discount showed Charles several of rule gems and convinced the current that he had invented smashing new method of colouring the religious ministry. Charles, impressed, installed the favor in an abandoned factory refer to Eckernförde which Charles had plagiaristic especially for the count, challenging supplied the count with rectitude materials and cloths needed disruption proceed with the project.^[27] Glory two met frequently in leadership following years, and Charles all set a laboratory for alchemical experiments in his nearby summer domicile Louisenlund, where they, among provoke things, cooperated in creating gemstones and jewelry.

Charles later recounts in a letter that let go was the only person blessed whom the count truly confided.^[28] The count told Charles deviate he was the son representative Francis II Rákóczi, and desert he had been 88 of age when he checked in in Schleswig.^[29]

Death

The count died hill his residence in the sufficient on 27 February 1784 during the time that Charles was staying in Kassel.

The death was recorded unsavory the register of the Fall asleep. Nicolai Church (De. St. Nicolaikirche) in Eckernförde.^[30] He was below ground on 2 March at Eckernförde in a private grave, magnanimity cost of which was recorded in the accounting books reduce speed the church the following day.^[31] On 3 April, that not bad, a little over a four weeks from his death, the politician and the city council remark Eckernförde issued an official manifesto about the auctioning off marvel at the count's remaining effects emergence case no living relative would appear within a designated period period to lay claim traveling fair them.^[32]

Charles donated the factory quick the crown and it was afterward converted into a polyclinic.

Jean Fuller found in 1988, during her research, that influence count's estate upon his temporality was a packet of compensated bills, receipts, and quittances; 82 Reichsthalers and 13 shillings outward show cash; and 29 various aggregations of items of clothing (gloves, stockings, trousers, shirts, etc.), 14 linen shirts, eight other assemblys of linen items, and many sundries: razors, buckles, toothbrushes, shades, combs, etc.

No diamonds, wealth apple of one`s e, gold, or any other resources were listed, nor were engaged cultural items from travels, exact items (like his violin), subjugation any 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 second class biographical sketch. It is trim compilation of letters, diaries, final private records written about significance count by members of say publicly French aristocracy who knew him in the 18th century. Regarding interesting biographical sketch can bait found in The History bring to an end Magic, by Eliphas Levi, firstly published in 1913.^[34]

Numerous French keep from German biographies also have antediluvian published, among them Der Wiedergänger: Das zeitlose Leben des Grafen von Saint-Germain by Peter Krassa, Le Comte de Saint-Germain contempt Marie-Raymonde Delorme, and L'énigmatique Philosopher De Saint-Germain by Pierre Ceria and François Ethuin.

In work Sages and Seers (1959), Manly Palmer Hall refers type the biography Graf St.-Germain manage without E. M. Oettinger (1846).^[35]

Fiction

The spin has inspired a number pattern fictional creations:

• He appears chimp a playable character in say publicly Japanese otome game series Ikemen Vampire.

  In the series, unquestionable is the sire and primacy host for those who do something has given a second tenure in life including Napoleon Bonaparte, Isaac Newton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vincent van Gogh, Theo Van Painter, Jeanne d'Arc (who is labelled as Jean d'Arc and in your right mind a man), and Osamu Dazai.

  The series portrays him owing to a kind, mild-mannered, intelligent, honourable and respected nobleman of immense wealth as well as unadulterated protective father or older kin figure to all his citizenry including his human butler.

• He appears as the Master manipulator cling the scenes in Katherine Kurtz' 1996 novel, Two Crowns reach America, about America's fight look after independence.
• He figures prominently in diversified works by Japanese rock bravura Kamijo, including the album Sang and the single "Persona Grata".^[36]
• He is a character in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, where closure is a time traveler.

  Blooper fights with Zead, who task the avatar of Death.

• He give something the onceover featured in Gold Keys Boris Karloff Thriller issue 3 ( april 1963 ) in " The Man who Lived Etched in your mind "
• He is a character hold Netflix's 2017 Castlevania, appearing significance an itinerant magician in care for of the "Infinite Corridor" sonant by Bill Nighy.
• He is top-notch significant character in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, specifically 1992's Dragonfly in Amber, and an tower time traveler in Gabaldon's novella, "The Space Between".
• He levelheaded introduced as a supporting gut feeling in the novel The Magician, the second book in leadership fantasy series The Secrets consume the Immortal Nicholas Flamel bid Michael Scott.
• The Count of Backing.

  Germain makes a few lip-service in the Megami Tensei novels and video games:

  • He appears as a recurring antagonist develop the New Digital Devil Story novel series, though these books refer to him as interpretation Earl of Saint Germain, somewhat than a count.
  • He makes well-ordered brief cameo in Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army in the same way a time tourist, whom decency player meets while traveling in the middle of time periods.

    He is as well mentioned in the game's upshot, Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon, where he serves as way of being of the main character's clients.

  • He appears in both Shin Megami Tensei IV and its follow-up, Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse. While he is not particular in the former, he obey mentioned as the client optimism some sidequests in the game's DLC.

    In the latter, proscribed appears all around the universe as a time-traveling shopkeeper who will trade powerful items acquiesce the player in exchange promulgate gemstones.

• He is played by Apostle Marsters in the TV followers Warehouse 13. He is fraudster immortal who used a fearless with a gem from ethics Philosopher's stone used to ameliorate plants and heal people round on accumulate wealth throughout the halt.

  The ring was taken emergency Marie-Antoinette and buried in depiction Catacombs beneath Paris.

• He is represent by Miya Rurika in representation play Azure Moment by Takarazuka Revue.
• He is the main competition in The Ruby Red Trilogy, written by Kerstin Gier. Type is the founder of orderly secret lodge which is comport yourself people with a time-travelling sequence, and he is trying compulsion gain immortality through the supposed time-travellers.
• He is the main diagram of the historical mystery fresh based on his early happenstance circumstances, The Man Who Would Quite a distance Die, written by Paul Naturalist.

  He is presented as honourableness son of Prince Rákóczi.^[37]

• He interest the mentor and co-conspirator innumerable the player in the 2022 indie adventure game Card Shark.^[38]
• He was referenced as one slant several villains in the casern season of the anime Symphogear, along with Alessandro Cagliostro keep from François Prelati, all portrayed by the same token women.
• Hoshino Katsura used him in the same way inspiration for the character reduce speed the Millennium Earl in nobility manga series D.

  Gray Man.

• In Kōta Hirano's Drifters, the intuition of count Saint Germi obey inspired by him. He decline voiced by Tomokazu Sugita manifestation the anime adaptation.
• In Master outandout Mosquiton, Mosquiton's enemy is key immortal demon loosely based estimate the Count of St. Germain.
• In the BBC podcast The Lovecraft Investigations, he is revealed nip in the bud be the mortal guise clamour Nyarlathotep and a central contender of the series.
• In the illumination novel Fate/strange fake, he was Richard the Lionheart's court conjurer and mentor, who claimed touch be nothing more than unmixed aristocrat and a swindler decide also owning a car, claiming to have met Alexander depiction Great, and being able round on sense and talk to interpretation person witnessing the flashback portend his first meeting with Design Richard.
• In the manga The Data Study of Vanitas, Noe's fellow and Dominique's grandfather tells them he is currently going near that name.
• In the novelization The Night Strangler, from the Tube film of the same name, it is strongly hinted go off the immortal villain, Dr.

  Richard Malcolm, is actually the Correspond St. Germain. When asked candid, Malcolm laughs ironically but does not deny it.^[39]

• In The Obtain Lion: The Elixer of Life by Maria Szepes, he appears as Saint Germain
• In the tabletop role-playing game Unknown Armies hard John Scott Tynes and Greg Stolze, he is the Be in first place and Last Man, the inimitable immortal character in the locale, whose lifespan encompasses the chief and last lives of being beings.
• Prominent Bengali fiction author Shariful Hasan made the character Record Saint Germain in his Samvala Trilogy inspired by him.
• Robert Rankin's character Professor Slocombe, in grandeur various books of The Brentford Trilogy, is often described on account of bearing an uncanny resemblance endorsement the Comte; when the Fellow annotates the Comte's ancient notebooks, even the handwriting is not quite identical.

  Another character, now fully old, born in the Weak era, has stated that Academician Slocombe was an old gentleman even then.

• The character of Agliè in the novel Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco is draw in occultist who claims to give somebody the job of the Count St. Germain.^[40]
• The school group of Jack Elderflower in justness novel Gather the Fortunes, alongside Bryan Camp.
• The Comte is topping significant character in the Modest time-travel novella, A Peculiar Consider in Time, by M .K.

  Beutymhill.

• The Comte is the chief protagonist in an ongoing stack of historical romance/horror novels encourage Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.
• The Count appears in two novels by Andrzej Sarwa: Wieszczba krwawej głowy (The Prophetess of the Bloody Head) and Cmentarz św. Medarda (Saint Medard's Graveyard).
• The German writer Karl May wrote two stories trusty the Graf von Saint Germain appearing as antagonist: Aqua benedetta (1877) and its largely lengthy version Ein Fürst des Schwindels (1880).^[41]
• The mystic in the Herb Pushkin story "The Queen rule Spades".
• In the Damian Paladin parabolical by Mike Chinn he appears as a quasi immortal who has some unspecified past grievances with Paladin and Andy Raven.
• In the manga series Dandadan, sharptasting appeared as a mysterious still powerful figure who collects primacy abilities of other paranormal beings.
• In the book series Joe Leger, by Jonathan Maberry, the freakish character of Mr.

  Church has gone by many codenames throw in the past, including Saint Germaine. He's still referred to harsh that codename by some code, and he appears to conspiracy been active in "the war" (which is how he careful the main character refer blow up the ongoing fight against prop antagonistic to humanity at large) far longer than should promote to possible given his age.

In theosophy

The count, also sometimes referred be bounded by as Master Rákóczi or Master R, is seen as well-organized legendary spiritual master of interpretation ancient wisdom in various Theosophical and post-Theosophical teachings, said be familiar with be responsible for the Creative Age culture of the Paddock of Aquarius and identified truthful the Count Saint Germain (fl. 1710–1784), who has been diversely described as a courtier, adventuress, inventor, alchemist, pianist, violinist, take precedence amateur composer.

Some write defer the name St. Germain fake for himself was a Sculpturer version of the Latin Sanctus Germanus, meaning "Holy Brother".^[42][43][44] Add on the Ascended Master Teachings (but not in traditional Theosophy), authority Master R, or the Master Rákóczi, is a separate nearby distinct being from St.

Germain.

Biographies

There are several "authoritative" biographers on St. Germain who as a rule do not agree with freshen another. Probably the two best-known biographies are Isabel Cooper-Oakley's The Count of St. Germain (1912), and Jean Overton-Fuller's The Philosopher de Saint-Germain: Last Scion see the House of Rakoczy (1988).

The former is a collected works of letters, diaries, and unconfirmed records written about the Off by members of the Gallic aristocracy who knew him burden the 18th century.

Raymond Bernard's book The Great Secret – St. Germain is biographical jaunt covers many aspects of rectitude Count's life, including his conflation with Sir Francis Bacon, increase in intensity the author of the Shakespearean opus.

The Great Secret, Honor St. Germain purports that Compete. Germain was actually Francis Philosopher by birth, and later authored the complete Plays attributed advice Shakespeare. Bernard also contends, pass for does the Saint Germain Scaffold in Schaumburg, Illinois, that Francis Bacon was the child sell like hot cakes Queen Elizabeth and Lord Dudley but that it was aloof quiet.

According to this knowledge, Francis was raised by birth Bacon family, yet knew put a stop to his true birth, and sinistral numerous hints throughout the Shakespearean canon of this, in nobleness form of explicit clues stop in mid-sentence the text of the plays, in pictures, and in primacy alleged use of Bacon's joke in the works.

Manly Linksman Hall, in his The New Teachings of All Ages, describes some of the same calibre as Bernard, including the distribution of the writings of Shakspere to a great adept choose Francis Bacon, who could adjust amalgamated with the Count invite St. Germain.

There have too been numerous French and European biographies, among them Der Wiedergänger: Das zeitlose Leben des Grafen von Saint-Germain by Peter Krassa, Le Comte de Saint-Germain insensitive to Marie-Raymonde Delorme, and L'énigmatique Philosopher De Saint-Germain by Pierre Ceria and François Ethuin.

Books suspected by Guy Ballard to have to one`s name been dictated to him harsh Saint Germain

Saint Germain is dignity central figure in a escort of books published by loftiness Saint Germain Press (the proclamation arm of the Saint Germain Foundation). The first two volumes, Unveiled Mysteries and The Voodoo Presence, written by Guy Ballard as "Godfré Ray King", narrate Saint Germain as an Ascended master, like Jesus, who practical assisting humanity.

In these control two books, Ballard discusses her majesty personal experiences with Saint Germain and reveals many teachings desert are in harmony with Theosophy. The third volume, The 'I AM' Discourses, contains material lapse is foundational to the dedicated scriptures of the "I AM" Religious Activity, founded in 1930 – the first of honesty Ascended Master Teachings religions.

There are 20 volumes in goodness Saint Germain Series of Books, which are also referred analysis as the "Green Books". Alternative significant work, the Comte state-run Gabalis, is said to befit from the hand of Sir Francis Bacon before he Ascended and returned as Sanctus Germanus or Saint Germain. First printed in 1670, the book includes a picture of the Mastery Rider, Rembrandt's famous painting dissent the Frick Collection in In mint condition York City, which is articulate to be of Sir Francis Bacon, AKA the Comte lip Gabalis, or the Count enjoy yourself the Cabala.

Lotus Ray Embarrassing (Edna Ballard's pen name), partner of Guy Ballard, talked bother this book having been authored by the Ascended Master Dear Germain in the Round Bench Talks of the "I AM" Religious Activity.

Claimed encounters keep an eye on Saint Germain

Several Theosophists and practitioners of alternate esoteric traditions scheme claimed to have met Apotheosis Germain in the late Ordinal or early 20th centuries:

• Annie Besant said that she tumble the Count in 1896.
• C.

  Sensitive. Leadbeater claimed to have decrease him in Rome in 1926 and gave a physical group of him as having roast eyes, olive colored skin, bracket a pointed beard; according advice Leadbeater, "the splendour of coronate Presence impels men to dream up obeisance".^[45] Leadbeater said that Guardian Germain showed him a slapstick comedian that had been previously distinguished by a Roman Emperor move that Saint Germain told him that one of his residences was a castle in Transylvania.

  According to Leadbeater, when execution magical rituals in his stronghold in Transylvania, Saint Germain wears "a suit of golden chain-mail which once belonged to expert Roman Emperor; over it report thrown a magnificent cloak work for Tyrian purple, with on take the edge off clasp a seven-pointed star obligate diamond and amethyst, and off and on he wears a glorious standup comedian of violet."^[46]

• David Christopher Lewis, existence spiritual teacher, claims that Dear Germain first came to him in person on 10 June 2004 in his home cultivate Paradise Valley, Montana, and elongated to come many times thereafter.^[47]
• David Narozny, living Czech music doer, claims to have met Crust Germain in Pruhonice on 23 May 2014.
• Dorothy Leon, living novelist, has claimed to have challenging several encounters with Saint Germain and is an avowed pupil of his.
• Edgar Cayce, the "Sleeping Prophet", was asked while divulge trance if Saint Germain was present.

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

• Guy Ballard, founder of the "I AM" Activity, claimed that he reduce Saint Germain on Mount Shastan in California in August 1930, and that this initiated king "training" and experiences with cover up Ascended masters in various calibre of the world.^[48]
• Miroslav Zimmer, climb on poet, claim to have fall over St Germain in the Malá Fatra mountains in Slovakia lecture in 2011 in the company not later than a Sam Bennett.
• Peter Mt.

  Hoka, living spiritual teacher and penman, claims that Saint Germain materialized before him in Muir Forest, Marin County, California, as on top form as many other times, irksome of which encounters he diaries in his book.^[49]

Esoteric activities

Many assortments honor Saint Germain as capital supernatural being called a Head of the Ancient Wisdom install an Ascended master.

In representation Ascended Master Teachings he equitable referred to simply as Venerate Germain, or as the Ascended Master Saint Germain. As brainchild Ascended Master, Saint Germain survey believed to have many magic powers such as the ease to teleport, levitate, walk broadcast walls, and to inspire persons by telepathy, among others.^{[citation needed]}

The Theosophical Society after Blavatsky's get considered him to be well-organized Mahatma, Master of the Out of date Wisdom, or Adept.

Helena Blavatsky said that he was skin texture of her Masters of Selflessness and hinted that he abstruse given her secret documents. Unkind esoteric groups credit him give way inspiring the Founding Fathers make a victim of draft the United States Assertion of Independence and the Proportion, as well as providing decency design of the Great Strip of the United States.^[50]

In Latest Age beliefs, Saint Germain run through associated with the color purplish, the jewel amethyst, and honesty Maltese cross rendered in purplish (usually the iron cross society cross patee version).

He legal action also regarded as the "Chohan of the Seventh Ray".^[51] According to The Theosophical Society, illustriousness Seven Rays are seven spiritual principles that govern both apparent souls and the unfolding condemn each 2,158-year-long Astrological Age. Thanks to according to Theosophy, the subsequent Astrological Age, the Age a range of Aquarius, will be governed alongside the Seventh (Violet) Ray (the Ray of Ceremonial Order), Reverence Germain is sometimes called "The Hierarch of the Age nominate Aquarius".

According to the Ascended Master Teachings, Saint Germain recapitulate "The God of Freedom miserly this system of worlds". According to the Ascended Master Aim, the preliminary lead-up to dignity beginning of the Age faultless Aquarius began on 1 July 1956, when Ascended Master Venerate Germain became the Hierarch warning sign the Age of Aquarius, reoccur the former Astrological age Archpriest, the Ascended Master Jesus, who had been for almost 2,000 years the "Hierarch of excellence Age of Pisces".

In nobility works authored by Alice Dinky. Bailey, Saint Germain is hollered Master Rakóczi or the Master R.^[52] In the Ascended Bravura Teachings, the Master Rakoczi, on the other hand known as the Great Holy Director, is regarded as Venerate Germain's teacher in the Conclusive White Brotherhood of Ascended Poet.

Alice A. Bailey's book The Externalisation of the Hierarchy (a compilation of earlier revelations obtainable posthumously in 1957) gives rectitude most information about his said role as a Spiritual Commander. Saint Germain's spiritual title report said to be Lord conduct operations Civilization, and his task review the establishment of the unusual civilization of the Age outline Aquarius.^[53] He is said fulfil telepathically influence people who dash seen by him as questionnaire instrumental in bringing about rendering new civilization of the Append of Aquarius.

Alice A. Lexicologist stated that "sometime after Evolve 2025", Jesus, the Master Rakóczi (Saint Germain), Kuthumi, and residuum in the Spiritual Hierarchy would "externalise", i.e., descend from honourableness spiritual worlds, and interact reduce the price of visible tangible bodies on say publicly Earth in ashrams, surrounded bypass their disciples.^[54]

Alice A.

Bailey whispered that St. Germain is justness "manager of the executive senate of the Christ".^[55] Theosophists concern "the Master Jesus" and "Christ" as two separate and definite beings. They believe in glory GnosticChristology espoused by Cerinthus (fl. c. 100 CE), according communication which "Christ" is a duration who was incarnated in Redeemer only during the three geezerhood of the ministry of Lord.

According to certain Theosophists, "Christ" is identified as being precise highly developed spiritual entity whose actual name is Maitreya. That Maitreya is the same gaze known in Buddhism as depiction Bodhisattva Maitreya, who is prize open training to become the catch on Buddha on Earth. According chisel Alice A. Bailey, the "executive council of the Christ" problem a specific subgroup of influence Masters of the Ancient Reliability, charged with preparing the tiptoe for the Second Coming position Christ and the consequent start of the Age of Aquarius.^{[citation needed]}

Previous incarnations

According to The Theosophical Society (not to be woollen blurred with the United Lodge familiar Theosophists) and the Ascended Head Teachings, Saint Germain was incarnated as the following.

(Note: War cry all Theosophical and Ascended Lord Teaching groups accept all be snapped up these incarnations as valid. Flood. Germain's incarnations as St. Alban, Proclus, Roger Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon are universally accepted.^[56]

• Ruler of a Golden Age population centered in a city hollered "The City of the Sun" 70,000 years ago located remove the then-lush and verdant make even that is now the Desert Desert, originally a colony dead heat out from Atlantis.
• High priest kick up a rumpus the civilization of Atlantis 13,000 years ago, serving in nobility Order of Lord Zadkiel squash up the Temple of Purification, theatre in an Atlantean colony divagate had been sent out stay away from the main island of Atlantis that had been established add to the island now called Cuba.
• Samuel, 11th-century BC religious leader think about it Israel who served as forecaster, priest, and last of nobleness Hebrew judges.
• Hesiod, Greek poet whose writings serve as a main source of insight into Hellenic mythology and cosmology (c.

  700 BC).

• Plato, Philosopher who studied decree students of Pythagoras and scholars in Egypt. He established her highness own school of philosophy separate the Academy in Athens. (427–347 BC).
• Saint Joseph, 1st century Gaining, Nazareth. Husband of Mary ground guardian of Jesus.
• Saint Alban, set-up 3rd or early 4th hundred, town of Verulamium, renamed Entreaty.

  Albans, Hertfordshire, England. First Land martyr – he had lock up a fugitive priest, became pure devout convert, and was set aside to death for disguising person as the priest so roam he could die in jurisdiction place.

• Proclus, c. 410 – 485 AD. Athens. The last senior Greek Neoplatonic philosopher. He bicephalous the Platonic Academy and wrote extensively on philosophy, astronomy, science, and grammar.
• Merlin.

  Mythical magician give orders to counselor at King Arthur's Capital who inspired the establishment several the Order of the Knights of the Round Table.

• Roger Monk, c. 1220–1292 AD, England. Doyen, educational reformer, and experimental soul. Forerunner of modern science celebrated for his exhaustive investigations inspire alchemy, optics, mathematics, and languages.^[57]
• Organizer behind the scenes for class Secret Societies in Germany contain the late 14th and indeed 15th centuries.

  The creation pass judgment on a possibly fictional character forename "Christian Rosenkreuz" was inspired do without his efforts.

• Christopher Columbus, 1451–1506 Evolve. Believed to have been aboriginal in Genoa, Italy and prescribed in Portugal. Landed in say publicly Americas in 1492 during loftiness first of four voyages hold forth the New World sponsored offspring King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.
• Francis Bacon, 1561–1626, England.

  Philosopher, statesman, essayist and bookish master, author of the Shakespearean plays (according to the Ascended Master Teachings), father of well-thought-out science, and herald of ethics scientific revolution.

Ascension into masterhood

According indicate the Ascended Master Teachings, Francis Bacon faked his own eliminate on Easter Sunday, 9 Apr 1626, and even attended circlet own funeral in disguise.

Wash out is believed by the college of the Ascended Master Plan that he then traveled furtively to Transylvania (then part have a high regard for Hungary, now part of Romania) to the Rakoczy Mansion imbursement the noble family of Magyarorszag. Finally, on 1 May 1684, he is believed to accept attained (by his knowledge be more or less alchemy) his physical Ascension (attaining immortality and eternal youth—the 6th level of Initiation), at which time Francis Bacon adopted rendering name "Saint Germain".^[58]

Skeptical view

The schoolboy K.

Paul Johnson maintains delay the "Masters" that Madame Blavatsky wrote about and produced calligraphy from were actually idealizations outline people who were her mentors.^{[59][page needed]}

Also see the article "Talking make ill the Dead and Other Amusements" by Paul Zweig, The Newfound York 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 justness Count of St.

  Germain: Encyclopaedia Edition", Society for Eighteenth-Century Tune euphony Newsletter 16 (April 2010), [6–7].

• Cooper-Oakley, Isabella. The Comte De Ideal Germain, the Secret of Kings. 2nd ed. London: Whitefriars Hold sway over, 1912.
• d'Adhemar, Madame Comtesse le. "Souvenirs Sur Marie-Antoinette." Paris: Impremerie backwards Bourgogne et Martinet, 1836.
• Fleming, Clocksmith.

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

• Hausset, Madame shelter. "The Private Memoirs of Gladiator XV: Taken from the Reminiscences annals of Madame Du Hausset, Lady's Maid to Madame De Pompadour." ed Nichols Harvard University, 1895.
• Hunter, David. "The Great Pretender." Musical Times, no.

  Winter 2003 (2003).

• Marie Antoinette von Lowzow, Saint-Germain – Den mystiske greve, Dansk Historisk Håndbogsforlag, Copenhagen, 1984. ISBN 978-87-88742-04-6. (in Danish).
• Melton, J. GordonEncyclopedia of Dweller Religions 5th Edition New York:1996 Gale Research ISBN 978-0-8103-7714-1ISSN 1066-1212 Chapter 18--"The Ancient Wisdom Family of Religions" Pages 151–158; see chart undetermined page 154 listing Masters shop the Ancient Wisdom; Also bare Section 18, Pages 717-757 Characterizations of various Ancient Wisdom devout organizations
• Pope-Hennessey, Una.

  The Comte Toll Saint-Germain. Reprint ed, Secret Societies and the French Revolution. Go in with with Some Kindred Studies saturate Una Birch. Lexington, Kentucky: Disregarded Books, 1911.

• SAINT GERMAIN ON Front ALCHEMY, by David Christopher Adventurer, Meru press, ISBN 978-0-9818863-5-0
• Saint-Germain, Count fundraiser, ed.

  The Music of nobility Comte St.Germain. Edited by Manley Hall. Los Angeles, California: Scholarly Research Society, 1981.

• Saint-Germain, Count acquaintance. The Most Holy Trinosophia. Extinct Books, N.D. Reprint, 2008.
• Slemen, Poet. Strange but True. London: Actor Publishing, 1998.
• Walpole, Horace.

  "Letters stand for Horace Walpole." ed Charles Lord Yonge. New York: Putman's Successors, 9 December 1745.

External links

• The Philosopher de St. Germain (1912) through Isabel Cooper-Oakley, at sacred-texts.com
• [1] matter on Saint Germain, also words "Adventures of a Western Mystic: Apprentice to the Masters, Notebook II, by Peter Mt.

  Shasta

• An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, view Hoaxes of the Occult post Supernatural: Saint Germain adventure the James Randi Educational Foundation
• Comte Saint-Germain: The Immortal
• The Comte funnel St. Germain (1912) by Isabel Cooper-Oakley, at sacred-texts.com
• The Saint Germain Foundation, teaching arm of probity "I AM" Activity, the modern publisher of Ascended Master Raison d\'etre beginning in 1934