The Count of St. Germain - The Most mysterious man in history! Who was he? Where did he come from? Where did he go? What did he do? What made him so famous? What was the big mystery? When was his birthday, and where? Did he really die?

The Comte de St Germain was an inscrutable figure who suddenly appeared in London in 1745. He was a man without a past, and openly admitted that his chosen name was fictitious. A wonderful musician and composer, witty and courteous, he dispensed diamonds, never ate in public, dropped hints of his own physical immortality, and claimed to have no interest in sexually relations of any kind. Following his English appearance, the Comte disappeared for 12 years, surfacing for two years in pre-revolutionary France as the confidant of Louis XV, then vanishing once more for 11 years, only to reappear in Belgium, Russia and Germany. Following his disputed death in 1784, several notables claimed to have met him decades later, ever-wealthy and every youthful. Cooper-Oakley's investigation of the St Germain legend is an occult classic, in which she painstakingly draws together letters, diaries and private records of St Germain, to provide the most comprehensive picture we possess of the enigmatic Count.

THIS 40 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Count of Saint-Germain, by Isabel Cooper-Oakley. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766101010.

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AMONG the strange mysterious beings, with which the eighteenth century was so richly dowered, no one has commanded more universal comment and attention than the mystic who was known by the name of the Comte de St. Germain. A hero of romance; a charlatan; a swindler and an adventurer; rich and varied were the names that showered freely upon him. Hated by the many, loved and reverenced by the few, time has not yet lifted the veil which screened his true mission from the vulgar speculators of the period. Then, as now, the occultist was dubbed charlatan by the ignorant; only some men and women here and there realised the power of which he stood possessed. The friend and councillor of kings and princes, an enemy to ministers who were skilled in deception, he brought his great knowledge to help the West, to stave off in some small measure the storm clouds that were gathering so thickly around some nations. Alas his words of warning fell on deafened ears, and his advice went all unheeded.

THIS 32 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Masonry and Medieval Mysticism: Traces of a Hidden Tradition, by Isabel Cooper-Oakley. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596435.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The life and activities of an important mystic and philosopher who influenced the 18th century. Overshadowing all is the figure of Christian Rosenkreutz and the work of the Rosicrucians, Alchemists and Masons during this period.

In this book first published in 1900, Isabel Cooper Oakley has gathered together extensive source material in presenting this history of mysticism in Medieval Europe. The survey covers some eighteen hundred years, and shows with documented evidence a definite link between the seemingly divergent occult schools and brotherhoods that flourished, and that the source of their knowledge lay in Ancient India, the home of Brahma Vidya or esoteric science. Gradually over the years visiting seers and teachers brought this wisdom to Egypt, Persia and Greece, which was given expression in the great mystery schools and temples. A vast tapestry of the spiritual life is unfolded before us, the Gnostic sects who founded Christianity, the famous occult schools of Averroes and the Arabian mystics in Toledo, the Alchemists and Rosicrucians, and the Grail Legend, preserved in times of religious persecution by the troubadours whose allegorical songs were a feature of the royal courts, and the Knights Templars who designed and built the Gothic cathedrals.

The life and activities of an important mystic and philosopher who influenced the 18th century. Overshadowing all is the figure of Christian Rosenkreutz and the work of the Rosicrucians, Alchemists and Masons during this period.

Mystical Traditions and Masonry and Medieval Mysticism: Traces of a Hidden Tradition.

THIS 26 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Count of Saint-Germain, by Isabel Cooper-Oakley. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766101010.