Author: Arthur Collins Wilkie
Author: Isabel Cooper-Oakley
This is a most complete and excellent telling of the life of Count Saint Germain. Many private letters and documents are quoted to talk about the Count from the perpective of others who knew and interacted with him.
These quotes serve to solidify his existence as a real person in Europe’s history while still showing his mysteriuos persona through the eyes of other people from the aristocracies who existed at the time that he was alive.
Here is an excerpt from the book:
“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.”
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A common representation of St. Germain