{"id":21742,"date":"2016-02-07T14:47:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T22:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/saint-germain-the-immortal-count-he-was-an-alchemist-who-it-is-believed-discovered-the-secret-of-eternal-life"},"modified":"2017-06-04T10:59:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T17:59:04","slug":"saint-germain-the-immortal-count-he-was-an-alchemist-who-it-is-believed-discovered-the-secret-of-eternal-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/saint-germain-the-immortal-count-he-was-an-alchemist-who-it-is-believed-discovered-the-secret-of-eternal-life","title":{"rendered":"Saint-Germain: The Immortal Count He was an alchemist who, it is believed, discovered the secret of eternal life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Count of St. Germain; a mystery to still be solved. Ever since I was 7 yrs old, I have found this man as a great mystery. He was a true Renaissance man like Di Vinci; however, know one knew his real age, where he truly came from, and his real story. I hope to pick up my own research again on this man; I have always loved solving puzzles and mysteries.<\/p>\n

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IS IT POSSIBLE that a man can achieve immortality \u2013 to live forever? That is the startling claim of a historical figure known as Count de Saint-Germain. Records date his birth to the late 1600s, although some believe that his longevity reaches back to the time of Christ. He has appeared many times throughout history \u2013 even as recently as the 1970s \u2013 always appearing to be about 45 years old. He was known by many of the most famous figures of European history, including Casanova, Madame de Pampadour, Voltaire, King Louis XV, Catherine the Great, Anton Mesmer and others. Who was this mysterious man? Are the stories of his immortality mere legend and folklore? Or is it possible that he really did discover the secret of defeating death?<\/p>\n

ORIGINS<\/b>
When the man who first became known as Saint-Germain was born is unknown, although most accounts say he was born in the 1690s. A genealogy compiled by Annie Besant for her co-authored book, The Comte De St. Germain: The Secret of Kings, asserts that he was born the son of Francis Racoczi II, Prince of Transylvania in 1690. Other accounts, taken less seriously by most, say he was alive in the time of Jesus and attended the wedding at Cana, where the young Jesus turned water into wine. He was also said to be present at the council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. What is almost unanimously agreed on, however, is that Saint-Germain became accomplished in the art of alchemy, the mystical \u201cscience\u201d that strives to control the elements. The foremost goal of this practice was the creation of \u201cprojection powder\u201d or the elusive \u201cphilosopher\u2019s stone,\u201d which, it was claimed, when added to the molten form of such base metals as lead could turn them into pure silver or gold. Furthermore, this magical power could be used in an elixir that would impart immortality on those who drank it. Count de Saint-Germain, it is believed, discovered this secret of alchemy.<\/p>\n

COURTING EUROPEAN SOCIETY<\/b>
Saint-Germain first came into prominence in the high society of Europe in 1742. He had just spent five years in the shah of Persia\u2019s court where he had learned the jeweler\u2019s craft. He beguiled the royals and the rich with his vast knowledge of science and history, his musical ability, his easy charm and quick wit. He spoke many languages fluently, including French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and English, and was further familiar with Chinese, Latin, Arabic \u2013 even ancient Greek and Sanskrit. It might have been his extraordinary learnedness that led acquaintances to see that he was a remarkable man, but an anecdote from 1760 most likely gave rise to the notion that Saint-Germain could be immortal. In Paris that year, Countess von Georgy heard that a Count de Saint-Germain had arrived for a soiree at the home of Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France. The elderly countess was curious because she had known a Count de Saint-Germain while in Venice in 1710. Upon meeting the count again, she was astonished to see that he hadn\u2019t appeared to age, and asked him if it was his father she knew in Venice. \u201cNo, Madame,\u201d he replied, \u201cbut I myself was living in Venice at the end of the last and the beginning of this century; I had the honor to pay you court then.\u201d \u201cForgive me, but that it impossible!\u201d the perplexed countess said. \u201cThe Count de Saint-Germain I knew in those days was at least forty-five years old. And you, at the outside, are that age at present.\u201d \u201cMadame, I am very old,\u201d he said with a knowing smile. \u201cBut then you must be nearly 100 years old,\u201d said the astonished countess. \u201cThat is not impossible,\u201d the count told her matter-of-factly, then continued to convince the countess that he was indeed the same man she knew with the details of their previous meetings and of life in Venice 50 years earlier.<\/p>\n

EVER PRESENT, NEVER AGING<\/b>
Saint-Germain traveled extensively throughout Europe over the next 40 years \u2013 and in all that time never seemed to age. Those who met him were impressed by his many abilities and peculiarities:<\/p>\n

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Count of St. Germain; a mystery to still be solved. Ever since I was 7 yrs old, I have found this man as a great mystery. He was a true Renaissance man like Di Vinci; however, know one knew his real age, where he truly came from, and his real story. I hope to pick [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21742"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62978,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21742\/revisions\/62978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}