Saint
Germain as the wonderman of Europe
The Comte de Saint Germain 
He was known as the Comte de Saint Germain, a gentleman who dazzled
the courts of Europe with his miraculous feats during the eighteenth
and nineteenth century. He was known as the “Wonderman”
because he easily moved among the royalty, manifesting gems out of thin
air. He was an accomplished musician, alchemist, spoke fluently in many
languages, was well-versed in every subject imaginable, could write
with both hands simultaneously and never aged. He was traced all over
Europe for almost two hundred years, and he retained the appearance
of a forty-year-old man. Frederick the Great referred to him as “the
man who does not die.”
Mysterious
Birth and Heritage
It has been supposed that his birth was as the natural son of the widow
of Charles II of Spain and a certain Comte (Count) Adanero, whom she
knew at Bayonne. In this last century, a new theory of Saint-Germain's
birth has been put forward, which seems very probable. It is the work
of the theosophists and Annie Besant, who has frequently made the statement
that the Comte de Saint-Germain was one of the sons of Francis Racoczi
II, Prince of Transylvania. The children of Francis Racoczi were brought
up by the Emperor of Austria, but one of them was withdrawn from his
guardianship.
Elizabeth Clare Prophet, a Messenger for Saint Germain in the Summit
Lighthouse, gave a slightly different perspective in her book Saint
Germain on Alchemy. She suggested that as the ascended Master
Saint Germain, he might have materialized a body and given the impression
that he came from this royal birth. All we do know for sure, is that
his birth and death are shrouded in mystery. His presumed date
of birth was 1690. His supposed death was in 1784, but many
people in Europe saw him after that date.
For an entire century he
maintined the physical appearance of a man between forty and fifty years
old. The life of the self-styled count is beset with mystery and he
becomes one of the most talked about men in Europe, starting around
1750. The rumors started in Paris, where the Comte became quite famous
as a friend of Louis XV and his mistress, Madame de Pompadour, spending
many evenings with him simply for the pleasure of his conversation. Madam
du Housset says in her memoirs that the king spoke of Saint-Germain
as a personage of illustrious birth.
Amazing
talents of Saint Germain
He was not only remarkably knowledgeable, but he had other amazing
talents — a virtuoso on both piano and violin, a talented
painter, skilled alchemist and chemist. He spoke fluently
in at least twelve different languages, and had an extreme
generosity, giving away many precious stones. At the court of the Shah
of Persia from 1737 to 1742, he exhibited his skill at precipatating
and perfecting precious gems, removing flaws from diamonds. It was generally
suspected that he also knew the secret for making gold out of base metals.
But if he knew how to make gold, he was wise enough to say nothing about
it. He was known to carry jewels sewn into his clothing, and it was
said that he presented a cross ornamented with gems to a woman he scarcely
knew, because she had idly admired it. As a talented chemist he gave
recipes for removing wrinkles and dyeing hair.
His knowledge of history was so comprehensive that there was nothing
he seemed not to know. He was a seer who read for and socialized with
the rich and famous. He rapidly acquired the reputation of being incredibly
rich, though he was not known to have money on deposit at any banks.
He became known as one of the most mysterious men on the European continent.
He presented himself as a dazzlingly rich and gifted social figure.
He had a love of jewels and he ostentatiously showed off those he possessed,
which you see in pictures painted of him. The diamonds that he wore
in his shoes and garters were believed to be worth more than 200,000
francs! He was an aristocrat who lived with princes and even
a confidant to two kings of France, almost on a footing of an equal—although
there seemed to be no place in Europe he had not been, appearing and
disappearing unpredictably all over the continent.
His
Role in the Courts of Europe
One of his principal roles was that of a secret agent in international
politics in the service of France. Being Louis XV's confidant and intimate
counselor, the king entrusted him with various secret missions. The
position earned him the envy and enmity of the king's ministers, who
denounced him as an adventurer with a smooth line of talk. Matters
came to a head in 1760, when the count at the behest of the king involved
himself in foreign affairs, going behind the back of ministry. Threatened
with arrest, he was obliged to flee to England.
Count Charles of Hesse Cassel lived with Saint Germain during the last
historically known years, and they worked together on alchemical
projects. Saint-Germain treated him as an equal, and he must have
known many of his secrets. It was to him that Saint Germain entrusted
his paper just before his supposed death in 1784. However, neither Louis
XV nor the Count of Hesse Cassel ever revealed anything about the birth
of Saint-Germain. The count even went so far as to invariably withhold
the smallest detail bearing on the life of his mysterious friend. This
is a very remarkable fact, since Saint-Germain was an extremely well-known
figure. Much of what we know about the Comte was from the memoirs
of Madame du Hausset, who was femme de chambre to Madame de
Pompadour. There, she witnessed to the perfecting of diamonds for the
King and told how the Comte was intimate with the secrets of each court.
From England Count Saint-Germain apparently went to Russia, where it
is claimed he took part in a conspiracy that put Catherine the Great
upon the throne in 1762.
Secret Societies
Secret societies were the fashion in pre-revolutionary France, of which
several were formed by Monsieur de Saint Germain. He became
prominent in the Freemasons, Rosicrucians and Knights Templars of that
period, although today many modern masons omit him as the source of
their inspiration. He penned the occult classic, The Most Holy Trinosophia.
What
Was This Wonderman Doing In Europe?
To what purpose was all this display of talents, wealth and knowledge?
In this past century, Saint Germain has sponsored (during the 1930's)
a movement called the "I AM activity." He later went on to
support the Messengers Mark and Elizabeth Claire Prophet in the Summit
Lighthouse through the 1990's. From the many releases he gave
during those years, we know that his aim was to form a United States
of Europe. He was granted a dispensation to take form, in the Ascended
Master body, and dazzel the courts of Europe, not for entertainment,
but to advance technology and science, where he helped form many new
industries under his direction to assist the middle class and society.
What did the courts of Europe
do with his presentation? The monarchs loved him and his entertainment,
but they did not take his advice seriously and did not heed his warnings.
Nor did he gain support from the court or from the ministry—who
were the true enemies of the court. And thus he had to flee to England
for a few years after the ministry sought to imprison him. Saint Germain's
aim was to help make the transition go smoothly for the monarchy into
an age where the middle class would be able to rise upward. And
the middle class did, but the monarchy was not easily prodded into action
and the transition was very painful.
Later, upon returning to France when Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
came to the throne, he met the same resistance in King Louis XVI's court.
He warned Marie Antoinette of the French Revolution 15 years in the
future and detailed the horrors in the hope that she could convince
the King that the enemy within the court was the king's chief adviser.
Saint Germain continued to write letters of warning to the Queen for
many years. A week before Marie Antoinette was beheaded, he predicted
her death and sought to warn her. But the message was not passed on
to her.
Backing
Napoleon
Saint Germain then backed Napoleon in a final attempt to form the United
States of Europe. Again, Napoleon took Saint Germain's power,
but would not heed his advice, and so the master withdrew and soon returned
to the ascended master octaves of Light. But while trying to secure
Europe as a united union, he had also placed his attention upon the
thirteen colonies in the New World. He overshadowed General George
Washington, a Master Mason. He appeared in Independence Hall,
as the mysterious stranger who galvanized the patriots through a fiery
speech that ended with the adminishment to "Sign that document!"
Which they all went on to do.
In the latter nineteenth century, Saint Germain assisted the masters
El Morya, and Koot Hoomi, in the Theosophical Society. He then
went on to sponsor Guy Ballard in the 1930's with the I AM Movement.
In 1958, he was behind El Morya sponsoring the Summit Lighthouse through
Mark Prophet.
Where
Is Saint Germain Today?
Today, Saint Germain is ever present in his chelas around the world.
Although Mrs. Prophet has retired, and the Summit Lighthouse lives on
with presenting the past teachings released by the Ascended Masters,
the Masters are still working with individuals and sponsored organizations.
The Shangra-la is one of those organizations. Saint Germain's
goal is to bring the Golden Age into manifestation on earth and to prepare
a place for the incoming Seventh Root Race. As with all organizations,
there comes a calcification over time, when their members and leaders
begin to feel the complacency that nothing new needs to be done, forgetting
that growth is the need of the hour. So the Masters must move
on and open the doors to those who are ready to move up higher on the
Path of Divine Love.
And so we at Shangra-la,
open the door of our hearts and minds to the great Masters of the East
and West to introduce that teaching of the Golden Age that needs to
be established on Earth. That teaching is that "Ye are Gods!"
With the higher understanding that we must leave our egos behind and
Be the co-creators on earth that we were originally created to be.
And to that end, the Shangra-la has taken on the on-going mission as
in each each prior sponsored organization of Light, to bring unity and
peace on Earth through the hearts of people by being the Way through
the Path of Divine Love, through oneness in the Christ consciousness.
But in order to be in that One Christ, we must put to sleep the enemy
within – our human egos – and wake up our souls to renewed
life and love in wanting more God. And to that end, Shangra-la brings
forth the teachings and the tools to slay our greatest challenger and
to win our God Freedom and regain the Divine Director in our lives,
our mighty I AM.
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