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The Count of Saint Germain And The Secret of Immortality
The Hermetics II
Diego Antolini
08/07/2020 09:23:40
The
Count of Saint Germain was a controversial figure of the 18th-Century
Europe, where intrigues and court’s secrets intertwined with the
bold actions of individuals: it was the time of wizards, lights and
alchemists.
Saint Germain's life has been the subject of
numerous articles and at least one book which, since his death
(1784), have not shed full light upon the real figure of this
peculiar character. Marked as a charlatan by many, considered
immortal by others, his deeds crossed the 1700 of Bach and Mozart
like a Bohemian
rhapsody.
The first of many mysteries related to Saint
Germain concerns his birth. Many scholars believe that he descends
from Francis II, king of the Principality of Transylvania that, at
the time, had made an alliance with the House of Hesse (Francis II
had in fact married with the 16-year-old Charlotte Amalie of
Hessen-Reinfels on September 25, 1694 at the Cathedral of Cologne,
Germany.)
The relationship between Francis I and Charlotte
Amalie resulted in two recognized children; however, at the time of
the publication of Francis II’s will (1737) a third unnamed child
is mentioned as one of the beneficiaries. It was Leopold-George, the
eldest of his sons and therefore a direct heir to the throne of
Transylvania. Leopold-George could have been born in 1691 or 1696,
and it was never possible to determine whether he was the son of
Charlotte of Hesse or of the former wife of Francis II.
Leopold-George was "killed" to save him from a conspiracy
aimed at destroying the Transylvania dynasty and ending the
independence of that territory.
So
it is believed that Leopold-George was none other than the Count of
Saint Germain himself, who (re-)appeared before the European society
around 1743 as a man on his forties.
Nearly nothing is known of
his life before that year, although a dossier on the Count had been
previously compiled by order of Napoleon III. Unfortunately the
dossier burned down in a fire that destroyed the building in which it
was kept. The surviving information indicate that Saint Germain was
trained to become one of the most daring, active and colorful secret
political agents of the 18-Century brotherhood.
Prince
Karl Von Hesse wrote that Saint Germain was raised by the last of the
mighty Medici family in Florence, Italy. Indeed the Medici’s
obsessive interest for mystery or mysteriosophical philosophies was
well known and, under their care, Saint Germain had allegedly studied
at the University of Siena, Italy.
At the time of Saint
Germain’s entry into society, the Jacobite cause was rather
pressing and, in the next two years (1745,) the invasion of Scotland
would ensue. During these two years Saint Germain resided in London.
It seems that he was a talented musician and many of his compositions
were performed at the Little Haymarket Theatre.
The
British authorities, however, didn’t believe that Saint Germain was
in London to pursue a music career, and in December 1745, as the Jacobite pressed forward, he was arrested on suspicion of being a
Jacobite agent. He was released only when the alleged letters of
Charles Edward, leader of the Stuart invasion, were not found on him.
Once free, Saint Germain left England and spent one year hosted by
Prince Ferdinand Von Lobkowitz, prime minister of the Austrian
Emperor. During this period the Count was introduced to the Marshal
de Belle-Isle, the French war minister who, in turn, opened the doors
of France to him.
Over the next three years nothing is
known of Saint Germain’s deeds. He reappeared again in 1749 as a
guest of King Louis XV of France, likely working as his political
agent.
During the repression of the Brotherhood that occurred
throughout France following the edict of the king and the bull of
Pope Clement, Saint Germain, a high-degree Freemason, was at the
French court. This seemingly enigmatic paradox can be explained only
with the ignorance of the king about the Count’s real involvement
inside the Brotherhood, but also by assuming that Saint Germain
possessed essential intelligence about the French support to the
Jacobite.