THE LEGEND of the Immortal: The Count of Saint Germain

[Music] in 1745 a mysterious man was arrested in  london and charged with spying he called himself. the count of saint germain and for almost 200  years the count of saint germain was present. at every significant political event in the world  and always looked the same age some say he walked. the earth during the time of christ some say he  walks the earth still this is his story [Music]. 1745 was a difficult time in england the  jacobites propped up by the french monarchy.

had seized edinburgh that summer  england was capturing imprisoning. and executing spies everywhere the man who  called himself the count of saint germain. was arrested in a coffee shop under suspicion of  espionage and was taken in for questioning the. count's captors quickly learned that he was  fluent in every european language and other. languages from around the world still he wouldn't  tell them where he was from or what his name was. boris walpole the prime minister's son wrote  that saint germain could sing compose and play.

the violin so well that one would have thought he  was a famous musician though he appeared about 45. years old nobody had seen him before while in  custody he gave details about historical events. that only an eyewitness would know saint  germain's jailers found him extremely odd. and during this time of rebellion foreigners in  england were imprisoned simply for being foreign. yet somehow without giving his real name age or  place of birth the count of saint germain was set.

free word quickly got around about this strange  man who could speak every language composed music. and a spoke of history as if he lived it when  the prince of wales heard the stories he wanted. to know more so he sent for the count but it  didn't matter the count of saint germain was gone. [Music]. when western soldiers returned from the crusades  they brought with them legends from the east. and one of those was the story of cartophilus also  known as the wandering jew as jesus dragged his. cross on the way to cavalry he stopped to catch  his breath cartophilas stepped into the street and.

told jesus to stop resting and move along jesus  said to cartophilus i shall go and i will rest. but you shall not rest until i return cartophilus  didn't know what jesus meant by this but as the. years passed cartophilus's friends and family  grew old and died though he never aged he was. destined to walk the earth immortal until christ's  return now this was taken to be nothing more than. a story until 1228 when an armenian bishop spoke  of having dinner with a strange man who spoke of.

history as if he was there the man called himself  partophilus for centuries after cartophilus was. seen in the middle east then europe it seemed  as if the wandering jew was wandering west. then one day a mysterious stranger arrived  in paris he dressed simply but elegantly in. all black he wore diamonds from head to toe he had  rings on every finger and even had diamond buckles. on his shoes he appeared to be about 45 years old  and he called himself the count of saint germain.

when the count of saint germain arrived in  paris he appeared out of nowhere but he made. an instant impression on the social class he  was obviously a man of significant means but. nobody knew where he came from or where he got  his money he became the must-have guest at any. dinner party he was a talented pianist a singer  and he could play the violin so beautifully. that people were moved to tears and he was a  brilliant conversationalist who would dazzle.

anyone no matter where they were from he was  fluent in french english spanish italian russian. dutch german and portuguese and native speakers  couldn't detect an accent the count could also. speak conversational polish chinese arabic ancient  greek latin and sanskrit he had immense knowledge. about everything science art philosophy politics  but where he really excelled history he would. give accounts of the lives of henry viii nero  cleopatra and famous historical figures and when.

asked how he could know so much about people  that had been dead for hundreds of years the. count would simply smile and say i was there he  even claimed to have met jesus christ personally. right this would make the count well over a  thousand years old which brought challenges from. parisian skeptics but whenever another historian  would try to stump the count on obscure details. the count always knew the answers in addition to  being a talented musician artist and historian.

he was also a gifted alchemist he claimed he  discovered the secret of the philosopher's stone. a process that can change base metals into  gold he said he had discovered the elixir for. life which is how he accounted for his youthful  appearance saint germain even impressed the famous. philosopher voltaire one of the keenest minds at  the time and voltaire said of saint germain he is. the man who knows everything and never dies now  i admit the story of the count of saint germain. sounds fantastic and supernatural but everything  we know about him comes from eyewitness accounts.

but the only way to really know if the count was  telling the truth about his age is to find someone. who knew him in the past and could identify him  in the present turns out there was such a person. one evening the count of st germain was mingling  with the elites in paris and countess fongiorgi. recognized him from when he was in venice  in 1710. about 50 years earlier the countess. asked saint-germain if he perhaps had a father  or grandfather who was in venice at the time.

he said no madam it was i who had the honor of  paying you court the countess couldn't believe it. she said the man she had met 50 years ago wasn't  more than 45 years old and here was saint germain. who looked the same age in fact she thought  he might have even looked a few years younger. he said madam i am very old and he went  on to give her details of their meeting. and she was stunned and said that must make you  over 100 years old the count smiled and said this. is not impossible soon after that word reached  king louis who found the story as entertaining.

but didn't give it much thought but when the king  learned that the count had a process for removing. the flaws from gems and turning lead into gold the  king said bring this man to me at once the count. of saint germain accepted the king's invitation  and immediately left for the palace at versailles. [Music]. when the count of saint germain arrived at  the royal palace in versailles he was an. instant sensation casanova himself wrote  about their first meeting he said the count.

of st germain was a scholar linguist musician and  chemist and as a conversationalist was unequaled. and casanova noted the count never ate he would  sip mineral water and occasionally drink herbal. tea but he never saw him consume food of any kind  he's a vampire well that's one of the theories the. cow had traveled to the palace with an assortment  of equipment and substances that he used for his. alchemy experiments he created makeup and special  face wash for the ladies of the court which they. swore made them look years younger and he told the  king of a process he invented for colors and dyes.

that would increase the value of french fabrics  but the king wasn't interested in fabric he wanted. to know about the count's abilities with precious  stones the count said he had just spent five years. with the shah of persia who taught him an ancient  and closely guarded technique for removing flaws. from diamonds and even creating larger diamonds  by melting smaller ones together now the king was. skeptical of this claim to which the count replied  your majesty i have witnessed christ turn water.

into wine diamonds are a mere trifle the king  proposed a test king louis had a diamond that. was valued at six thousand francs but without its  flaw it would be worth ten thousand francs or more. the count said he could remove the flaw in a  month a month later he returned with the diamond. flawless king louie's jeweler examined  it and valued the stone at 9 600 francs. the king was impressed and set the count up with  his own laboratory right there in the palace. the count of saint gerain became a fixture  at versailles for the next couple of years.

the count worked all day in his private lab and  spent all night dazzling the king's guests but. one day the king went to pay the count to visit  and once again the count of saint germain was gone. [Music]. throughout the 18th century the count of saint  germain would pop up all over the world he was. seen by sir robert clive in india he was at the  hague trying to broker peace between prussia. and austria anton mesmer namesake of the word  mesmerize received the count when mesmer was a.

young physicist in germany he said saint germain  possessed a vast understanding of the workings of. the human mind and had been directly responsible  for teaching mesmer the art of hypnosis. some say this was how the count was able to talk  his way out of the english prison jedi mind trick. yep i'm not the count you're looking for you're  not the count we're looking for move along. move along move along move along [Music] the count  was in russia and helped bring catherine the great. to the throne he was in holland attempting to  end the seven years war he met up with casanova.

again in the north of france where he according  to casanova's own memoirs turned a pocket coin. into gold in all of these accounts saint germain  appears 45 years old after the death of louis xv. the count of saint germain suddenly reappeared  at versailles and he warned king louis xvi and. maria antoinette of the coming revolution he said  a giant conspiracy would disrupt the entire nation. and the king was in danger now the royal couple  dismissed him but in her memoirs maria twinette.

wrote that she wished she had taken the count  more seriously in the summer of 1776 the second. continental congress gathered in philadelphia  to sign the declaration of independence but. the meeting wasn't going smoothly some delegates  feared war with england the most powerful country. on the planet then just as talks were breaking  down a voice thundered from the back of the room. and gave a rousing speech about courage commitment  and freedom inspired by these words the delegates. immediately rushed forward john hancock had barely  finished signing when another took up his quill.

america would be free when the men looked up  to thank this gentleman he was gone his name. was never recorded and though the room was locked  and guarded he was able to enter and leave without. anyone seeing him all that's known is that he  was a man of average height and build dressed. all in black who appeared about 45 years old in  1779 saint germain befriended prince charles of. germany and spent the next five years as a guest  in the prince's castle then on february 27 1784.

the count of saint germain died of pneumonia  he was laid to rest at a local church and his. funeral service was attended by many of the people  whose lives the count had affected no that's it. but in 1785 a year after his death the  count of saint germain had returned [Music]. in 1785 a year after the count of saint germain  supposedly died he was seen once again with anton.

mesmer in germany later that year the french  freemasons had chosen as their representative. the count of saint germain he was seen  at the taking of the bastille in 1789. and at the execution of marie antoinette  almost 40 years later the count was seen in. paris several times by mademoiselle d'attamar  who'd known him from years before she wrote. in her diary that she was amazed that every time  she saw him he still looked 45 years old in 1870. emperor napoleon iii was so fascinated by the  count that he created a special commission.

to investigate him a year later a mysterious  fire destroyed all the records they gathered. it is in 1877 saint germain was seen again  at a freemason lodge in venice in 1896. the ocifists annie bessant and madame blavatsky  said the count had been in contact with them he. claimed to be of an immortal race who come from  a civilization hidden beneath the himalayas. a theosophy is a religion that claims there's an  ancient and secretive brotherhood of spiritual.

beings known as the masters and these masters are  said to have great wisdom and supernatural powers. in 1914 during world war one the count was  captured by two bavarian soldiers they said. he spoke many languages and wouldn't tell them  where he was from but he did say the war would. end in 1918. the soldiers thought he was crazy  but they let the man ramble the count said that. a tyrant from the lower classes would wear an  ancient symbol and lead germany into another.

global war in 1939 and that germany would be  defeated in six years but not before committing. unspeakable acts of violence the soldiers were so  unsettled by the strange man that they let him go. i'm not the camp you're looking for right  in 1930 guy ballard met the count of saint. germain on mount shasta in california and ballard  claims saint germain was one of several ascended. masters like jesus christ and ballard formed an  entire religion called the i am activity movement. around saint germain's teachings at one point  the i am religion had over a million members.

and it still exists today there are many other  sightings of the count throughout history but. these are the most well-known and best documented  so that leads us to two big questions first was. the count of saint germain a real person well he  most definitely was there's no debate about it but. was he immortal well we'll address that in part  two wait what you're not gonna tell us now nope. that's a bunch of [ __ ] i have a reason for doing  this in part two we'll see if we can separate the.

myths from the facts and figure out who the count  of saint germain really was i still say bullsh. thanks for hanging out with me today my name is  aj that's hecklefish this has been the y-files. if you had fun or learned anything do me a favor  and like subscribe comment share that stuff really. helps the channel and until part two be safe be  kind and know that you are appreciated [Music].

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