Saint-Germain
14 hrs. 17 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Mikhail Ishkov
Author
Mikhail Ishkov
Narrator
Lora Luganskaya
Narrator
Lora Luganskaya
Description
People accused this man of everything: of quackery, sorcery, spying, fraud. One thing was beyond dispute: he possessed enormous knowledge in different fields of science, belonged to a number of secret societies, and at one time was, if not the main, then certainly among the most significant shapers of Europe’s—perhaps not only Europe’s—destinies.
His appearance in the mid-18th century in the salons of Vienna, Paris, and St. Petersburg gave rise to the myth of Count Saint-Germain. In a letter to Frederick II, Voltaire called him “a man who lives forever and knows everything.”
Unbelievable rumors circulated everywhere: that he was over three thousand years old, that he had met Jesus Christ himself, that he could make diamonds and become invisible. The adherents of Saint-Germain believe he was a man with supernatural abilities—the possessor of the highest secrets and the elixir of immortality. His many detractors portray him as a lucky scoundrel, a third-rate alchemist, a fraud and a charlatan.
So who was this man accepted by the rulers of France, Germany, and Russia?
His appearance in the mid-18th century in the salons of Vienna, Paris, and St. Petersburg gave rise to the myth of Count Saint-Germain. In a letter to Frederick II, Voltaire called him “a man who lives forever and knows everything.”
Unbelievable rumors circulated everywhere: that he was over three thousand years old, that he had met Jesus Christ himself, that he could make diamonds and become invisible. The adherents of Saint-Germain believe he was a man with supernatural abilities—the possessor of the highest secrets and the elixir of immortality. His many detractors portray him as a lucky scoundrel, a third-rate alchemist, a fraud and a charlatan.
So who was this man accepted by the rulers of France, Germany, and Russia?
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