[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
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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
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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
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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
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