The Count of St Germain Part 1

Astonishing Legends

Scott Philbrook

History, Society & Culture

4.6 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2017

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

Who's the most interesting person you've ever met? Can they play a musical instrument? Do they speak a foreign language? Are they a fine art painter? Have they traveled the world? Are they descended from royalty? Sure, maybe only a couple of those. But what if they were a concert level violinist who could also compose music? What if they could speak ten languages or more? What if it seemed they could produce precious gemstones and on top of that, were a military tactician who brokered diplomacy between nations? Impossible you say, for all of these talents and accomplishments to be contained within one individual? And yet all of these are the qualities and accomplishments claimed to be witnessed by the contemporaries of the man known mostly as the Count of Saint Germain. He was known by many names and for his many remarkable feats, but perhaps his most astounding accomplishment, as more than a few would claim, was to remain alive for several generations from the 18th century or earlier, into the 19th century and maybe even to this day.

Tonight's Quote:

“He is a man who never dies, and who knows everything.”

— Voltaire, speaking about the Count of St Germain

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PDF of The Count of Saint Germain by Isabel Cooper-Oakley (beware of typos) http://bit.ly/2imh7OD Finding Count St. Germain, a great blog by Jessie Desmond http://bit.ly/2j9GX5p Writer and mystic Manley P. Hall http://bit.ly/2jGssW5 Sanctus Germanus http://bit.ly/2jOa6Gy In Search Of episode, S2-E2 "The Man Who Would Not Die" http://bit.ly/1E4GzvT Louis XV, Friend to the Count http://bit.ly/2jGxlhK The Count of St Germain on Wikipedia (Decent Entry) http://bit.ly/2jtpbK6 Isabel Cooper-Oakley http://bit.ly/2jGnfNM Madame Du Pompadour http://bit.ly/2jgVQ8L The Great White Brotherhood (not rascist!) http://bit.ly/2jh3GPH Ascended Masters http://bit.ly/2imoeXb Alchemy http://bit.ly/2j9Bdc3 Chateau du Chambord http://bit.ly/1UNWiVv Rosicrucianism http://bit.ly/2jOiTbp Dreadcast - Hosted by our friend Shezhar Shah who guested on the show as Jude Law Special Offers from our Special Sponsors:

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Episode 058 - "The Count of Saint Germain" Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Edited by Sarah Vorhees, Ryan McCullough Sound Design; Research Assistance by Tess Pfeifle and the astonishing League of Astonishing Researchers, a,k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2017 Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess. All Rights Reserved.

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0:00.0	This week's episode of Estonishing Legends is sponsored by Blue Apron,
0:03.4	Harrys.com, The Great Courses Plus, and Zip Recruiter.
0:07.6	And we're back for our 58th episode and the first show of 2017.
0:13.2	I for one, I'm super excited about 2017 for Estonishing Legends.
0:16.9	The show is really growing.
0:18.4	We've got a live appearance in Detroit and May at Macomb Community College,
0:21.8	and we're working on some exciting stories for the year.
0:24.1	That we are.
0:25.2	And in other news, we're hoping to launch our new website by the end of the month.
0:28.9	And if we can pull it off, our revamped store, which has been down for a while.
0:33.3	Yes, it has.
0:34.2	And we've actually partnered with one of our listeners who runs an amazing
0:37.2	graphic artist collective called Abnormal Allies,
0:39.9	which already has all manner of wickedly cool screen-predded shirts,
0:43.0	embroidered patches, hats, tanks, and other super neat stuff.
0:46.2	We'll be working with him to create exciting new limited run designs for Estonishing Legends
0:50.8	that are episode specific, as well as reworking our existing swag into something
0:55.7	you can wear to the roller rink and be proud of.
0:58.7	We're ironing out the final kinks in the website now, and we'll let you know as soon as it's live.
1:03.0	Also, before we get to tonight's show, we wanted to thank you guys so much
1:07.0	for sending us all the fun news of the strange that you've been sharing with us on Twitter and Facebook.
1:11.7	We love seeing that stuff and hearing your take on it.
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