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Saint-Germain ON THE ELIXIR OF IMMORTALITY (CONT'D)
SAINT - Germaine on the elixir of immortality
Dreams, dreams, dreams - let them take you to transcendental distances, to magical lands, where rivers flow with jelly banks and live water, where apple trees grow with young apples, where the horse lives - the hunchback witch and the wizard, where the scientist cat keeps walking along the chain around. Where no one and nothing grows old, but lives and flourishes, loves and admires all life, and rejoices in it endless. Here, to this land of Miracles and Fairy Tales, I will lead you today, my dears. Let's dream and create together this wonderful, forever young world with everything alive and immortal in it. In the meantime, let's remember what we talked about earlier. That the Soul and Spirit are immortal, that your original physical bodies were also immortal, self-regulating and self-healing and even self-reproducing themselves. So what's the deal? Why is it the other way around? You have already learned this, my dear ones. The Seal of Oblivion is the reason for that. But you learned to shoot it yourself today without anyone's help. You just learned to remember who you are and that's it, nothing else is needed. Gods do not die or grow old, they live forever. So you too, you only need to believe that you are, indeed, Gods and know how to manage your whole life, and not just physical bodies. Believe and claim that Power and that Power of the Gods, which originally belongs to you, my dears. And I will give you one very powerful affirmation or Intention that penetrates your entire Multidimensional Self and makes it immediately respond to your call, to your call for help.
“I, (name), in the name of I AM THAT I AM, voluntarily here and now demand from my Multidimensional I AM PRESENCE, abiding in all worlds and spaces in time and timelessness, in manifested and unmanifested worlds, to manifest my Presence in this world , in this dimension, so that my three-dimensional I can receive back all that Power and that Primordial Energy that I possessed from the very beginning, receiving the Life Beginning from the Source of All That Is to reunite with Him into a Single Whole. "
This very powerful and effective affirmation will help you return not only your Eternal youth and beauty, but also give you all those Divine Energies that will contribute to your Ascension and return to the One Father-Mother. And this process is not one-time, many eons of years will pass when, having met your Multidimensional Self, you will be able to reunite with the Source, having created many new worlds, having lived many different lives in them, and with the accumulated experience, return Home. But that’s where the interest lies — diversity. The whole life is arranged very simply and at the same time very wise and interesting. Life itself should be an exciting and intriguing Game, it should bear the imprint of Magic and Fabulousness, keep in its Treasury many all kinds of Secrets and unsolved things. Then it will be incredibly interesting and exciting. For this purpose, you decided to turn Malden into the School of Mysteries and build Living Cities of Light on it, where you can hide many unsolved Secrets and all kinds of Treasures and untold Riches, collecting them from the annals of the Universe and hiding them in the caches of your souls and minds, so that one day extract them from there and give them to your children and grandchildren. And they will continue this Game, more and more complicating it, giving it fabulousness, ornateness, building all kinds of secret labyrinths in it, creating golden keys from hidden doors and sparkling Light Codes. And it will become interesting and exciting for them to live this life, bright and colorful, eternal and endless.
Well, now let's go back to our time. Express your Intention and continue to live, waiting for Miracles and Messages from your Multidimensional Selves.And as a Gift you will receive the Divine Matrix of the New Human Genome, which will completely replace in you that gene of aging and shortening of life in these bodies that you needed during the planned Dual Experiment the world. Your Multidimensional I AM PRESENCE will solve so many tasks that you face today. It will help you to completely free yourself from the old world, providing a wide space for a free exit into all the boundless Cosmic space that exists in Eternity and Infinity.
On this, I again do not say goodbye to you, my dears, but I reserve the right to lead you, taking you into the fabulous world of rejuvenating apples and jelly shores.
Your Brother, Friend, Teacher - the eternally young and eternally joyful Saint Germain.
ABOUT ETERNAL YOUTH AND BEAUTY
I offer you three vats,
Try the first vat, plunge
There you will find a gold coin at the bottom,
And come back here with her.
The second vessel of silver water,
There silver lies at the bottom,
Dive there boldly with your head,
That moonlight will illuminate the road.
And in the third vat - Heavenly Light,
You can only reach it then
When you dive you stay forever
There is no bottom in that third vat.
Make up your mind, you will find the Light to the Home,
Beautiful Love is waiting for you there,
And do not dare to be earthly for you,
The circles of Samsara are all over again.
After all, gold and silver are all perishable,
Someday it will end
And the Light of the Father - after all, it is incorruptible,
Unites everyone into One.
Think before you jump into that vessel,
Fly away as a free bird to the sky,
Into that world, Shining, Magic,
You turn yourself into Love and Light!
Saint Germain
Received by Tatiana Mironenko
It was in the 18th century. Once, the servant of the legendary Count Saint-Germain was asked whether his master had met Julius Caesar personally and had the secret of immortality. To which the servant replied with an imperturbable air that he did not know, but over the past 300 years of his service with Saint-Germain, the count had not changed in appearance ...
Nowadays, the issue of immortality has not lost its relevance, and active work on finding a way to acquire physical immortality is being carried out in all industrialized countries of the world.
THE UNRELATABLE GRAPH
If we omit the mythological story of the biblical Adam, who, according to legend, lived for 900 years, the Eternal Jew Agasfer and Koshchei the Immortal, then the first popularizer of the elixir of immortality will be the same Saint Germain, a personality, I must say, is very mysterious. In the 18th century, popular rumor seriously claimed that the earl was 500 years old, and in his castle there is a unique mirror in which you can see the future.
It was rumored that the count personally showed in the mirror to Louis XV the decapitated body of his grandson. In turn, the famous adventurer Count Cagliostro, who considered himself a student of Saint Germain, mentioned a vessel during interrogation in the Inquisition. In it, Saint Germain, according to Cagliostro, kept the elixir of immortality, made according to the recipes of the ancient Egyptian priests.
The most interesting thing is that people who personally met Saint-Germain in various parts of Europe described him as a man of about 45 years old with a dark complexion. At the same time, over the course of decades, the graph did not change at all externally. He was wealthy, well-mannered, and possessed truly aristocratic manners. The count spoke equally well in French, English, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Chinese, Turkish and Arabic.
Often in conversation with monarchs Saint-Germain mentioned the rulers of bygone days and in conversation often claimed that he had personal conversations with many ancient rulers and philosophers, including Jesus Christ. Saint-Germain died either in 1784 in Holstein, or in 1795 in Kassel.
But it was not possible to find his grave. And many aristocrats who knew the count during his lifetime met him more than once after his official death! There is evidence of the appearance of Saint-Germain in 20th century Europe. Did the count really possess the elixir of eternal youth, is it possible?
YOUTH FOR TYRANE
As you know, the most notorious sinners and satraps cling to life more than others. Historical sources claim that the first emperor of the Qin dynasty, the legendary Shi Huang, who lived in the 3rd century BC. e., was literally obsessed with the idea of his own immortality. His entourage from morning to night studied ancient treatises in the hope of discovering a recipe for eternal youth.
But in vain. As a result, the upset emperor issued a decree in which he forbade himself to die. But he died all the same. Subsequently, many emperors of China tried to find the elixir of eternal life, but apart from unique methods of rejuvenation, nothing was invented.
Medieval rulers became famous for their search for a recipe for immortality. All the methods invented by them bordered on the rare inhuman sadism. They say that Marshal of France Count Gilles de Rais, the prototype of Bluebeard, was more famous in this field. After being arrested during interrogation by the Inquisition, he confessed that he had killed several hundred young people in order to make an elixir of immortality from their genitals.
In the second half of the 16th century, the Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory took baths from the blood of virgins to gain eternal youth and beauty. In total, 650 girls found their end in the countess's castle.
BLOOD FOR THE DRIVER
Like the medieval aristocrats, the first Soviet leaders also wanted to live forever. In the 1920s, the famous revolutionary Alexander Bogdanov headed the world's first Blood Institute, in which they tried to transfuse the blood of young people to the elderly leaders of Soviet Russia.
However, the matter did not work out. Lenin, unlike his sister, who underwent a rejuvenating procedure, refused a blood transfusion, calling it scientific vampirism. Perhaps the research would have been successful, but Bogdanov unexpectedly died during one of the experiments on himself. After his death, the disappointed Stalin ordered to interrupt the experiments.
Half a century later, the problem of gaining longevity through blood transfusions of young compatriots was successfully practiced by the leader of North Korea, Kim Il Sung. Having begun the procedures at the age of 65, the dictator lived to a very old age at 82, although he planned to last until at least 120 years.
YOUTH GENERATOR EXISTS
In the modern world, there are dozens of promising methods for extending human life. But humanity is not waiting for a unique diet, an expensive operation or freezing of its own body, but the invention of a device that, in a few sessions, would help a person completely get rid of diseases and live an extra 40-50 years.
Oddly enough, but such an apparatus exists and works on principles that are logically close to the cruel experiments of medieval rulers. However, now we are not talking about the transfusion of young blood to the old man, but about the transplantation of a young biofield.
One of the presentations of the method took place in 1997 in St. Petersburg at the First International Congress "Weak and Superweak Fields and Radiations in Biology and Medicine". Yuri Vladimirovich Jiang Kanchzhen, a scientist of Chinese origin from Khabarovsk, made a report on his unique technique. According to the scientist's theory, which has been repeatedly confirmed by practical experiments, all living organisms exchange with each other some genetic information invisible to the eye.
The process takes place with the help of electromagnetic waves in the ultra-high frequency range. The device, invented by Dr. Jiang Kanzhen, can transfer the biofield of young organisms to old ones, rehabilitating their DNA and stimulating rejuvenation. As a real scientist, Jiang Kanzhen experimented both on himself and on his father - the result was both the youthfulness of the scientist himself and the processes of regeneration of the body in his 80-year-old father.
It is interesting to note that, unlike many similar inventions, the official science accepted and even granted patents for several inventions. So it is likely that in the foreseeable future in every clinic there will be a device capable of transferring the biofield of a young person to his elderly relatives, rejuvenating them. In this case, the duration of human life will almost double.
SCIENCE DOESN'T STAND ON
We agreed to comment on the possibility of creating a technique that significantly prolongs human life. Doctor of Medical Sciences, Academician of VAKB Dmitry Valerievich GLUKHOV:
- The elixir of eternal youth really has a right to exist. But not in the medieval sense. All over the world, research is being actively carried out in the field of methods of rejuvenation, in this area there are significant successes. In Russia alone, more than 10 rejuvenation systems and more than 30 rejuvenation techniques have been put on commercial rails, not counting a variety of dietary supplements and pharmacological preparations.
Basically, work is carried out in the field of cosmetology and correction of the human immune system. Every year, new techniques appear based on advanced, promising technologies. So, nanotechnology gave impetus to a new direction of rejuvenation - supramolecular chemistry. Development is proceeding rapidly, and, perhaps, in the near future, one of the researchers will show the coveted bottle with a cloudy liquid.
Today, the technologies of electromagnetic transformation, or modification of the human genome, have advanced farthest in this direction. Again, many scientists in Russia are working in this direction. In my opinion, Jiang Kanzhen's works look quite promising. It is impossible not to mention Professor Zakharov with his cell therapy and revitalization, Goryaev, Komrakov and other researchers.
In case of their success and the massive introduction of methods, the average human life expectancy can increase from the current 65-70 years to 140-160 years. True, in this case, a person will have, among other things, to lead a relatively healthy lifestyle.
Dmitry SIVITSKY
People have always looked for a way to achieve immortality or at least prolong their life. Legends about gaining eternal life have been passed down from generation to generation. Scientists of antiquity and the Middle Ages have created many amazing recipes for longevity - from tinctures from dried and powdered bats to rubbing the body with tears of virgins. And, according to the surviving documents, some of the funds gave amazing results.
Cinnabar or meditation?
The earliest available handwritten evidence of the elixir of eternal youth dates back to China in the 1st millennium BC. e.
As the historical chronicles tell, Taoist monks possessed the secret of preparing medicines that were able to prolong life. The most important component of their preparations was cinnabar, or sulphurous mercury (mercury quenched with sulfur), which, due to its color, was associated with blood. The manuscripts cite the example of a scientist named Chufu, who took refined cinnabar along with saltpeter for thirty years - as a result, he looked like a teenager, and his hair turned bright red.
By the beginning of the new era, Chinese alchemy was divided into external and internal (that is, recognizing the impact from the outside or from the inside). The first scientific direction proceeded from the fact that immortality can be achieved by taking special drugs, and the second - that it occurs due to the forces of the organism itself, which need to be activated with the help of special breathing exercises, diet, exercise and meditation.
Gradually, the inner alchemy supplanted the outer. It is known that Genghis Khan, hearing about the Taoist monk Chang Chun, who possessed the secret of eternal youth and had lived for 300 years, sent messengers to China to bring the magician to Samarkand with honors. But the arrived Chang Chun, instead of creating an elixir of immortality for the great khan, began to tell him about the benefits of abstinence and a healthy lifestyle.
Medicines with elements of cannibalism
Some anti-aging drugs and potions have been associated with blood and flesh - both living people and their remains.
Here is a recipe from an ancient Persian text: feed a red-haired and freckled person with fruits up to thirty years, then lower it into a stone vessel with honey and other compounds and seal it hermetically. After 120 years, the body will turn into a mummy, which must be taken in parts as a means of granting immortality.
In ancient Rome, it was believed that the source of longevity is blood - especially of young people. After the end of the gladiatorial fights, many old people ran into the arena and washed themselves with the blood of the wounded and killed.
Pharmacists of the 12th century used a powder made from mummies stolen from Egypt as a cure for old age. He was credited with magical magical properties - just like other remains of the dead.
The Hungarian Countess Bathory (1560-1614) took baths from the blood of virgins to preserve her youth. According to historians, after the death of the countess, more than 600 skeletons of young girls were found in the basement of her castle.
Elixir of manure
Tips for achieving longevity are also found in the works of ancient Greek, Egyptian and Persian authors. For example, in the writings of Aristotle, Epimenides is mentioned, a priest and poet from the island of Crete, who in 596 BC. e. at the age of 300 he was invited to Athens to participate in sacrificial ceremonies, and Pliny the Elder wrote about a certain Illyrian who was able to live up to 500 years.
Anti-aging drinks made from the fruits of eternal youth appear as medicines in these writings. Ancient Greek ambrosia and ancient Iranian haoma were considered such elixirs.
One of the recipes for longevity included the following ingredients for a miracle remedy: honey from Africa, gentian from Crete, four species of live vipers from Sparta, healing roots from Galia, Scythia and Macedonia, as well as centaur hair.
In addition, the elixirs of youth for the scientists of the Mediterranean of those times were associated with the use of unusual foods - for example, dried snakes or toads, dead mice, as well as excrement from humans and animals.
Breathing young girls
In biblical times, one of the options for returning youth was considered the breathing of children or young girls who lay next to the elderly at night. It is known that the Egyptian queen Cleopatra constantly surrounded herself with babies at night.
Over time, this technique became widespread in France in the 18th century, where some companies rented out young innocent girls to elderly rich people for the night. The course of treatment was calculated for 24 days, while intimate services were not provided, but as a result of such "procedures, elderly people increased vitality and even some diseases passed.
Already today, studies have shown that human skin is very sensitive to thermal fields emanating from other people - these findings are a strong argument in favor of the healing factor of affectionate touch and their use for therapeutic purposes.
Healing Basic Instinct
Intimacy has also been recognized by ancient healers as an effective anti-aging agent. An indication of this can be found in drawings relating to the civilizations of India, the Middle East and China that existed more than 2,000 years ago, as well as in classical treatises on love such as Phaedrus and Plato's Feast (IV-century BC .), "The Art of Love" by Ovid (1st century), Indian "Kamasutra" (3rd-4th centuries), "Necklace of the Dove" by Ibn Hazma (2nd century) and others.
They not only contain information about the technique of love contacts, but primarily focus on the rejuvenating effect of sexual relations. This is also indicated by the works of ancient physicians of antiquity, in particular Hippocrates and Avicenna.
Burn the black dragon
In the Middle Ages, alchemists were engaged in theories of rejuvenation. Their ideas were based on the works of the Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle, according to which all objects and living things in the Universe in different proportions consist of four elements: fire, air, earth and water. Immortality, according to Aristotle's assumption, can give a still unknown fifth element - the quintessence.
The main goal of the alchemists was the search for such an element, also called the philosopher's stone and the elixir of immortality. At the same time, scientists of the Middle Ages believed that the philosopher's stone, in addition to the gift of eternal life, can turn lead or iron into gold and silver, that is, they drew a parallel between the chemical changes of metals and the rejuvenation of the human body - since, in their opinion, metals grow in the womb of the Earth in the same way as a child grows in the womb.
The main material with which scientists worked in the Middle Ages was mercury. Being both a metal and a liquid, it was perceived as a kind of ideal substance, from which, with the addition of sulfur, other metals can be obtained and, most importantly, a philosopher's stone that bestows immortality.
The recipe of the English alchemist George Ripley (XV - century), published in his "Book of the Twelve Gates", said that in order to obtain the elixir of eternal life, mercury should be heated and evaporated in a solution of grape alcohol until it turns into a solid, and then distilled in a clay retort ... Then a black dragon will appear inside the retort, which should have been pounded on a stone and burned, and the products of combustion should be distilled again. The result is a substance similar to human blood - this is the drink that bestows longevity.
Gold could also be a component of a magic elixir, because it is not subject to chemical changes, which means, according to the logic of alchemists, it personifies immortality.
A recipe compiled by the personal physician of Pope Boniface VIII (XIII - century) has survived: take internally mixed crushed gold, pearls, sapphires and other precious stones, ivory, sandalwood, deer heart, aloe root, musk and amber.
Plus 60 years is not the limit?
The reader probably asks the question: did the recipes of medieval alchemists help someone? What do we know about the centenarians of those times?
In church books there is a mention of Bishop Allen de Lisle, who died in 1278. It is claimed that he knew the composition of the elixir of immortality - or at least a significant extension of life. When he was already dying of old age in old age, the use of this elixir helped him to extend his life by another 60 years.
The famous philosopher Roger Bacon, in one of his works, told about a man named Papalius, who spent many years in captivity with the Saracens and there he learned the secret of making a magic potion, taking which he lived to be 500 years old.
As you can see, ancient historical documents often mention the elixirs of eternal youth. On the one hand, the effectiveness of such drugs seems unlikely. But we must not forget that it was alchemy that became the ancestor of modern pharmacology. Many scientists argue that the human body is designed for a much longer life expectancy - and the fact that people are not yet able to take advantage of this may indicate the loss of recipes for longevity, which were nevertheless discovered, but have not reached our days.
Alchemy is fun like cards, Where possible, having inflamed a person, Cheat him.
Ben Johnson. Alchemist
When talking about the search for this stone, they usually remember the mysterious art of alchemy. Today, many consider alchemy to be a primitive form of chemistry, but it was more than that, as it extended far beyond protochemistry into the realm of mystical and occult knowledge. As astrology studied the dependence of human life on the stars, so alchemy investigated the connection between man and earthly nature, combining chemistry and magic. Alchemists used chemistry as a metaphor for human relationships, as astrologers used stars. The ancient Greeks, Chinese and Indians usually called alchemy Art or, speaking of the main task of alchemy, change or transmutation in the broadest sense: these are chemical transformations capable of transforming common metals into gold, a precious metal highly prized for its color and ability not to rust. even after lying in the ground for hundreds of years. The transmutation also included physiological changes from disease to health: alchemists believed they could use the stone to create an elixir that could convert dead tissue into living flesh. For the Chinese and Indians, transmutation also meant the transition from the earthly state to the spirit world.
The idea of the elixir of immortality belongs to the Chinese Taoists, who, among other things, were looking for ways to achieve immortality. Founded in the 6th century BC by the sage Lao Tzu, this combination of religion, philosophy, magic and primitive science gave impetus to all areas of practical chemistry: sophisticated methods of preserving dead bodies (for example, the tomb of a woman in Ma-wandui with a hermetic chamber sealed with kaolin clay); rigor in the execution of procedures and measurements; the use of a variety of devices, furnaces, furnaces, vessels for reactions and distillation; and, of course, the belief that the elixir could somehow stop aging - the search for it began around the 4th century BC. It was believed that the strongest form of such a substance should be a solution containing a metal that is resistant to corrosion, "drinking gold", then it was believed that the immutability of this noble metal should be transferred to the person who drank it.
One scientist cited over 1000 names for the elixir, where gold was far from the only ingredient. For example, the book The Great Secrets of Alchemy by Song Qimiao (581-673 AD) describes formulas based on the use of mercury, sulfur, and arsenic. According to the English historian Joseph Needham, it is possible that some Chinese emperors even died as a result of poisoning with such "elixirs of immortality." Hundreds of years later, the failure of the Chinese alchemists became obvious, since they strictly adhered to their only goal - to find the elixir of immortality, in contrast to their Western colleagues, who at the same time sought to discover a way to obtain gold. It is believed that this was one of the reasons why Chinese alchemy did not achieve any significant results in comparison with European; another reason is that the Chinese adopted Buddhism, which offered a safer path to immortality.
Western alchemy began in antiquity, during the heyday of classical Greek civilization, from roughly the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) to the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra in 30 BC. Bolos of Mend, a Hellenized Egyptian who lived in the Nile Delta in the 1st century BC, wrote a book "On Nature and Mystery", which contained secret recipes for making gold and silver. Most of these recipes ended with a short description of transmutation: "One essence will be found in another essence, one essence will prevail over another essence, one essence will subdue another essence."
In Alexandria, Egypt, early alchemy flourished thanks to the centuries-old experience of the masters in forging and processing gold, which is vividly illustrated by the stunning gold artifacts preserved in the tombs of the pharaohs. It was on the basis of this experience that a discussion arose among the philosophers of those days about how the parent metals could be converted into gold. The Stockholm and Leiden papyri, dating back to the 3rd century AD, describe how, using a mixture of sulfates, salts and iron alum, to make fake gold look real. According to the works of Zosima Panopolitan, who lived in the 3rd century AD, it can be assumed that alchemical theory concentrated on the invention of tincture, which could cause transmutation instantly, and it came to be called the philosopher's stone.
Later, the main focus of alchemy turns to a complex set of semi-religious and quasi-magical ideas - from astrology with alchemy to numerology and other occult sciences - which appear to have originated in Egypt during the time of Moses under the influence of belief in the god Thoth. They are called "hermetic enclosures" or "hermetic", after the Greek counterpart of Thoth - Hermes Trismegistus (Thrice Greatest). Other constituent hermeticists have their roots in the Kabbalah, the Jewish teaching about the secret, mystical interpretation of the Old Testament.
Only a select few were able to look into the magical world described in the hermetic. Nicholas Flamel, one of those who had access to the "Hermetic art", appears in the first Harry Potter book. Flamel really lived in the XIV century and is said to have created the Philosopher's Stone. According to Lawrence Prinzipe of Johns Hopkins University, an expert in alchemy, "Through the Harry Potter books, millions of readers have become acquainted with the legendary character of the history of chemistry. Otherwise, people would probably never have known about him."
This classic story is one of the most famous inspiring myths of alchemy. Flamel was born in 1330, apparently in Paris, he was from the lower class and became a clerk, bookseller. The story goes that in a vivid vision an angel appeared to Flamel and gave him a book on the hermetic art, saying: "Read this book carefully, Nicholas. At first you will not understand anything from here, neither you nor anyone else. But one day you will see in it something that no one else will be able to see. "
Later, a stranger came to his store, who urgently needed to sell one old book, as he was desperate for money. Flamel immediately recognized the copper-covered volume with strange engraved designs and letters in an ancient language, like those shown to him by an angel. He was able to find out that this book was written by Abraham the Jew. Flamel was familiar with the alchemical writings of his contemporaries and knew a thing or two about transmutation, but it still took him twenty-one years to decipher the mysteries of the Hermetic Corps.
Since parts of the corpus were written in Hebrew, Flamel's wife Pernel invited him to seek advice from some Jewish rabbi who was studying mystical Kabbalistic texts. Knowing that many Jews were forced to move from France to Spain, Flamel rushed there, in Santiagode-Compostella, along with pilgrims to the Church of St. James, hoping to meet the right person on the way. Already on the way back, he met the Jewish sage Kanchez, who was able to shed light on the secrets of this mysterious manuscript and gave Flamel a key with which he was able to decipher the entire contents of the book.
Flamel returned home to his wife, and after three years their efforts were crowned with success. At about noon on Monday, January 17, 1382, they turned half a pound of mercury into silver using the White Philosopher's Stone. Then at five o'clock in the afternoon on April 25, 1382, with the help of a red type of stone, they turned mercury into gold. Flamel and Pernel continued their work and received the stone several more times.
In the end, they began to say that Flamel managed to prepare the longed-for elixir of immortality. However, this elixir did not seem to help him much, as he died in 1417 (or March 22, 1418, according to another source), having lived to be eighty-seven or eighty-eight years old. Today, his headstone is in the Cluny Museum, where he was transported from a Parisian grocery store, where it was used as a cutting board.
However, some believe that Flamel faked his own funeral. This view is borne out in the first Harry Potter book, where Flamel and his wife have a much happier fortune, living until the age of 665 and 658 or so, leading a quiet life and pottery in Devon. How did they do it? Perhaps the answer is found in Flamel's most famous book, An Explanation of Hieroglyphic Figures, or His Secret Book of a Blessed Stone Called the Stone of the Philosophers, where he encrypted the method of making stone. Like other alchemists, he kept secret the nature of the stone and spoke about his work only in the most vague and figurative expressions, giving no clues as to what he was doing.
According to one theory, Flamel announced the creation of the stone to hide the real source of his wealth, which was acquired through dubious deals. Some sources note that Flamel really became a very wealthy man, so much so that he was able to found and finance fourteen hospitals, seven churches and three cathedrals in Paris alone and even more in Boulogne.
On closer inspection, however, Prinzipe found that Flamel's story was not supported by the facts. "In the world of alchemy, as in the world of magic, things often seem different from what they are." The Flamel couple did live at that time, but modern historians have not been able to find evidence that they ever practiced alchemy, the first mention of their interest in the Philosopher's Stone appeared in 1500, much after their death. Flamel's most famous book "Hieroglyphic Figures" was published in 1612 and, as research has shown, was written at the end of the 16th century. All other alchemical texts attributed to Flamel were created after his death.
"Archival documents show that Flamel's fortune was not as huge as the stories are trying to convince us, and it was born not thanks to the transmutations of metals, but due to clever play on the Paris real estate exchange and was supplemented by the fortune that Pernel inherited from previous marriages." says Prinzipe. Nevertheless, after his death, the story of Flamel continued to grow in details and details. Early evidence speaks of his enormous wealth, and in the 18th century it was already about extending life, no doubt with the help of the Philosopher's Stone.
In 1712, a traveler met with a "learned dervish from Asia Minor" who had recently seen the Flamel spouses, healthy and strong, already over 375 years old, living in India. Half a century later, they find themselves in the Parisian opera. "This curious detail is also quoted in the Harry Potter book, where Rowling calls Nicholas an opera lover and mentions his age - 665 (it was in 1995 or 1996)" - says Prinzipe.
Even with the dubiousness of his pursuit of alchemy, not to mention the fact that he allegedly found the Philosopher's Stone, Flamel's work had a great influence on famous 17th century alchemists such as Robert Boyle and Sir Isaac Newton. Newton had a copy of Flamel's work and wrote a seven-page review entitled Explaining the Hieroglyphic Figures of Nicholas Flamel, Year 1399, in an attempt to show the true ancient alchemy, the modern understanding of which is distorted.
The desire to find the stone did not seem too dubious an undertaking in the era bordering magic and science. The idea that metals are composed of a set of elementary primary substances was then very popular, and this idea itself originates from ancient Greek philosophy and science. Empedocles, and then Aristotle, developed a theory according to which all things are composed of four elements - air, earth, water and fire. Thus, if the alchemist could find a way to change this mixture, then it is logical to expect that it will be possible to make one metal to another.
As Prinzipe says, at the beginning of the modern era, alchemists tended to distinguish between different early messages. Like any self-respecting scientist of antiquity, they drew attention to the fact that Aristotle's recipes could not be repeated in their laboratory. The widespread idea that all metals consist of only two elementary primary substances, sulfur and mercury, in different proportions and different purities, arose around the 9th century, and only then * came to Europe.
However, by "sulfur" and "mercury" they did not mean the elements themselves, but their properties: "sulfur" was usually considered as the primary element of combustion and color, and it was believed that it was present in metals, since they change into an earth-like substance under exposure to fire. Properties such as fusibility, malleability, and luster have been attributed to "mercury", a metallic primordial substance. Thus, if you combine the yellow color of sulfur with the metallic luster of mercury, you get a yellow metal. With the right recipe, you can create gold.
As Flamel's story shows, two types of philosopher's stone were distinguished, or, perhaps, two degrees of perfection: one for transmuting "imperfect" metals into silver - a white stone, and the other - for creating gold - a red stone, or "powder of transformation". In the first Harry Potter book, Voldemort hunts for a stone that is red as blood.
Usually the elixir of immortality is described as a solution of a stone in wine, which revives the blossoming of youth. How does he work? Just. In the words of Paracelsus (a Falstaffian character and pioneer in chemistry, also known as Theophrastus Philip Aurelius Bohm-bastfon Hohenheim, 1493-1541): to his nature. "
