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The Homes and Retreats of The Masters of Wisdom
SAINT GERMAIN'S RETREAT IN TRANSYLVANIA
July 15th
through August 14th, 1953
In the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, stands the beautiful old Manor
House which is presently the Sanctuary of the Ascended Master, known in the
Western Hemisphere, by the name of Saint Germain.
Here, since early in the Christian dispensation, certain men and women
interested in studying the hidden laws of nature, and the methods of employing
those laws to the evolution of the race, have gathered together and endeavored
to bring through their own consciousness ways and means of forwarding the
progress of good through the mankind of earth.
Here, the early Alchemists endeavored to combine the various alloys to produce
the precious metals which have formed the currency of each generation. Here,
other earnest Brothers pondered over the way and means of drawing from the
universal the elixirs by which youth, beauty and life itself might be sustained
for centuries.
Here, was drawn the culture of the early Grecian Golden Age, and, through the
long, dark period known as the "dark ages," the wealth of knowledge, invention,
discovery, and spiritual truth was carefully guarded and sustained by these
Brothers for the use of the few who might apply at the doors of Wisdom, and be
invited within the Sacred Portals of this House of Wisdom and Freedom.
It was within this Baronial Home, that Marco Polo received the impetus to seek
the trade routes to bridge the vast expanse of unknown territory between the
European Continent and the Far East. Here Galileo learned the truth about his
"stars."
And here, century after century, came one whose heart was the compass, guiding
him ever toward truth, and which even in the heavy bonds of forgetfulness that
bound his inner vision round told him that Freedom lay within the moss grown
walls of that old castle. He came to warm his Heart and renew his Spirit in the
Presence of Freedom, and then walk again among the sons and daughters of men,
his garments radiating the strength of purpose and will renewed within its
Presence.
Here, in great privation, year after year, came Roger Bacon on earnest
pilgrimage, and at its doors knocked Columbus long before his life-plan carried
him westward in his service.
And here, came the disillusioned and embittered Francis Bacon stripped of his
right to rule Britannia, and then requested to surrender his honor and his name
itself in behalf of a King who had lost the fortune of a crown.
Century after century this beautiful Sanctuary of Freedom, this Home of Faith
and Hope had passed from father to son, carrying always the name of Rakoczy, and
welcoming always the seekers after Truth unveiled.
And when the end of earthly pilgrimage of the great Son of Freedom drew nigh,
and the Voice of the Presence of God summoned him home, he set his worldly
affairs in order, and returned into the Heart of Transylvania, and in the
Presence of his Loved Ones, and in the arms of his great friend, he relinquished
his Spirit into the Heart of Eternal Life to return no more in the limiting
bonds of flesh, but only in the free Robes of Immortality, Saint Germain! Son of
Freedom! Shakespeare describes this friendship and passing in the play "Hamlet."
Because of his association with this Sacred Home, and because of the Love of his
great benefactor, this home has remained a focus for the Freedom Flame unto this
present day. In later years, particularly during the eighteenth century when
Saint Germain again came before the eyes of the public, he used this home as a
meeting place for his friends and students, and here often visited Catherine of
Russia, Lafayette, Von Steuben, Napoleon, and others in whom he had great hope
to further the Cause which is his life embodied.
Note: A description of this retreat containing additional
information is in the
July 1952 Bridge, to which the Gentle Reader is referred.