Two works by Poe decoded. Announcement!!

Contemporary of Concino was a Doctor Robert Fludd (1574-1637), among the early fathers of western scientific thought. He also wrote "Silentium post clamores", thus both his verse below as well as the title of his specific work was found befitting to the Announcement and the reception it received thus far in the Literary Forum:

Farewell my freends let playne simplicity
Be stil your guide to lead you in your race
So shal ye neare approch to Vnity
And euermore obtayne from him his grace
For double dealers, false and treacherous men
Wil quickly be entrapt in Errours den."

(http://www.levity.com/alchemy/fludd1.html)

The word "Vnity" means "God" (Vinity=Divinity) whereas "Errour", written with a capital E, is none other than the scientist's "devil".

Unfortunately "divinity" derives from latin "di vinum" (=coming from "the spirit"=alcohol).....

A slippery language, latin....

Concino was the lover of Regent Maria. Was this as early as 1601 when Luis XIII was conceived....am I reading this correctly, was Concino father of Luis XIII then being "father" of the following Luis line?

Very interesting about Dr. Robert Fludd who is "contemporary" of Concino. What, if any, is their connection?

What were Edgar's "poetic-diplomatic blunders in the Levant"...can you elaborate?

I will anxiously await the "true Concino riddle" and why "without Concino there would have been no democratic France, no modern Greece and no US of A".

"Concino was the lover of Regent Maria. Was this as early as 1601 when Luis XIII was conceived....am I reading this correctly, was Concino father of Luis XIII then being "father" of the following Luis line?"
At the time of her marriage Maria di Medici was 27 years old, Concino was 25 and Henry 67. The marriage was arranged and furhthermore Henry was by then totally drained by the jaws of the religious conflict he was called upon to resolve.
Concino is recorded historicaly as Maria's lover and his death the result of the envy of french protestant nobility.
So, all historic "evidence" points to him being the real father of the french royal line.
Evidence being no proof however, the "real Concino riddle" will provide all "proof" needed to justify a DNA examination. As I said already, all riddles specified have been solved including Concino's..

"Very interesting about Dr. Robert Fludd who is "contemporary" of Concino. What, if any, is their connection?"
Science-alchemy-is the basic connection. Post on Fludd above was found "befitting" for reasons already stated (also see below).

"What were Edgar's "poetic-diplomatic blunders in the Levant"...can you elaborate?"
His diplomatic "blunders" have already been explained: He came to the Levant and acted as a "profrech George Townsend Washington" for a while but then his country's policy changed and was therefore forced to enlist as "Edgar Allen Perry" and participate/witness Navarino acting against the "enlightened royal french". He changed sides again upon his return to the States.
His poetic "blunder"-perhaps the term is incorrect-has been to be try to be sincere and record in code his experience in his verse (secrecy shall knowledge be in the environs of heaven).
Fludd's verse was found befitting Edgar: he was somewhere between "playne simplicity" and "..double dealers, false and treacherous men" and thus approached his "Vnity" with alcohol.

“French support was due entirely to Franklin,” says Ellen Cohn, editor of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, a mammoth project sponsored by the American Philosophical Society and Yale University. “In terms of world fame, there is no question that during this time Franklin was the most famous American in the world. The French adored him. There were many images of Franklin circulating at this time; there was hardly a house in France that didn’t have one. Franklin himself had a part in popularizing his image when he arrived. I believe this was part of his plan to win the French over, a bit like an early spin campaign.” Part of that campaign involved exchanging the early image of Franklin in a fur hat with a much more dignified portrait to reflect the gravitas of his mission.

But pardon me, my dear madame, did the french have really no foreign policy then and was "Comte de Saint Germain" not Franklin's most intimate friend?


" Ha! ha! ha! — ha! ha! ha!.....
But pardon me, my dear sir, (here his tone of voice dropped to the very spirit of cordiality,) pardon me, my dear sir, for my uncharitable laughter.

Needless to say that the invitation as above to Mr Chryssis is further extended and cordially addressed to the learned members the Poe Society of Baltimore, the American Philosophical Society, Yale University as well as Mrs Ellen Cohn, editor of Benjamin Franklin papers.
Let Fludd's playne simplicity be our guide!

Hoping that among our "silent viewers", the distinguished Poe authorities newly invited as above are now included, we now return to Edgar and his personality as revealed in the Announcement so far.

Attention is next drawn to " The Cask of Amontillado" (published 1846) where our Edgar decides to forever entomb his "Fortunato"-his truth seeking younger irish self- so that "Montresor"- the other side, the "reasoning" scottish obviously, of his schizzo personality- stops being punished anymore from the thousand injuries the sincerity of the former already caused.

One is again reminded of Dr Fludd's "playne simplicity/Vnity" vs "double dealers, false and treacherous men/Errour's den" eternal conflict between truth and falsehood.

Other conclusions on Edgar may be drawn from the text but are of limited interest when compared to the observation that this conclusion-that he decides to "bury Truth" to surrvive-is totaly independent of whatever has been revealed so far in the Announcement, ie it can easily be drawn from the text of "The Cask" itself as it will be next explained:

According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, "amontillado" metaphoricaly means "of dry speech or manner", ie sincere writing style. Furthemore, whereas he selects the word "Cask"-casket- in the title, later on in the text, he makes the distinction by using another word-pipe-thus the conclusion is indeed easily and independently reached, that Truth is buried.
The question arise therefore "Why has this simple observation not been made thus far? "

The "learned scholars" say practicaly nothing at all:

According to Hammond, "Whether the story is read as an allegory on the eternal conflict between the unimaginative man and the creative artist, or simply as a self-portrait of two aspects of Poe himself, 'The Cask of Amontillado' remains one of his most brilliantly written tales and one which deserves to be included in any anthology of horror."

At http://www.ivcc.edu/rambo/poe5.htm an english literature teacher named Rambo places 100 or so questions regarding the Cask of Amontillado but "forgets" to ask himself, or his students, the most elementary as above.

"Silentium inter clamores"

On the subject of the "learned scholars"as well as Edgar's death, a friend suggested a check at http://www.geocities.com/lord_vision...smasons_1b.htm
There, The Cask of Amontillado as well as other works are mentioned and it is stated that Edgar was against George Washington and Ben Franklin because they were masons.
It is further implied that his murder had something to do with masons.

Quoting from the site:

" 1849-1850 Zachary Taylor, 12th. President of the United States (Whig) Confirmed Mason. Also a member of the Knights Of The Garter.
1849. October, 7. Edgar Allan Poe was murdered by a blow to the head. Poe was not a drunk or drug addict as history would lead you to believe and did not die from a drug overdose. (John F. Courtney, M.D. Addiction and Edgar Allan (sic) Poe, Resident and Staff Physician, January, 1971 p. 107-115). Poe was exposing the Mason's through many of his short stories. It was inevitable that Poe would not only run afoul of the festering secret society's but end a victim of their 'arguments'. He was not a passive recipient, and he did his best to immortalize a searing indictment in Masonry in at least four of his short stories.
1. The Cask of Amontillado. A Roman Catholic aristocrat takes revenge on his Freemason enemy by walling him into a corner of the family catacombs, thus destroying his life and freedom by masonry. (Kent Bales, "Poetic justice in the Cask of Amontillado", Poe Studies, 6, 1972, p. 51) Insult is added to injury in this tale since Poe drew its central character and basic narrative situation from the Freemason, Benjamin Franklin. Since the name of Franklin's hero is Montresor and this is of course the name Poe has chosen for his; that his source is indeed Franklin is confirmed by William H. Shurr ("Montresor's Audience" in the 'Cask of Amontillado' Poe Studies, 1, 1977)
2.The Devil in the Belfry. Published in The Philadelphia Saturday Chronicle of May 18, 1839. Poe satirizes president Martin Van Buren and his corrupt political machine in New York. (Poe's Political Satire, University of Texas studies in English, 35, 1956, 81-95-Burton R. Pollin, City University of New York)
3. Mellonta Tauta. This criticizes the aura of sanctimony which surrounds Mason George Washington, specifically in a tedious "George Washington cornerstone ceremony" Washington actually laid the cornerstone to the Capitol building in a full Masonic regalia and there is a widely circulated painting of this event. Washington's Masonic Apron "
4. Never Bet The Devil Your Head. This is Poe's most gruesome portrayal of Masonry and has some parallel to a well-known Masonic story - Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King" in which esoteric bridge-symbolism forms an important backdrop. The man does not take the advice Poe's story offers and looses his head on a covered bridge. Royal Arch Masonry is obsessed with bridge symbolism (Princess Diana was murdered under a covered bridge) to the same extent that the Masonic grade of Ninth degree is up to it's neck in decapitation ritual.

(continued)

The wide but vague accusation against all Freemasons above fails to make any distinction between Edgar's "profrench" party that governed USA from the time of George Washington-Ben Franklin and the "probrits" that prevailed as from Andrew Jackson. The "study" furthermore does not examine the mentioned works in detail thus some comments are deemed necessary:

Regarding The Cask of Amontillado:
-"Yanni's" short interpretation above is further confirmed if Edgar's hero, Montresor, is taken to be either John Montresor, the engineer who constructed Fort Mifflin or his father J.G. Montresor, both french protestants who remained loyal british subjects throughout the American War of Independence
(see http://footguards.tripod.com/01ABOUT...0montresor.htm ).
There also was a Sir Francis Montresor among Franklin' corresponntents, propably related to the above.
-Franklin's (Bagatelles) Montresor is dying (as an atheist and is nevertheless granted a place in heaven by Saint Peter), however Edgar's Montresor lives and buries Fortunato, his otherself, a very basic difference. Fortunato is a mason and Montresor pretends also to be one.
-The "controversial" (G. R. Thompson- Shannon Burns) phrase "you, who so well know the nature of my soul" confirms Yanni's "dual personality" theory and is not at all controversial .

Regarding The Devil in the Belfry:
There is nothing indicating an attack against masons by Edgar in this work either. The tale's message is furthermore quite clear: He is being sarcastic to the "political system" in general then and confirms his "free irish spirit", already mentioned in the present "Announcement", by the actions and identity of his hero who concludes his mockery of the "ideal town" by annoyning the ". very red cabbages....out of all time and tune, with both hands, making a great show, the nincompoop! of playing Judy O'Flannagan and Paddy O'Rafferty."

In his "Mellonta Tauta", written propably April 1848, Edgar is inspired by George Washington's monument inauguration on October 19th 1847 "under the Auspices of the Washington Monument Association of the City of New York" and mocks directly both the republican system, the brits as well as the next US president Zacchary Taylor:

"As to the how of the surrender, no language can be more explicit. Lord Cornwallis was surrendered (for sausage) "under the auspices of the Washington Monument Association"- no doubt a charitable institution for the depositing of corner-stones.- But, Heaven bless me! what is the matter? Ah, I see- the balloon has collapsed, and we shall have a tumble into the sea. I have, therefore, only time enough to add that, from a hasty inspection of the fac-similes of newspapers, &c., &c., I find that the great men in those days among the Amriccans, were one John, a smith, and one Zacchary, a tailor.
Good-bye, until I see you again. Whether you ever get this letter or not is point of little importance, as I write altogether for my own amusement. I shall cork the MS. up in a bottle, however, and throw it into the sea. ".


In "Never Bet The Devil Your Head" Edgar does indeed relate masons to the devil himself (the man with the black silk apron in which he takes away Dammit's head),
refuses to obey them ("who is he? If he asks me to jump, I won't do it, that's flat, and I don't care who the devil he is") and makes sure he relates them to "The bridge, as I say, was arched and covered in, in a very ridiculous manner, and there was a most uncomfortable echo about it at all times- an echo which I never before so particularly observed as when I uttered the four last words of my remark."
Edgar ridicules Kant, Emmerson and all transcendentialist ("The end justifies the means, morals are subjective, nothing "in heaven") and suggests that men are all equal in fron of the inevitable:
"So in the end he grew worse, and at length died, a lesson to all riotous livers."

Concluding:

Edgar is well aware of the changes in philosophy also reflected in society and masonic history (french enlightement vs Weishaupt's Illuminism adopted by british lodges under the duke of Sussex) and attacks the latter only through his attack against US presidents belonging to this particular "side".
Edgar has never attacked either George Washington or Benjamin Franklin, both related to french enlightment philosophy and masonism.

Edgar never really buries his old "Fortunato" irish self, remains to the bitter end true to this side of his personality and, as he grows older, his writing is evidently more sincere than "conditions allowed". .

Obviously, everything written on him by "learned scholars", is partial.

A timeline of the Affaire du collier and Franklin's last letter before leaving France.

1784

May.Christening of baby Charles Edward Rohan-Stuart in Paris.

June The jesuits of Bavaria attack Weishaupt and his gang. Knigge resigns .

Nov Savalette de Lange(Saint Germain's "boy") suggests Cagliostro and Mesmer should be invited to the congress of Les Plilalethes.

Dec Cagliostro-as "Grand Copte"- establishes in Lyon "The mysteries of high egyptian masonry". Members receive the flamming star as a badge-symbol and thus participate in "Spiritual alchemy" (see Marsiglio Ficino, Florence).

1785

Jan According to the myth La Contesse La Motte-Valois tells cardinal de Rohan of the Queen's desire to purchase the necklace for her. She then orders the necklace from the jewlers on 21st Jan.

Feb 10th Les Philalethes invite Cagliostro to participate in their gathering, he accepts but then refuses to attend

March 12 St Germain is happy and writes a poem in favour of the lady where he dines every Wednesday.

March 27 future King Louis XVII is born

April 6th Cagliostro writes letter to the congress of les Philalethes and calls all members of the congress to abide by the rules of Egyptian Masonry and requests the archives of Les Philalethes be destroyed. Von Gleichen is ordered to go and meet him.

12th Cagliostro's demands are rejected.

13th Cagliostro replies:We offered you the truth but you rejected it. He takes however part in the meetings of the "Grand Orient"

May 13th Letter by Saint-Martin mentions that Willermoz. encouraged him and that he expects to be called to Lyon to hear and see for himself.

Ben Franklin's last letter before leaving Paris for the USA (to George Whatley, May 23, 1785).includes, just before the end, following interesting passage:
"My intended translator of your Piece, the only one I know who understands the _Subject_, as well as the two Languages, (which a translator ought to do, or he cannot make so good a Translation,) is at present occupied in an Affair that prevents his undertaking it but that will soon be over. I thank you for the Notes. I should be glad to have another of the printed Pamphlets."

May 28th Aug. Graefe in Hamburg, emmisary of The great Lodge of England, confronts Zinnendorff.

May 29th Correspondence between Saint-Martin καί Willermoz mentions "exquisite revelations", apparition of the "Saviour", resurrection of "Israel" and something magnificent they name "The thing"(La chose) and to phenomena of highest importance.

Middle of June Attempt against the life of Saint Germain.. .

June 30th Saint Martin is ready to go to Lyon to see the "thing" with his own eyes. Fifteen months later (Sept 1786) while in Paris declares sorry for his foolishness to have spoken so freely to certain of his brother masons .

July 4th Saint Martin receives the title "chevalier bienfaisant de la Cite Sainte" (Propably Jerusalem)

10th A certain "Jacob Lange" is found dead in Ratisbon. Papers found on his body uncover Weishaupt's Illuminati who are then persecuted. (The name chosen indicates the "package" was sent by St Germain).

Yanni, you write in your timeline about "Saint Martin is ready to go to Lyon to see the thing with his own eyes". What is this "thing" he is going to see? Could it be the Queen's Necklace?

From my first post on this forum I suggested that Edgar's tale The Gold Bug had hidden within a form of secret writing that made the plaintext of the cryptogram of the tale a house for a secret message. What I did not say was that that message alluded to hidden diamonds in a mansion in Philadelphia. The tale The Gold Bug in describing the treasure says that the settings that once held great diamonds were hammered as if to prevent recognition as to what they were. Could there be a common thread between Edgar (and his tale The Gold Bug), Franklin and the Queen's Necklace?

Yanni, you write in your timeline about "Saint Martin is ready to go to Lyon to see the thing with his own eyes". What is this "thing" he is going to see? Could it be the Queen's Necklace?

Firstly here is what "learned scholars have to say on the Affaire:

It .....was, according to Nesta Webster, the first act of the revolutionary drama. "The famous 'Affair of the Necklace' can never be understood in the pages of official history: only an examination of the mechanism provided by the secret societies can explain that extraordinary episode which, in the opinion of Napoleon, contributed more than any other cause to the explosion of 1789.
In its double attack on Church and Monarchy, the Affair of the Necklace fulfilled the purpose of both Frederick the Great and of the Illuminati.
Cagliostro, we know, received both money and instructions from the Order for carrying out the plot, and after it had ended in his own and the Cardinal de Rohan's exoneration and exile, we find him embarking on fresh secret-society work in London..." According to Eco's chronology, the Affair of the Diamond Necklace was orchestrated by Cagliostro. Dumas describes it as a Masonic plot to discredit the Monarchy.

Imo the Affaire included the full Stuart regalia(Crown and jewels, sword etc) as well as their claim to the throne of England and was part of a secret treaty.

See it in the context of the geopolitical events and some keyplayers:

January 1784 US Congress approves the Treaty of Paris whereby England and France agree the war is over.
February 1784 Saint Germain declares himself dead in Schleswig Holstein.
March 1784 Cardinal de Rohan meets Marie Antoinette in Versailles.
Charles Stuart nominates in his will his brother Cardinal Henry, de jure Duke of York, his sole heir and successor. Henry at the time shares the same roof with his lover, cardinal Cesarini, in Rome. Nobody knows where the Stuart regalia are then.

---the timeline as above---

August 1785, De Rohan , Lamotte and Cagliostro are arrested in Paris.
May 1786 Cardinal de Rohan is aquitted, deLamotte is condemned but "escapes to London" to join her husband and the "jewels", Cagliostro is released (and is, soon after, received with honors in London but Morande reveals his Balsamo identity).
July -Important documents are stolen from St Germain's lodgings in Paris.
-Hamburg Germany: Masons accept the superiority of the Grand Lodge of England.
August:-French finance minister Calonne presents his reform bill to the King.
- Zinnendorff is replaced by Von Exter who is appointed rovisional Grand Maitre of Hamburg and Lower Saxony.
-England and France sign treaty to free commerce.
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-1818. Walter Scott discovers the "Stuart regalia" in Edinborough Castle.

From my first post on this forum I suggested that Edgar's tale The Gold Bug had hidden within a form of secret writing that made the plaintext of the cryptogram of the tale a house for a secret message. What I did not say was that that message alluded to hidden diamonds in a mansion in Philadelphia. The tale The Gold Bug in describing the treasure says that the settings that once held great diamonds were hammered as if to prevent recognition as to what they were. Could there be a common thread between Edgar (and his tale The Gold Bug), Franklin and the Queen's Necklace?

As already stated, in his Visionary-Assignation Edgar reveals that he knows the identities of both Sain Germain and "Yanni d'Anastasy", his successor, and their family connection. He propably knows all about the Affaire as well and had some kind of access to the papers of Ben.Franklin while at Jefferson University.

In my previous post above, reference was made to a passage from Franklin's last letter which refers, imo, to Saint Germain and his involvement in the specific "Affair"!! Franklin believes it will be soon shorted out and his friend will be able then to translate Whatley's piece, ie Franklin is not yet ready to leave Paris then. A couple of weeks later however an assasination attempt is made against St Germain (documentation to be provided when his identity is revealed), so Franklin propably expedites his departure as things are looking already ugly then.

Imo "The Gold Bug" along with the Beale papers is a fantastic hoax Edgar writes specificaly for his protestant readers fexceeding themselves searching for "treasure" in the most unlikely places. Edgar believes in life after death and heavenly values, they don't!

It will all be sorted out when St Germain's identity is revealed and "Concino's riddle" is solved early Arpil.

Una Birch and Nesta Webster, particularly the latter, are the best available sources for info on secret societies. The "other side" unfortunately, secret societies, still do not believe in opening up their archives to the public.
Below some quotes on St Germain from their works:

"...an enigmatic personality of unusual power and numberless parts. He has been dead a little more than a century, and so in time is almost one of ourselves ; he lived surrounded by spies and secret agents ; he took no pains to conceal his habits from the world, and yet he remains a mystery. He was involved in many of the most important events of the eighteenth century and was responsible for much of its diplomacy. Some day, perhaps, his life may be set down as a consecutive story inspired by a definite aim. It is a work worth doing, for it would prove whether Saint-Germain was, as men have so often called him, a charlatan, or whether he was, as some believe him to have been, a political genius of unrivalled ambition and great accomplishment."

"The Comte de Saint-Germain, another of Weishaupt’s ambassadors, emerges at intervals upon the surface of affairs a brilliant and accomplished personage, and sinks again to work in the great secret service, or to sit, as tradition has it, upon his golden altar in an attitude of Oriental absorption. Saint-Germain was probably not only the secret missionary and entertainer of Louis XV., but also the agent of masonic and other societies working for the regeneration of humanity ; one life was probably only the cloak for the other."
(No, he was not Weishaupt "ambassador", Cagliostro was and the latter's link to London very revealing).

"Saint-Germain has been represented by modern writers—not only those who compose his following—as a person of extraordinary attainments, a sort of super-man towering over the minor magicians of his day. Contemporaries, however, take him less seriously and represent him rather as an expert charlatan whom the wits of the salons made the butt of pleasantries. His principal importance to the subject of this book consists, however, in his influence on the secret societies. According to the Mémoires authentiques pour servir à l’histoire du Comte de Cagliostro, Saint-Germain was the “ Grand Master of Freemasonry,”[50] and it was he who initiated Cagliostro into the mysteries of Egyptian masonry."

also see http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/webster_n.html on Nesta Webster
This canadian Lodge attacks Webster and puts St Germain and Cagliostro in "the same basket":
"She fails to define the part that is not disputed. This vagueness allows her to imply that such colourful charlatans as the Comptes de Saint-Germain and de Cagliostro were persons of influence and authority. She also claims, based on hearsay, that they were both Jews. She uses this as further proof of a Jewish inspiration for the prevalence of occultism and mysticism in pre-revolutionary Europe."

A charlatan, huh ?

"Marie Antoinette was deeply interested in matters and men of this nature. De Rohan entertained her with tales of Cagliostro ; she consulted Saint-Germain, and was one of the visitors who clustered round the mysterious fluid of the hypnotic doctor Mesmer, which was calculated to heal all ills, and who listened to his dictum, “ There is but one health, one illness, and one remedy.” Though Mesmer’s experiments were rejected by the French savants of the day as worthless, they were eagerly taken up in other parts of Europe. Mesmer enforced the law of mutual dependence and of unity in the natural world, as Saint-Martin enforced the laws of mutual dependence and of unity in the spiritual world. It might well have been Saint-Martin and not Mesmer who said, “ that the life of man is part of the universal movement,” for they were both exponents of the truth of the solidarity of the race."
(Una Birch admits here she knows St Germain did not really die earlier on in Germany but was alive at the time of the Affaire, an indication that he was the same person as the "other St Germain-ministre de guerre").

It will all be soon sorted out!

BTW St Germain's experiments on "flax", early 1770 in Venice as count Saltycov, refer to his invention of the "brulot"-fire ship (Flax=flox, grk for fire and not flax the plant).
See:
http://www.hermetics.org/brc-17.html
(The Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross By Arthur Edward Waite London, 1924)
CHAPTER XVII
SAINT-GERMAIN AND CAGLIOSTRO
"The Graf Max von Lamberg met him in Venice under an assumed name, engaged in experiments on flax, and in July, 1770, they were staying together at Tunis.He is said also to have been at Leghorn in the same year during a visit of the Russian fleet, when he wore a Russian uniform "and was called Graf Saltikoff by the Graf Alexis Orloff." I have not met with confirmation of this story."

St Germain scouted Britain ahead of the unsuccesfull Stuart invasion of Scotland. He was arested for spying, managed to fool his captors and later charmed the London upper class with his musical talent. The artistic name he adopted as a musician-composer-they said he was at least as good as Handel- was Giovanni (Yanni in grk).

See following sites below:

http://www.forteantimes.com/articles...tgermain.shtml

"...the Count of St-Germain is one of the most intriguing mystery-men of the 18th century."
By DOUG SKINNER.

“The Provost of Edinborough is in custody of a messenger, and t’other day they seized an odd man, who goes by the name of Comte St-Germain. He has been here these two years, will not tell who he is or whence, but professes two very wonderful things, the first that he does not go by his right name; and the second that he never had any dealings, or desire to have any dealings with any woman – nay, nor with any succedaneum. He sings, plays on the violin wonderfully, composes, is mad, and not very sensible. He is called an Italian, a Spaniard, a Pole, a somebody that married a great fortune in Mexico, and ran away with her jewels to Constantinople, a priest, a fiddler, a vast nobleman. The Prince of Wales has had unsatiated curiosity about him, but in vain. However, nothing has been made out against him, he is released; and what convinces me that he is not a gentleman, stays here, and talks of his being taken up for a spy.” 2

Curiously, the Count’s disdain for succedanea was censored by Walpole’s editors until 1954. Maybe they didn’t want to offend succedanea. There’s much to say about this first swatch of gossip; I’ll confine myself to pointing out that the Count is a burlesque figure here, but obviously much talked about. He must have made quite an impression.The next year, some of his music is performed and published in London.

For the Count's next musical performances in London see:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...01/ai_n9231891

"He is an Odd Creature, & the more I see him the more curious I am to know something about him. He is everything with everybody: he talks Ingeniously with Mr. Wray, Philosophy with Ld. Willoughby, & is gallant with Miss Yorke, Miss Carpenter & all the Young Ladies. But the Character of Philosopher is what he seems to pretend to, & to be a good deal conceited of: the Others are put on to comply with Les Manieres du Monde, but That you are to suppose his real Characteristick; & I can't but fancy he is a great Pretender in all kinds of Science, as well as that he really has acquired an uncommon Share in some. - Well! so much for Monsr. le Comte de St. Germain, whom neither you nor I have anything to do with, (though he inquir'd very kindly after you)"

"Horace Walpole reports that Saint-Germain 'spoke Italian and French with the greatest facility, though it was evident that neither was his language; he understood Polish, and soon learnt to understand English and talk it a little. [...] But Spanish or Portuguese seemed his natural language.' Of his musicianship, Walpole writes that 'he sung in a most agreeable taste, but with little or no voice' and characterised his violin playing as exquisite. Lady Jemima concurs that his 'excellence is softness' and that his voice is so quiet (except when he rages) 'that in a large Room it is quite lost'. Walpole's conclusion is that Saint-Germain 'was a man of Quality who had been in or designed for the Church. He was too great a musician not to have been famous if he had not been a gentleman.'"

Last two posts were intented to guide the silent viewer to read and learn all about the "mysterious personality" of "charlatan" St Germain as depicted by various "authorities" who, not surprisingly, claim ignorance as to his identity and origins.
Insisting they don't know who he really was-they claim in fact only Luis XV knew that-they spare no effort to distinguish him from their fictitious "Claude-Luis comte de Saint Germain", war ninister of France (27 October 1775 -27 September 1777).

Una Birch, linking Saint Germain to Marie Antoinette and the Mesmer period of 1784-5 (see U.B. "Secret Societies and the french revolution" at http://yamaguchy.netfirms.com/una/una_rev.html) doubts the existence of two different Sain Germains and so does Mme Campan in her book on Marie Antoinette (http://www.authorama.com/memoirs-of-...inette-10.html) as per following paragraph:

"In 1775, on the death of the Marechal du Muy, the ascendency obtained by the sect of innovators occasioned M. de Saint-Germain to be recalled to Court and made Minister of War. His first care was the destruction of the King’s military household establishment, an imposing and effectual rampart round the sovereign power."

Saint Germain did indeed belong to the "innovators" and furthermore one does not need be a professor of the english language to understand that "To be recalled to court" refers to someone who was already there before, in some official capacity or other-in this case as a foreign policy advisor to the King, a position the real Saint Germain is known to have had -a privilege unfortunately never granted to the "fake" Saint Germain by any french King or by the many "historians" who wrote the virtual biography of "Claude-Luis".

The one and only Saint Germain acted indeed as the advisor to Luis XV, as his confident embassador to friendly courts and as his spy sometimes. What Mme Campan really says is he maintained this position until Luis XV death in 1774 (in parallel with his opponent in court, the famous de Choiseul until his "disgrace").

When Saint Germain's identity and origins are revealed, as scheduled* , it will all be sorted out and the point made here is just to show what blundering amateurs the particular "historians" really are.

A third indication- evidence rather-is of course Edgar himself as described so far in this "Announcement" by the interpretation of Sonnet to Zante, Al Aaraaf and some comments made regarding The Assignation or Visionary.

This last work is now been studied in more detail and a relative interpretation will follow soon.

*Early April this year (so that descendents of Saint Germain's in France, a large and important family, as well as any relevant authorities have the time to present their objections if any. They have been already advised by mail post December last).

In previous posts it was stated that Edgar's description of the mysterious man in The Visionary "fits Saint Germain like a glove" and that, in this particular tale, Edgar reveals he knew the true identity of both Saint Germain as well as of Yanni D'Anastasy, his successsor and relative.

How were these conclusions drawn?

Edgar's hero has following characteristics:
- "the graceful person of a very young man, with the sound of whose name the greater part of Europe was then ringing"
- "who to all the world was still a stranger"
- "below rather than above the medium size"
- "Herculean strength which he has been known to wield without an effort, upon occasions of more dangerous emergency. With the mouth and chin of a deity —singular, wild, full, liquid eyes, whose shadows varied from pure hazel to intense and brilliant jet —and a profusion of curling, black hair, from which a forehead of unusual breadth gleamed forth at intervals all light and ivory"
- "his were features than which I have seen none more classically regular"
- "wealthy. Report had spoken of his possessions in terms which I had even ventured to call terms of ridiculous exaggeration.."
- "... peculiarity of spirit which seemed to place him so essentially apart from all other human beings, than by calling it a habit of intense and continual thought, pervading even his most trivial actions —intruding upon his moments of dalliance —and interweaving itself with his very flashes of merriment —"
He owns a
"....Palazzo, one of those huge structures of gloomy, yet fantastic pomp, which tower above the waters of the Grand Canal in the vicinity of the Rialto. "
in which he keeps a rare ancient and modern art art collection
- the grotesques of the Greek painters, nor the sculptures of the best Italian days, nor the huge carvings of untutored Egypt.
- my statues —my pictures —my originality of conception in architecture and upholstery —absolutely drunk, eh? with my magnificence?
a truly "little regal cabinet" where he keeps
- "..some chefs d'oeuvre of the unknown great —and here unfinished designs by men, celebrated in their day, whose very names the perspicacity of the academies has left to silence and to me".

When his identity is revealed it will be shown that all these rare qualities and characteristics do fit indeed Saint Germain "like a glove" but that's not all:
As if Edgar knew his tale would be misinterpreted later on by his "fans, enthusiasts learned scholars" etc , he also forsees and provides them with the "cherry to the pie"!:

- "Once I was myself a decorist" wants his hero saying.

A decorist?
Saint Germain?

The "learned scholars" in various "sources" do describe him as an excelllent musician, an art expert and an amateur painter but was he ever a "decorist" by profession ?

Yes, the truth is that he also was a famous "master craftsman" an artist whose "decorative" work is to be seen in Museums world wide, in his Louvre and in Versailles, in private collections and in many homes and libraries as well (reproductions).

(continued)

(continud from previous post)

What else does Edgar tell us in his tale?

Twice, in the introduction, he defines that his work is partly imaginative.

"ILL-FATED and mysterious man! —bewildered in the brilliancy of thine own and fallen in the flames of thine own youth! Again in fancy I behold thee!.... not —oh not as thou art... Yes! I repeat it-as thou shouldst be"

Thus his hero, the "mystery man" who promised an hour in paradise (contessa Mentoni) to Edgar, and fooled him through the double suicide , ie Yanni d'Anastasy,his host in the Levant and St Germain's successor, MUST have all qualities and characteristics of his predecessor who died in Paris in 1790, MUST behave accordingly and MUST also have a fitting fate, he must die laughing, a glorious death in action, instead of double suicide together with their beloved (contessa Mentoni impersonating apparently their faith and beliefs)

He MUST stand:

"....up There like a Roman statue! He will stand Till Death hath made him marble!"

Edgar knew of course then, in 1834, that Yanni had instead already selected to stay alive and was doing his best to survive in a world so different from the one St Germain had created in is life time.
(In short: France the central power of an allied Europe including Russia (and with the greek revolution brewing eversince Orlof, 1770-1774), Britain "contained" and the newly established US, ex brit colony, also profrench. The great religious divide, cause for so many religious wars already, would be bridged by an "all inclusive" new religion, the egyptian rite, intented to accomodate different christian dogmas as well as jews and, possibly muslims as well. The "market forces", the jacobins and finally Napoleon and the brits undid just this plan between 1790 and 1834!)

Edgar himself also believes, as he admits in Al Aaraaf, that his

"... world,I left so late was into chaos hurl'd"

but, loosing all remaining hope after Lafayette's failed coup in 1831 and his disinheritance by Allen, he is in a state of disillusinonment and writes the particular tale blaming Yanni-who was also not favouring Edgar's relation to his daughter "Ianthe" before- for selling to the highest bidder, eversince 1828, his precious scientific greek papyri collection and other egyptian papyri- till then of unknown content- the source of all ancient "wisdom", the "power" of this new "religion of science and gnosis", as well as other relics and works of art from the collection of St Germain.
Edgar propably knows all about it as he has some relations with a Baltimore Museum as stated before.

Yanni on the other hand was obliged to live and survive in this "new world" and although his family and himself did their best to create Modern Greece, after 1831 and the murder of governor Capodistria, his homeland is a "protectorate" and he and his family in constant danger as the 1835 murder of his wife and relatives in Zante shows.

Edgar suspects Yanni for developing too close relations to the brits and has him writing, while crying, a poem in english, a language...

.....with which I had not believed their author acquainted —afforded me little matter for surprise. I was too well aware of the extent of his acquirements, and of the singular pleasure he took in concealing them from observation, to be astonished at any similar discovery; but the place of date, I must confess, occasioned me no little amazement. It had been originally written London
.

..and goes as far as doubting both the sincerity of his idol as well as his origins, obviously unknown to Edgar...

....his answer, if I mistake not, gave me to understand that he had never visited the metropolis of Great Britain. I might as well here mention, that I have more than once heard, (without of course giving credit to a report involving so many improbabilities,) that the person of whom I speak was not only by birth, but in education, an Englishman.

The poem ...

written in a hand so very different from the peculiar characters of my acquaintance, that I had some difficulty in recognising it as his own.

Thou wast that all to me, love,
For which my soul did pine —
A green isle in the sea, love,
A fountain and a shrine, etc

expresses Edgar's deep sorrow for the world he has lost and his memories of the green isle, Zante, where he spent some of the happiest hours of his youth, the birthplace (shrine) of the Rite of Mizraim that inspired the designers of the Great Seal.

By his

"With one exception you are the only human being besides myself and my valet, who has been admitted within the mysteries of these imperial precincts, since they have been bedizened as you see!"


Edgar reconfirms he knows all about St Germain and Yanni (who btw indeed had a vallet named Triantaphyllos). The "one exception" hints at the possibility of a leak-betrayal of Yanni's "St Germain" secret.
(In 1833 Yanni gives J.G.Wilikinson access to his collection in Alex, see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/1900/wilk...wilkinson.html or, if site does not load, search for:"ANASTASI (Giovanni) 1780-1860 Drawings of objects in the collection of, c. 1833 MS. Wilkinson dep. e. 60, pp. 242-243a, 244" )

The tale furthermore relates Yanni-St Germain to Florence (Politian's Orfeo) and Greece (Sparta-Palaiohori) and Edgar reconfirms his presence there before also by using a third "difficult" greek word "Gelasma" (laughter).

Later on in life Edgar does indeed follow his virtual hero's example, to die laughing, and goes on to mock and ridicule all "enemies" of his old world in his work, therefore any previous statements made refering to his eventual role as a "spy for the brits" are false although the Tale first apoeared under the Title "Assignation", January 1834 (The Lady's Book).
Possibly Edgar "assigns" to Yanni the ideal qualities and behaviour the latter should have exhibited in Edgar's opinion.

A note for the benefit of the unknown silent viewer and the declared Poe scholar- enthusiast. (Innocent bystanders need not read through)!

You better believe it viewer: In this here Announcement, E.A.Poe's "puzzle" has been solved!

If ever "scholars" will accept it, it's another matter! They'll certainly find Yanni's "new" Edgar as disturbing as contemporary "critics" and "caretakers" found the original and they'll end up, as usually, counting costs!

How much good cloth and tailor work was already spent to camouflage Edgar under an "appropriate" motley fool costume, how much ink, paint, solvent and literary "genius" to "interpret" his work "properly".

But it is quite immaterial what word manipulators and truth benders do, it's no big deal, no surprise, no setback, NOT important.

Although, as stated, Edgar was not the focus of this research (that's why the Announcement bears the title "Two works decoded" but later on in the proccess other works are decoded as well), Edgar's rare characteristic, to react and not give in to "pressures", remain his own man to the end and stay sincere by choice, makes him a trustworthy source and important material witness.
His testimony fully supports Yanni's riddle solutions. That IS important!

Furthermore the way his testimony was "taken", by this peculiar and extraordinary communication between an american 19th century poet and a retired greek engineer of the 21st, IS ALSO important!

("Till silence shall knowledge be in the environs of heaven"? You didn't really mean it Edgar, did you?)

Why is it then not important what the "scholars" do?

Because more surprises, bigger than Edgar's, are in the works for them:

When the key to said riddles is provided as scheduled, the stir created will penetrate all "selective hearing" earplugs. .

As his miracle world is approaching fast, Yanni advises all concerned to "plug-off" accordingly.

Edgar's friend, Giovanni d'Anastasy, remained until now a "mystery" for aegyptologists as well. British records in particular want him to be of armenian origins and insist he was a different person than another "digger" employed by the british consul in Alex, Henri Salt, by the name Giovanni d'Athanasy or "Yanni" This "other" Yanni was italian Belzoni's supervisor and the first european to enter-Belzoni was too big to fit the entrance- the Cheffren Pyramid near Cairo on March 1818 and also the one who downed the Philae Obelisk in 1821 etc.

Following quote is indicatory: "Giovanni D’Athanasi left Egypt for London, England in 1835. His share of the artifacts that he and his crews helped recover were sold at auctions in 1835, 1837, and 1845. D’Athanasi died nine years later on December 19, 1854. (Written by Andrew Brown, 2003)."

They "have it" all wrong, the one and only Yanni died in 1860 in Alex ("D'Athanasi's" 1854 death is not supported by what's called "concrete evidence" as research showed. A "cover up" was staged then for some reason or other).

His biography, compiled following info exchange with competent aegyptologists (they are wellcome to dispute it publicaly if they so desire), when combined with Yanni's family history, leaves no doubt that the two "Giovannis" are one and the same and, over and above any other conclusions reached of historic rather than archaeological interest, also shows that he was an expert "aegyptologist" with a truly immense collection.

Yanni's collection, partly inherited from his family (the papyri mostly) , led to the creation of the aegyptian departments of Le Louvre, The Leyden Museum in Holland and the British Museum as well . (The papyri known as "Sallier", as well as MANY others, also came originaly from Yanni's "family library". They were propably sold to Sallier earlier on(1800-1820) by Yanni's father, Anastasi, aka Athanasi )

Yanni's biography will be published herein early April but the following part will be revealed now:

As it became later on (1835, London) apparent, Yanni "d'Athanasi" was not just (or perhaps at all) "employed" by Henri Salt but was certainly his "business partner". Together therefore they sold "their" first collection of 4000 pieces to Paris France sometime 1825 with Jean-François Champollion, Yanni's friend, acting as intermediary. That is how the the "Aegyptian" department of Le Louvre was first created May, 1826. Shortly after Champollion was appointed its first director-curator. .

(Noteworthy that an architect LaFontaine set up the collection at Louvre: Yanni himself had a James Lafontaine uncle in Smyrne as from 1796-7 whereas Saint Germain himself was also very well aquainted with Lafontaine, the writer of greek myths and tales.)

Yanni reassumed his "D'Anastasy" name when appointed consul of Sweden in Alex in 1826 and by this name sold next his famous alchemy papyri to Leyden at the turn of 1827-28, after Navarino and Salt's death. .

"D'Athanasi" then reappears as follows:

On May 28th 1835 on Sothebys second edition of a "Catalogue for auction, the property of Henry Salt, on Monday 29th of June 1835 and for eight following days: "Much assistance in the.... present Catalogue ....from Giovanni d'Athanasi who was sent over to this country with the view of rendering every information...., but...as d'Athanasi has prepared for publication a most interesting "Account of his researches in Egypt"....some details in the translation however have delayed publication of the latter."

According to the above "Advertisement", in the period 1819-1824 Salt employed Yanni in other duties. Some items collected by Salt during this time were sold to France for 10000 pounds in 1826, however "as from 1824 until shortly before Salt's death the 27th Oct 1827 Yanni was collecting on Salt's behalf and sending items to Livorno until early October 1827".

All the above has already been proven fictitious and furthermore Yanni's own account ("Athanasi, Giovanni d’, A Brief Account of the Researches and Discoveries in Upper Egypt made under the Direction of Henry Salt Esq, London 1836-unfortunately a copy was not made available as requested by the undersigned) is also not to be taken seriously as both his british protectors and relatives (J.G.Wilkinson's brother was married to Yanni's niece in Alex in 1824) as well as Yanni himself, have their reasons not to tell the truth.

Yanni was "sent over" to London 1834-5 not just to publish this book and assist Sothebys in writing their "catalogue":

The late Henri Salt "collection" was auctioned and Yanni had an "interest" in it, as the story now goes, but there are faults in this new scenario as well:

-Letter of Catherwood to Hay 12 Feb 1836:.....Yanni Athanasi has sent a small collection for sale at Sotheby's. They will be brought to hammer in a few days.Just before he quitted England he met a friend of mine in the street and being dressed in deep mourning he was asked the reason and replied that: Signor Madox, non posso piangere, ma mia moglie e morte, e inutile di piangere. (Yanni left London late 1835, Madox met him shortly before).

-Protocol of the standing comitte of the British Museum dated April 1836: A letter received the 29th of March is read by J.G.Wilikinson: Consul D'Anastasy is offering his collection (stored partly in Livorno and partly in Alexandria) for sale asking 6000 pounds sterling. J.G.W has seen the alexandrian part and is positive re the purchase and the asking price. The board deferred consideration until the british consul in Livorno sees the collection stored there .

In other words not just the late Henri Salt but also the two "Yannis", all decided, for some reason or other, to get rid of their collection, at the same time.....

(The two Yannis, coincidentaly, both stored their colection in Livorno as well...)

And then comes Edgar with his Jan1837-first publ- "Sonnet to Zante" crying for the death of his fair maiden...

Anyway, this is how Giovanni D'Athanasy or D'Anastasy or Ivan Avanassiev "put to hammer" in 1835, 1837 and 1845 the greatest part of his collection, including 44 papyri, that is now at the Brirish Museum:

AFTER the murder of his wife and family in Zante.

The number of viewers of last post above neccessitates to address again the subject of Yanni's "magical papyri":

Quote from earlier post:

"Yanni had in his possesion until 1828 "magical" papyri used possibly by Saint Germain and certainly by Cagliostro-Balsamo before his capture and imprisonment in Rome. (Known as PGMxii 474-95 and PDMxii 135-64, they are to be found at the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden Holland and have been the subject of long discussions concerning the presence or not of prophet Abraham in Egypt. Problem is that the holy man's name is followed in the papyri by the name "Walsamo", ie Balsamo written as the name is pronounced in the greek language, propably by Mr Cagliostro himself)."

These papyri are on their own proof enough of the close links between Yanni and St Germain that will be revealed later on here.

Let's focus on these papyri further:

http://www.lightplanet.com/response/...m_egyptian.htm

1. The first reference occurs in a chapter on how to make a signet ring. One of the steps is to “bring a white stone” and “write this name upon it … : Abraham, friend of m[an].” 3 (PDMxii 6-20; compare Rev. 2:17; D&C 130:10-11; Abr. 3:1.)

2. The second instance of Abraham’s name occurs in a description of how to use a ring to obtain “success and grace and victory.” As part of his invocation, the petitioner says, “O mighty god, who surpassest all powers, I call upon thee, Iao, Sabaoth, Adonai, Elohim, [six other names], Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, [82 more names].” The first four names are Hebrew for “LORD of hosts, my Lord, God.” (PGMxii 270-321.)

3. The third mention of Abraham comes from the same papyrus as the first two references. It is accompanied by a picture, a lion couch scene similar to the one in facsimile no. 1 of the book of Abraham, but this picture is oriented in reverse. Part of the text, a love charm, reads: “Let Abraham who … I adjure you by … and incinerate so-and-so daughter of so-and-so. Write these words and draw this image on a new papyrus.” Later in the text we read, “I adjure you spirits of the dead, [by] the dead (pharaohs) 4 and the demon Balsamos and the jackal-headed god and the gods who are with him.” (PGMxii 474-95, PDMxii 135-64.)

A few explanations are in order: “Balsamos” is probably Baalshammayim (lord of the heavens), an old Phoenician and Canaanite god whom they believed created the earth.


The text does not read "Abraham" to beginn with, it is in greek and, according to other sholars, it reads "Avrahas" (alpha, beta-pronounced veta- ro, alpha, chi, alpha, sigma)

So the question arises:

Why did the old scribe write "Avrahas" (18th cent greek pronunciation of the name as it had then evolved in the Levant ) instead of Avraham as the name was written on the first greek copies of the New Testament?

An obvious forgery, Yanni says!

"Baalshammayim"?

Why not Balsamo, why not "deamon" Cagliostro?

Was he not the forger who presented himself as the "grand copte" and prophet?

Did he not himself admit-to get aquitted after his arrest in Paris after the "Affair"- that he worked as a "copyist" for cardinals York (Stuart) and Orsini ? (His only "Memoirs" to his lawyer Thirolier, 1786. Thirolier Jaques was related to the Bourbons and died shortly after).

What happened to Cagliostro's papyri when they were confiscated in Paris and how did Yanni obtain them?


Spectrography would define exactly what part of the papyrus is authentic and what not but Leyden has never published any tests made and does not even reply to relative letters from greek amateur aegyptologists.

There is a tail to this story, a cherry to this pie as well, but why disturb count Cagliostro's law abiding learned descendants?

Why indeed?

How can you really expect answers, viewer, to questions never raised by you?

Yes, "contessa" Serafina did bear at least one child and there are today Balsamo -Cagliostro's descendants" and....

....No, Yanni will not disclose who they are. because of etiquette and because, as stated, there is no need to disturb them .

"To disturb" as per the Concise Oxford dictionary, means "to agitate, trouble, disquiet, unsettle, perplex" and is composed of latin DIS and "turba", meaning "the crowd".

"Crowd" is crowd of course but what is DIS?

There are afterall, so many english words starting with "dis", all somehow displeasing, discomforting, distressing, it is perhaps worthwhile to have a go at it, what it means.

DIS is a truly "holy" word, it has to do with God.

DIS, as per the c.o.d. again, originates from dvis=grk dis meaning twice.

Another greek word "dias" (delta, iota, alpha, sigma) means "duality" and "pair" when written with a small delta but, when written with a capital Delta, it becomes Dias ie Zeus ie the top man of the ancient greek religion. Furthermore another greek word for "dias-pair" is "zeugos" and so duality is again reconfirmed and deified.

Thus the surprising conclusion that a godly greek word, DIS, duality, expresses today discomfort etc in the english language, the difficulty and discomfort perhaps of human communication

If this is what happens to DIS let us next examine what became of the singularity, the uniqueness, the solitude and egoism of "one"

One, the unit, in grk is "EN" and there are even more english words starting with "en" and "em" (en before b,p and m becomes em) than those starting with DIS.

Enema excluded, the rest of words starting with EN have normaly an empowering, emancipating, enforcing, emphatic and engranding quality with some emetic, empathic, empyrian and entropic side effects however.

It's not that the greeks did not care for "individual rights", just the opposite in fact, they went however a step further and placed a higher value to society and democracy and that's why they deified duality and, naturally, the dia-logue that led to all that.

Coming back to The Announcement:

With a couple of notable exceptions, this has been a mono-logue so far but increasing view numbers confirm that there is a serious interest as it develops and furthermore that Yanni's decision, to "look back"- contrary to the popular advice to "go forward", the easy choice perhaps when your tail is on fire- is shared by many others.
To conclude this "jumping all over the place" mental dance and reward those that follow in step:

After discovering Cagliostro's "learned and law abiding descendant", Yanni the greek wrote to him to initiate a dialogue leading to the truth and even asked for his version of the story to be included in "Purple History", Yanni's book, to ensure success.

The man entrenched himself entropicaly and never answered, thus......

.....ENTROPY:

Entropy is the particular property of closed thermodynamic systems that nobody wants to talk about nowdays.

Greeks used it first describe human behaviour: It means "to turn oneself inwards" and not respond when spoken to or gazed upon by another person or persons.

People finding themselves in this state of grk entropy usually turned red in the face- blush-from increased blood pressure.

Entropy still means shame in modern greek and there is an interesting correlation between enlightment, entropy and environment but that's another subject, isn't it?

With the "greek dancing lessons" completed (some slight foot dragging, the product of leg pulling, went unoticed and therefore mutual congratulations are in order) let us now return to the subject of "papyrology vs history of hermetism":

The Leiden papyri forged by Balsamos- or "Walsamos" as the name is pronounced in grk-is the second reference linking Cagliostro to "deamons", the first being ofcourse La Comtesse d'Adhemar:

She quotes a letter she received from Saint-Germain in which he says, speaking of his journey to Paris in 1789-to see it after the fall of Bastille: "I wished to see the work that that demon of hell, Cagliostro, has prepared".

This reference can be found in " http://www.alchemylab.com/count_saint_germain.htm (along with a reasonably objective and amusing biography of Saint Germain.)

Therefore the question of the provenance of the vast library of the "D'Anastasi papyri" becomes rather compelling for our friends, the learned aegyptologists-papyrologists, to answer as the subject truly concerns the roots of their "science".

....the subject is "The book of Moses", no more, no less:

The term "apocryphal"
Turning now to the consideration of the word "apocryphal" itself, we find that in its earliest use it was applied in a laudatory sense to writings,
Esoteric writings which were kept secret because they were the vehicles of esoteric knowledge which was too profound or too sacred to be imparted to any save the initiated. Thus it occurs in a magical book of Moses, which has been edited from a Leiden papyrus of the 3rd or 4th century by Dieterich (Abraxas, 109). This book, which may be as old as the 1st century, is entitled: "A holy and secret Book of Moses, called eighth, or holy". The disciples of the Gnostic Prodicus boasted (Clem. Alex. Strom. i. 15. 69) that they possessed the secret books of Zoroaster. 4 Ezra is in its author's view a secret work whose value was greater than that of the canonical scriptures (xiv. 44 sqq.) because of its transcendent revelations of the future. It is in a like laudatory meaning that Gregory reckons the New Testament apocalypse as εν αποκρυφοις (Oratio in suam ordinationem, iii. 549, ed. Migne; cf. Epiphanius, Haer. li. 3). The word enjoyed high consideration among the Gnostics (cf. Acts of Thomas, 10, 27, 44).
Questionable writings
But the word was applied to writings that were kept from public circulation not because of their transcendent, but of, their secondary or questionable value. Thus Origen distinguishes between writings which were read by the churches and apocryphal writings (Origen's Comm. in Matt., x. 18, on Matt. xiii. 57, ed. Lommatzsch iii. 49 sqq.). Cf. Epist. ad Africam, ix. (Lommatzsch xvii. 31): Euseb. H.E. ii. 23, 25; iii. 3, 6. See Zahn, Gesch. Kanons, i. 126 sqq. Thus the meaning of αποκρυφος is here practically equivalent to "excluded from the public use of the church," and prepares the way for the third and unfavourable sense of this word. http://www.enpsychlopedia.com/psypsych/Apocrypha

That d'Anastasy's papyri (from his collection comes also Jo Smith's papyrus) are the only ones "confirming" Abraham's presence in Egypt and that the unfortunate name "Abraxas" was used-alongside "Balsamos"- is confirmed again in

http://www.mathorigins.com/A.htm

Quote:
ANASTASI or ANASTASY or ATHANASI?: (AE) hieratic papyri AtLeydenUniversity, Dynasty XIX.
Giovanni Anastasi was the Swedish and Norwegian Consul General [to CAIRO] from 1828-?
The papyrus of ABRAXAS.

Yes,Yanni thinks, aegyptologists-papyrologists have a lot to answer for!

To enable the viewer to understand the "story" of The Announcement better, a brief summary of its development so far herein is deemed necessary:

A hunt for roots started in 1994. It revealed an 1835 murder in the island of Zante of some of the researchers ancestors. They had a prime role in the greek war for independence(1770-1828). Crosschecked indications showed the murder was instigated by and carried out on behalf of Dionisios Solomos*, greek "national" poet today ("Hymn to Liberty", national anthem), by his relatives.

The above, to the biggest part the result of archivial research, were announced and published in Athens, Greece 1998-2000.
In view of the "distinguished" murder accusation, further relative research was next carried out mostly via the web.

E.A.Poe's "Sonnet to Zante", found and read then, was a further indication of the above murder, so his other work and biography were studied next along with alchemy, aegyptology and hermetism as relative indications were also established in 2001.

Following conclusions were the result of this new "internationalised" web research:

-Poe had indeed come to Greece-"to join the fight of greek independence" as he himself claimed-using the alias George or William Townsend Washington. His greek experience, evident in many of his works, strongly influenced his character and later life.

-Poe's greek host was Giovanni d'Anastasy, known until now as the "armenian consul of Sweden and Norway in Alex, Egypt, a collector of papyri". D'Anastasy's wife and other family members were the Zante murder victims.

-Poe's "Assignment-Visionary" confirmed and crosschecked other research results (documentation to be provided later) that D'Anastasy, also known as Yanni d'Athanasi or Ivan Avanassiev, was count Saint Germain's relative and successor.

- The "alchemist" and secret agent of Luis XV Saint Germain was the same person as the "minister of war" of Luis XVI, with the same name, during the most important period in the USA struggle for independence.

-The link between Saint Germain and D'Anastasy and the ambiguous relation of the former to Cagliostro are reconfirmed by a "D'Anastasi" papyrus known as "Abraxas". It was among many other papyri sold by d'Anastasy to Leiden, early 1828.

-Something is very wrong, however, with this papyrus:
Also known by the name "Holy book of Moses", it is the only existing document confirming the presence of jewish prophet Abraham in Egypt, in a most peculiar manner however. The name of the prophet is spelled "Abraxas" (in greek) and it is followed by a "deamon Balsamos", indicating an "artistic intervention" by the hand of Cagliostro whose real name was Balsamo, an expert forger as per Casanova's testimony.
No spectrography tests on the particular papyrus have ever been published and Leiden University scholars stopped corresponding and never answered relative letter(mid 2005) when the specific issue was raised by the undersigned "Yanni the greek" in the role of amateur papyrologist.

-Something is wrong with the Mormon "holy book" too:
The "Joseph Smith" papyri also came from the same D'Anastasy MS library, however there is apparently no evidence that Abraham or Abraxas is mentioned therein. As J.Smith's "revelation" has been proved wrong already, Mormons and the "Church of the prophet of he latter days"(?) now use the same unfortunate one and only "Abraxas" papyrus as "evidence" of their faith.

-The provenance of the d'Anastasy papyri in general, as well as the provenance and authenticity of papyrus "Abraxas", can only be certified with the active support of papyrology experts, museum curators and Vatican historians (origins and history of the papyri collection of cardinal Stefano Borgia, head of Rome's "propaganda fide" office). From d'Anastasy's compiled biography however it is already certain that they were not all discovered by him in Egypt and it is highly propable that those related to science(in grk) were the product of the Herculaneum digs (1745-50) whereas the specific papyrus was propably confiscated from Cagliostro (by Saint Germain) in 1786.

-The identities of Saint Germain and his successor Giovanni d'Anastasy were established and will be revealed along with the solutions to other romantic riddles of the 19th century (post Nr 1 of The Announcement, as well as riddle "Concino" further down) early April.

*First time revealed herein.

"There is nothing I can do, my hands are tied" Saint Germain is said to have replied to Marie Antoinette when she asked him to prevent the calamities that would destroy "royal France" as per his prediction.

If the quotation is true, if he really made this statement, the mystery of his controversial personality becomes even more perplexing by the previous revelation-in this here Announcement-that he was in fact the same person as Saint Germain, the war minister of France 1774-1776.

If the quotation is true, something serious must have happened to drasticaly change, to neutralize, the man who shaped european affairs as from about 1760 onwards, enthroned Catherine in Russia and was-as aleady shown by this Announcement-so instrumental in shaping up french politics and planning the assistance to the rebels during the american struggle for independance.


After 1778 there was evidently a "general plan" in the works, a plan which ended by the sacrifice of the french Bourbon kings, a plan designed also to kill, selectively, the threatening chimera of democratic ideas and social principles St Germain and his friends introduced.

Was this plan known to St Germain or was he already neutralised and just too old to react when he saw it materialising? That's the million $ question!

More than just a well documented scenario will answer it:

There simply was far too much "liberty" in Bourbon France, all their enemies, the Pope in Rome and the "illegitimate" british rulers in particular, they all agreed on that issue by then, far too many- and far too "open"-discussions between scientists , artists and men of letters in french "academic societies" and "salons":

There simply was far too much "greekness" in France, they all agreed. It was, it must have been, greek philosophy, plays, art, democracy, greek logos (as ratio in latin) that brought about this "moral decadence" of the french court and nobility and was also threatening their own principles, their world "order", their interests, their governing "systems".

"Greekness" was to be banned from then on , the general plan certainly provided for that as well and, if the french "enlightening" chain of command was to be broken, its weakest link, Saint Germain, was well known and easy to be attacked first and foremost as....

...they all knew his little secret!

Let's assume(for the time being only) that the answer to "Concino's riddle" proves unfavourable to the pedigree of french royals from Luis XIII onwards, that their blood in particular was not so "blue", let's assume that Concino "did his thing" and Maria di Medici had his child, that Luis XIII truly had a greek "Concino Concini" father, what then?

Let's assume that Saint Germain not only knew of this "forbidden" truth but was moreover a part and a proof of it himself and, whereas his own personal interests and loyalties had always been in favour and in parallel to those of the Bourbons, this "own truth", this impossible and unalterable truth he himself was evidence of, was so damaging to his King and to himself, what then?

If royalty today- and some "repuplican monarchs" as well-are still ever so meticulously guarding their own pedigrees and hereditary lines of descent , one can but imagine what an uproar such a revelation would then create: The Bourbons would loose their thrones not just in France but in Spain and Naples as well. The french people, nobility and masses alike, would become the laughing stock worldwide .

On the other hand this truth, if allowed to become public, would have a detrimental influence on all european monarchs already feeling deeply threatened by those same ideals of french "encyclopedism" and "enlightment". Their "order" would be seriously damaged as well.

This was the situation he was facing by 1778, there really was nothing much he could do to hide his secret anymore, his hands were tied and he was in a deep personal dilemma, the prerequisite of all his beloved greek tragedies.

Propably by his own free will he had given up his "minister of war" commission in 1776: He must have been very tired then and possibly also aware that his secret was known to few of his many "friends". The threat of its revelation did not materialise however until around 1780 when he chose to leave France to set up his staged death in Germany in 1784 for this reason alone.

He was certainly forced to let go from controling "things" before 1780 therefore but it is highly doubtfull he was conscious then- let alone taking part-in a plan leading to the french revolution and to the tragic end of his royal french "germain" cousin, he was possibly just too old and tired then, in 1788-90, to do anything to prevent the coming disaster and he certainly wanted no part of it whatsoever.

Did then the man, who created the academic society of "les enfants d'Apollo", "les Philalethes" and "Les neuf soeurs", who controled all virtual art and most lterature of 19th century France, did he give it all up, his greek logos and ideals, to participate perhaps in a plot to bend peoples minds back to the middle ages by injecting the "supernatural" and introduce tribal semitic "truths" in the "Abraxas" papyrus, the "Holy book of Moses" forgery?

Did he thus verify the mythos-consequently promoting dogmatism- of the Bible to promote the Pope's interests thus attacking greek orthodoxy? (G.O. adheres and insists on the greek-written and greek-inspired New Testament and generaly avoids and disregards older biblical texts)

No, he did not:

His pathos with "aegyptian" manusripts was certainly related to his affection for "gnosis". For him, whatever mystery or "magic" the pyramids contained was minor, he knew, when compared to that of the greek language he was so much in love with.

He had indeed supplied cardinal Stefano Borgia with a small part of his manuscript collection, years before 1778, in the hope to assist the catholic Stuarts retake the british throne and indeed this effort had backfired by then: Giuseppe Balsamo had "gone over" to the other side and the Stuarts were...well....just not up to it.

But....he still had in his hands most of his aces again, among which the proof of this monumental forgery, the same actual papyrus he had taken from Cagliostro in 1785-6, he had thus, some at least of his many different enemies on the defence again, had already established his next identity and safe heaven, had chosen and tutored his successor, his grandson Yanni, and so decided to withdraw from France, just after Bastille, just before all hell broke loose.

He was at ease with his conscience: The seeds he had planted, he knew, would sooner or later find the right time and conditions to grow, plan or no plan.

On April 1790, at the age of 77 or 75 (as per his halfbiographer monsieur E.G******) he fooled his persecutors once again and staged another death, in his appartments in Le Louvre, passing away apparently peacefully and with all his faculties in perfect condition as his will records.

He was buried, it is so written, with two of his most trusted relatives as his witnesses, in the church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois nearby.

(see http://www.oldandsold.com/articles08...ravel-10.shtml and
http://architecture.relig.free.fr/auxerrois.htm)

He had selected, long ago, and always used when in the Levant the perfect name for this last resurrection: Lazarus

And left France forever to spend his last years peacefully in his beloved island, Hydra. Eversince 1745 he was known-and in record today-by this name, Lazarus C******, there!

Hydra, he thought, was the ideal place to hide the wounds from the greatest enemy of all: old age. He died there about 1802-3 and is propably still buried somewhere below the grounds of the family church completed, on his orders, in 1780:

"Ypapanti", Hydra's first greek-orthodox (byzantine) styled church* . The church's belfry was erected to his memory by his only legitimate** son, Anastasy C******, and was completed in 1805, all in brilliant white marble from the island of Paros.

*also called "purple church" because of its unusual colour.
** Another known son, Dimitri "Lazarou", a historicaly(Hydra-Petsai) well known personality born around 1750-60 and famous Bouboulina's real father, was also his son from outofmarriage relationship of Lazarus C******.

Feeling like taken on a wild geese chase?

We'll catch them all soon , viewer, have patience

It's a long story, viewer, and I do sympathise with your eventual difficulty and reluctance to follow it up, to have practicaly to swim all the way from Poe's Philadelphia to St Germain's Paris via Florence of 1575, via Venice of 1600 and, of all things, via the "never heard of" tiny Hydra, St Germain's own "greek island" .

Bear in mind if you please that this Announcement has always been about the decoding of Poe's specific two (or more, as it turned out) greek pieces so, if you still claim Edgar as your favorite american poet- and consequently want to learn how these works came to existence, of the people that inspired him, to learn more about his life and mind-then this road, the "never travelled before" but by a "Yanni the greek", will lead you to all that and more: The "famous riddles" solutions will be waiting for you at the end of your "crossing" to sweeten your ordeal.

A "unique", "one and only", a "never before" deal, a "true bargain" but.......
...YOU must be up to it, it's all "up to you", it always has been and always will be so, there are no easy truths!

(an essay on PURPLE to follow soon).

Colours as banners are significant, they are pointers to follow when researching family history.

Purple is certainly an unusual colour for a church of an aegean island, it's highly conspicuous, it pops out of the blue-white-grey background and strikes the eye.

The name of the family who build the purple church in Hydra, Kokkini, when translated means the "reds", so their church might as well have been a "red church", their history "red history". Purple was selected for the book title instead, years ago, because....well, purple sounded better then, rang nobler to the ear than repulsive red.

It was, as it finally turned out, the correct choice for family colours as well.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines purple either as:
-a basicaly red colour-with some blue added-used by emperors, kings, consuls and cardinals, the sign of royalty....or as
-a veterinary disease also known as "swine fever; disease in wheat" (so goes the text in the good dictionary leaving one wondering if the swine get it from wheat or v.v.)

In french "purple" is spelled "pourpre" (also fit for royalty etc). There also is a relative french disease, "purpure", but there is no word about swine and how they get it.

These words all have their root in greek "porfyros" or porphyros, coming from a sea shell, porfyra, out of which the colour was extracted, in days as old as Homer's Ulysses and Plato's Phaedon, to be used as an exclusively royal textile dye. The garment was hence named "porfyra" .

The greek language also includes a "porfyria", a human disease possibly intented as a punishement for those wearing porfyra unrightfully.

Porfyria, sometimes fatal, attacks the skin of the lower ends firstly, red bloody patches are formed, the head next , gums bleeding etc.

Is it perhaps the same as purple, the swine killer?

The issue being delicate as it will next be shown, historians and linguists apparently refuse to address it. Unlike purple, no porfyria or porphyria disease is mentioned in the C.O. Dictionary leading thus to the wrong impression that no such disease ever existed in England:

It did and, as diseases do not discriminate generaly, George III, King of Britain during St Germain's time, had it (The Economist, some ten years back).
It is said furhtermore that he, blood-dripping mouth, protruding teeth and all, inspired John Polidori, the greek writer from Zante, in his provocative "Vampyre" (London 1821).

Was it greek porfyria that penalised the King for unrightfully sitting on his throne or did the specific(!) veterinary virus dare crossover just to break the royal etiquete and attack poor King George?

Who is to tell and let's avoid this delicate issue to return again to purple, the colour mixture of red and blue, a possible indication, when talking of blood mixes, of the eventual molestation of any purely blue-azure french royal blood by a red-porfyros greek perpetrator!

Might this indication, this pointer, be valid in our family research?
No, porfyros the colour was used by royalty far earlier, we said, our Lazarus-Saint Germain did neither invent it nor select it to reveal the results of Concino's blood mixing endeavours, he is just telling us, by the colour choice for his church, he was himself related to royalty.

To sum up: Porfyra is the sea shell, porfyros the royal colour, porfyria the human disease and there is in Hydra a "porfyros" church build by a Lazarus Cokkini, Hydra's legendary archon. We'll come to him later on however, our chromautopsy is by no means finished yet because.....
.
.....there is a "porfyras" as well:

"Porfyras" is the title of "greek national" poet Dionisios Solomos last work. He was the man, remember, who instigated and organised the murder of Yanni d'Anastasy's wife and family in 1835 in Zante. As the grandson of Lazarus Cokkini, Yanni was "porfyros" too.

"Porfyras" was written in 1847 and is the only work done by Solomos after 1835. This rare and precious piece is lost however, as greek literature scholars insist, only few extracts exist, they say, and an indicative summary of the poem's story as well.

The poem mourns in fact the death of an english soldier in Zante by a man-eating shark, "Porfyras", a very unusual name for a shark as a species by this name is not to be found in greek dictionaries or encyclopedias .

It is, one assumes, a name chosen through "poetic license" by Solomos to name the ungratefull fish that rebeled and devoured a brave redcoat sometime after 1835 and the Zante murder.

After 1835, when the brits really showed their autocratic mug to the greeks, disbanning the Ionian parliament and governing Zante, Corfu and Cephalonia by decrees, bayonets and torture assisted by local collaborators headed by our "national" Salomon, murderer of Yanni's family, the "reds" by name and porfyros or purple by colours*:

The Cokkini, co-kin of "french St Germain" and "fiorentine Concino Concini", blood related to the Bourbons.


*The 1821 greek revolutionary banner, the banner of Lazare "Musiu" (=monsieur), brother of Giovanni d'Anastasy and grandson of Lazarus C-St Germain, was indeed purple. It's exhbited today in the Maritime Museum of Piraeus.


(Stories from the island of Hydra to follow next)

It was previously stated that: "After staging his April 1790 Paris death, Saint Germain, the chief diplomatic advisor of Luis XV and XVI, became "Lazarus" Cokkini, Hydra's legendary archon and "ctetor" of purple church of Ypapanti, and died there sometime before 1803."

This conclusion was not just based on St Germain's actual "french" surname, a proof by itself that he was a Kokkini (Cokkini-Cocchini-Cochini etc), but on a multitude of other indications as well all tallying fully to family history already published(*1 end of text) and/or further researched by the undersigned

The published history of Lazarus C and his family, protagonists in the liberation of Greece(1770-1827) was based on research done before the "non greek" part was either known or researched by the undersigned, hence this present attempt- putting new research info alongside old-to demonstrate the validity of the conclusion above.

Let us first examine the 1448-1750 period (based on info from various history writers and other non archivial sources-the web):.

The Cocchini first appear on record 1448 in Corfu and are next to be found on board genovese admiral Andrea Doria's boat escaping the fall of Constantinople in 1453 (see footnote *3 below).

They are seen next as stradioti of the Palaiologi in Morea, early 1500, serve next under Giorgio Castrioti or "Skender-bey", founder of today's Albania, until his death.

Sometime later (1540-1570) they establish themselves in Zante.

In 1571 Giorgio Cochini becomes the top man of the family as captain of "Sebenico galera sottil napoletana San Migele". Under the command of admiral Alvaro de Bazán he saved the collapsing line of Gian-Andrea Doria at the decisive naval battle of Lepanto.
Bazan ....commanded the reserve division, and his prompt energy averted a disaster when Uluch Ali, who commanded the left wing of the Turks, outmancnuvred the commander of the Christian right, Giovanni Andrea Doria, and broke the allied line. (Bazan)...accompanied Don Huan of Austria at the taking of Tunis in the following year".
Giorgio was enobled after Lepanto and received the rare title "Magnifico" , around 1600 or so, in Genoa. This distinction belonged to the Dorias before but as Gian-Andrea was discraced for cowardice at Lepanto, it was passed on to the Cocchini.

It was therefore Giorgio "magnifico" who first "took" Hydra, appearing there not as the island's 1574 "first settler", as the local legend wants, but as the "avant guard" of the joint christian fleet who used the tiny island as an advance post after Lepanto. From 1574 until 1600 Giorgio travlled to Alex Egypt and possibly reached as far as "Cochin" Goa, India, a portuguese colony then, as well.

The Cocchini next "invade" Florence(1575) where they establish themselves (and still exist today with similar names) and Venice, where Giorgio constructed his Palazzo*Note 2 (1597-1600). After San Giorgio di Greci, it is the second building of greek ownership constructed in Venice, adjacent to the greek church, in itself evidence of the family's origins.
Sometime later they also establish themselves in Livorno and Palermo (no research available)

The history of the fiorentine-french names (Cocchini camarlinghi and Medici publishers 1575-1690., Concini 1600-1617, Cacchini composers and Caccini-Cassini, priests-astronomers, all beyond doubt rooted on "Cocchini" and mispelled either by error or purposely-after Concino's "royal intrusion" of 1602- as well as the "purely french" Co**** and Ca**** geographers-cartographers, printers, artists etc) is on the web and cannot be repeated here for reasons of space.

By 1750 or so there were Cocchini branches in Paris, Lisbon, Livorno, Palermo, Trieste, Corfu, Zante, Hydra as well as Chio and Smyrne on the coast of Asia Minor.

As "grande armateurs" they were the Bourbon's link to the outside world.


*1 Research in Hydra's archive for the name "Cokkini" and other related names. Conclusions announced at the Third Panhellenic Congress of the Hellenic Heraldic Society, October 1998, relative article published March 1999 in Athens (History Illustrated, Papyros Larousse publishers, Nr 369) "The Cokkini family of Hydra". A summary of the study itself published by the H.H.S (Athens 2001, Praktika of the Third Congress, Deltion 11, pages 627-675).

*2 "Palazzo Cocchini" housing today the offices of Greek Orthodox Church in Italy.

*3 Various relative web publications appeared in the meantime, thus a "ser Battista di Lorenzo Concini" is the first "italian Cocchini" on record in Urbisaglia, Terranuova in 1456 and, of course, top man of the family since 1545 or so was Bartolomeo Concini, Cosimo I's prime minister (who also served for a period in Brusseles hence the "Netherland link of the family eversince)

(In following Part II-covering 1745-1803 the "local view" of the family will be examined focusing in particular on existing "Hydra" evidence on the presence there of Lazarus Cochini=Saint Germain.)

Part II (1745-1803)

Forword

Published works by the undersigned (as per *1 of previous Part I) have already established the Cocchini family as instrumental for the 1821 revolution which lead to the creation of created Modern Greece and is celebrated March the 25th each year.
Another part of Saint Germain's legend, that he was alive and active 1821 in Greece, was thus confirmed.

As the examination of his greek presence will next show, he was also instrumental in previous two revolts , the "Orlofika" with nominal leader Grigori Orlov, 1770-1774 and "Labro Cacchoni's", March 1788- June 1792 and the conclusion is thus reached that among the various other causes invented by historians to explain Modern Greece's revival, one more should be added::

That of the vision of a great man.

(The following sources have been basicaly used for the present:
S1 :"Admiral Miaoulis", by Sp.Melas, Saliveros publications, Athens 1932.
S2: Greek Piracy and Corsairs, by Alexandra Crantonelli, Estia publ. Athens 1998
S3: "Archives of the council of the island of Hydra" by Ant.Lignos, published Athens 1920-1953.)

Lepanto proved not decisive enough to reestablish christian rule in the Aegean Archipelago. In 1669 Candia,Crete is lost to the Ottomans and La Serenissima is limited to their other aquisitions, Cirigo, south west of Peloponisos and the isles of the Ionian sea (Zante, Corfu, Cephalonia, Leukada), which remained theirs until the very end (1797).

After 1669 the Cocchini had better things to do than stay on the republics ex maritime borderline post : Hydra and neighboring Petsai, part of the Ottoman empire until 1821, with neither history nor sewage until 1745, were scarcely inhabited by few "arvanites", dalmatian christians, first brought to the island as crew of Giorgio "Magnifico" and his gallera.

1663 to 1690, venetian chevalier Constantino Cocchini supervises the construction of San Giacommo theater in Corfu, fifty years ahead of Milano's La Scala. In Florence other members of the family take part in theatrical performances as well. (the web).

Hydra's naval history and relative economic growth actually begins 1745, when Lazarus Cocchini, the patriarch of the "on record" hydrian family, "initiated trading wheat with Egypt" with a 116 ton boat as written(S1, 36). He next, 1757, constructed and put to sea another boat of 250 tons for this same purpose(S1,37) thus gaining "immense wealth". His many local sons in law, well known "names" of 1821's history, follow his expample and by 1780 or so, the hydrian commercial fleet controlls all grain trade of eastern meditaranean, loading grain in the Black Sea and Alexandria Egypt to sell it to ports as far as Lisbon, Marseille etc.

There is no local reference on Lazarus C participating in the first rebellion of greeks joining forces with Gregory Orlov's first sea war against the Ottomans (1770-1774) but one cannot fail to remember Saint Germain's participation both to the enthronement of- Orlov's beloved-Great Catherine this same year and that he, as russian officer Baron Salticoff, supplied russians the brulot know-how and sailed with them as far as Tunis.

(to be continued)

Part III

It has been stated in previous posts that, after the collier affair, Cagliostro's escape to London and the theft at St Germain's lodgings at Le Louvre in 1786, St Germain is next said to have visited Paris in 1789 "to see the work of that deamon of hell" and then faked another death there, April 1790, to return to the Levant as Lazarus Cochini.
The timeline below (all as per S2 unless otherwise stated) refers to his last years, 1789-1802, which begin with his participation in yet another rebellion against the Ottomans, the one (1789-1792) by "Labros Cacchonis" (*see Note 1 below).

April 1788 Labro arrives in Zante on his "Athena of the North" and forms next a base in Cirigo wherefrom he loots and takes as prizes various ships, among which first a hydrian "tartana" carrying oil to Genoa belonging to Lazarus Cocchini, "varatario"-title propably indicates he was licensed to store gunpowder for the french- and agent of France. Another ship belonging to an Eleftherios Cochini, also agent of France, was looted as well. After more attacks, Labro returns later in the year to Trieste, on orders from Venetian admiral Emo, and is imprisoned there until March 89.
May 1789 Labro returns to the Aegean and is joined by greek corsairs, thirty ships in total, as well as a maltese Guillermo Lorenzi, who, flying the russian flag, threatens and bombards Hydra this same month.
June 1789-June 1790 Various attacks and counterattacks force Labro to retreat to Ithaca, Ionian sea. with only five ships following.
August 13th to October 11, 1790: Two corsair ships flying the russian flag, captained by Gianni Anargiro from Petsai and his partner, a Niccolo Cocchini, capture three turkish ships off Creta and Cassos and bring them as prizes to Zante. .
August 1791. Armistice is declared between Rusia and Turkey.
January 1792 Treaty of Iasio confirms it. Labro left on his own.
Early 1792 "As they say in Hydra"(Sp.Melas) Lazarus Cochini, in his "first ever" trip to Trieste, saved two jewish money forgers by offering them safe passage to Saloniki in exchange for part of their loot, thus becoming -again(!)-very rich. (S1, 74).
April 1792 Labro sails off Cirigo for Porto Cajo, Mani, before leaving the Aegean.for ever.
31.5.1792 Lazarus Cochini grants a loan to Hydra's town council. (S3)
August 1792 The ottoman admiral arrives in Hydra and demands from the town council to surrender Lazarus to be hanged for having guided hydrian captains to join forces with Labro before. The elders, the people and all sailors united protest against the admiral's demand, so the admiral drops his persecution and in return Lazarus presents him, as token of his good will, with a big ship. (S1, 81-83). He has the title of a russian naval officer and has been appointed Russia's subconsul of Hydra in the meantime. (S1,66)
14.5 1793.A letter by the top "draguman"-translator-of the Sultan advises hydrian elders that their ships have the right again to cross the Bosporus channel and enter the Black Sea. Lazarus Cochini is the top elder on the list, the letter is addressed to him first. (S3)
1.8.1794. On record the nephew of Lazarus, a Dimitri "Fragos" (=franc).(S3)
1.3.1797 On record "the most noble archon Lazarus Dimitri Cocchini loans the town council 7525 "grosia" at 15% p.a interest." (S3)
7.12.1797. A property sold in Hydra next to the properties of Gika "Lazarou" and Lazarus Cochini.(S3)
1.3.1800 Lazarus Cochini sends less than ordered hydrian sailors to serve the ottoman navy in Constanntinople. Captain of the transport ship, his son in law Dimitri. (S3)
3.7.1803. The "late" Lazarus Cochini on record for last time. (S3).

To interpret the above one has to be aware that Melas had a "secret" (heh-heh) agenda to promote. It was he who "streamlined" Hydra's archive: The 16 volumes published (S3) include only half of available manuscripts, the unpublished other half, covering propably the 1750-1780 period, is still hidden somewhere and was not searched for by the undersigned.

*Note 1 Labro's both names -Labros=brilliant grk, Cacchoni easily converted back to Cocchini - as well as parts of his biography leave little doubt that he was himself a Cochini and that is why he was able to return to Odessa, Crimea and was granted a great reward by Catherine.

(Last part IV to follow)

Part IV.

Readers, obviously conversant with 18th century history and sufficiently interested in specific issues raised to have followed this thread thus far, can easily deduct from the previous timeline that "Lazarus" Cochini was either a magician (to have escaped punishement for leading a rebellion against the Sultan and furthermore secure for himself and his hydrian sailor friends the exclusive right again to trade in the Aegean and the Black Sea flying the russian flag) or a super diplomat with excellent contacts to the Russian court at least.

Attacking himself first to disassociate his "Lazarus" persona from the rebellion he organised, he, the tentative Saint Germain, further allows readers to conclude that the ex war minister forsaw the collapse of his royal France and organised the "Cacchoni rebellion" to soften the ground for the future he envisaged. The diplomatic sommersault performed 1789-1792 was to him propably normal everyday business as there were certainly many persuasive reasons and official ways to pass his message and achieve peace between Russia and the Sultan:

The Jasi pact was signed when France was already attacking Austria, Catherine was outlawing russian masons and preparing to attack the french "austrian" army, Robespierre and his jacobin mob were beheading the royal family (his cousins-germains) in Paris and Gustav III was assasinated, as predicted, in Sweden.

The pact securing peace for Eastern Mediteranean was broken only after Saint Germain's death in 1802, thus his wish for a peacefull retirement was fulfilled.

Readers attention is next drawn to the most important bit of info (of previous timeline) that escaped being processed by "history scholars-editors":

Niccolo Cochini, the August 1790 Creta-Cassos corsair is, for this compulsive root hunter at least, extremely tempting: A Niccolo ancestor was sought for in Hydra's archive a long time ago but none such was traced in the pre1800 records.

His existence was known from three registered (S3) sons of his: Alexandry Niccolo Cochini (4 X,1821-1832), Dimitri N.C.(once, 1824),
Peter N.C. (once, 1828)
(The limited number of registrations and the time appearing-six in total, 1821-1832- is a clear indication that Hydra was not their normal domicile, they were living elsewhere, possibly Alexandria (as "Alexandry" indicates) and had moved temporarily to Hydra because of the 1821 events. The Alexandria residence is furthermore confirmed by the geographic location of the corsair act of Niccolo: Cassos and Crete are quite distant from Hydra or mainland Greece, fairly big ships are needed to sail their waters and only ships travelling to and from Alexandria would follow this sea root.)

Why was Niccolo sought for, why is he so important?

As father of Peter, he is the grandfather of Michael Peter Cochini, the Missolonghi engineer (direct ancestor of the undersigned) whose french links were obvious but impossible to trace before: The engineer (~1780-1826) who designed and constructed the famous fort, spoke french as native language, had studied in France but also had a hydrian uncle whose name, captain Antonios Dim. Cocchini, was given to one of the fort's towers. Other tower names given by the engineer (including Ben. Franklin's and William of Orange's, then first King of Holland) tell of his links to masonry in general and to the egyptian rite in particular. A tower was named after "Ananiah" the wise (Il Saggio, the unknown founder of the rite of Mizraim).

Dates are telling too: Saint Germain-Cocchini stages his April 1790 Paris death to return to the Levant, guide the rebellion and resurrect himself, as late as 1792, as the Lazarus he once was, and there is Niccolo Cocchini, the corsair of August 1790, travelling from Crete and Cassos to reach Zante, of all ports, and then disappear!

(Niccolo and his partner in arms Anargiros, a well known name from Petsai, proceed to dispose their prizes to Zante. One has to be also fluent with Zante history to know that at the time the Cocchini family was very powerfull, that a chevalier Andrea Cocchini was among the triad governing Zante in 1800, after La Serenissima had ceased to exist and the russoturkish fleet first anchored in Zante. One has also to remember that Zante is where the Mizraim rite is said to have originated to pass then west to Venice sometime around 1782.)

And, as it is soon going to be revealed, St Germain had not just a Cochini surname but was a "Niccolo" himself!

Thus, not just Edgar's friend and host, Giovanni d'Anastasy, was directly related to Saint Germain, but Poe's first ever decoder, "Yanni the greek", is too:

Niccolo the corsair was Saint Germain himself, travelling from Alexandria to Hydra on his own ship (captained by a frenchman, a Bonfort from Cassis propably), his friend Anargiros following on another boat as guard, and using his-unknown in the Levant- real name until he gained control of the situation again. Then only does he return to the already well known "Lazarus", Hydra's archon, personality.

Next post, April 2nd, will reveal his full identity for the few who have not been able to make him out already!

The following conclusions are the result of a detailed name study. Some plagiarism is unavoidable:

The name has always been Cocchini or Cochini (Kokkini grk) but, following the dramatic turn of events (Concino's productive relationship to Maria di Medici's queen of France uncovered about 1606, King Henry's assasination in 1610, Concino's in 1617) it was modified in Florence, Italy for diplomatic reasons and in France for the safety of those carrying it.

The fiorentine Cocchini, closely associated to the Medicis, kept their name until 1609- a last Cocchini even manages to graduate in Pisa, (Diploma di Dottore in diritto, conceduto dall'Università di Pisa a Francesco Cocchini da Pescia l'anno 1617)- but they all next become Concini, Conchini, Coccini (Giovanni, the Firenze sculptor of works at the Holy Trinity church also registered as Caccini), Cochi and Caccini (Giulio, Francesca etc, opera founders and botanists, Matteo and Giovanni, roman catholic priests and Galileo's persecutors and subsequent followers), to return to their correct name again only around 1650 (Cocchini, Medici's science publishers first ever patenting the sign of the star etc etc). Much later the name also becomes Gozzini on political grounds.

In Italy today there are perhaps a dozen Cocchini families, a couple Gozzinis, no Caccinis, Coccinis or Concinis.

The french are recorded (about 1640) as Cochin, Cocain, Cachin, later propably Cazin (publishers) and LeRouge (=the reds, geographers, chartographers) too and, soon after, when the first Caccini astronomer, Gian Domenico, settles in France to form the Cassini dynasty, the name given to them by common agrrement betwen italian and french historians early in the 19th century. (They spelled their name as "Caccini" however til 1779 at least!)

There are today in France only few Cochin and fewer Cachin families. Some Cochini are also registered, they are however from 20th century (1922, Asia Minor) immigration. No Cassini or Caccini name was found.

Italian scholars certainly still have their reasons to keep truth under lock and key and to maintain the various name versions, thus making the famous opera founders and astronomers italians and as for the french ....well....an "italian Concino" was bad enough, let alone a greek Saint Germain!

After this introductory note and before proceeding as scheduled to answer the main question on Saint Germain aka Lazarus aka Niccolo the corsair etc, a relative letter to Mme Ellen Cohen, "editor" of Franklin's correspondence at Yale will next be quoted, a kind of open invitation and reminder to the kind lady that silence is not always a prerequisite for serenity.

Continuing from previous post.....

Evidence that the french Cassini astronomers spelled their name as "Caccini" in 1790 and that they were related to the Cochini-Cochin are two letters of same date, today in Benjamin Franklins's papers collection at Yale.

Mme Ellen Cohn (or Cohen), editor in charge, having already lectured on Franklin's unique diplomatic shrewedness to have tricked , more or less, the french (thus extracting the maximum amount of their aid) using his printing talent to do it, has certainly studied in detail Franklin's printing advisor, Cochin, author of the first of the two letters. Not knowing apparently who the Caccini(?) author of the second letter was, Mme Cohn or Cohen then placed the question mark after the name.

Cohn, "the history editor", has obviously her reasons for failing to mention that the same printing expert, Cochin, is also the artist who drew and engraved Ben's famous "fur cap" portrait, so critical in promoting the american "cause" in Europe.

Cohn the detective failed to respond to repeated requests on the subject :

Letter of October 3rd, 05(Addressed to the Curator of Ben Frankli's papers)

Subject: Cochin(i) letters to Benjamin Franklin.

Dear Sir (it was wrongly assumed the curator was a "he")

Researching and partly publishing family history for some years, I recently discovered following two letters in B.F's relative archive with you:

a)From Cochin, ------. Paris., to Benjamin Franklin 1779 February 17 A.L.S. 1p. XIII, 114.
and
b) From Caccini ?, ------. Dunkirk., to Benjamin Franklin 1779 February 17 A.L.S. 3p. XIII, 115.

Whereas the first letter is undoubtedly written by Charles-Nicholas Cochin "fils", the fiorentine-french artist responsible for "Illuminism" and the "fur cup" portrait of Benjamin, the full identity of the author of second letter cannot be deducted from the brief description of letter's contents published in your website or from other sources. Dunkirk is a very unlikely location for the Coccini sender at the time.
Would you be so kind as to send me relative info and perhaps photos of both letters?
In return I will include you in my list of "future first readers" and will thus mail you copy of first printout from my next article titled "Papyrologies" in english when finished.
For your information a list of works is included.
Yours truly



Letter of December 3rd, 05
(Addressed to Ellen Cohn this time)
Subject: Ben Franklin and his Cochin & Caccini pen-pals.

Dear Madam,
"The curator of the papers of B.F." did not write back so the attached letter of October the 3rd is now correctly readdressed to the 'Historian as Detective' editing Franklin's mysteries, thus renewing the original suggestion for cooperation by the undersigned.
Re the first correspondent, Cochin, Franklin's artist friend and consultant: Modern researchers and men /women of letters seemingly neglect his various talents and qualifications and either diminish or avoid him alltogether !
Re the identity of the second of Franklin's correspondents Caccini(?): He is either Cassini Cesar Francois de Thury or Cachin Joseph Marie Francois or Georges- Luis "Le Rouge" , all apparently related to the first.
By this opportunity you are kindly advised that following riddles have in the meantime been solved, partly with info provided by relevant european authorities:
- The identity of two other intimate friends of Franklin: "Le comte de San Germain" and "Marquise de Savalette de Lange" and
- The identity of the designer of the Great Seal of the USA, a rather compelling issue of hermetic nature.
Relevant conclusions will become public knowledge sooner or later.
Again placing myself at your disposal, I remain

Yours truly


"Seethroughs" become you , detective Ellen!

....Charles Nicholas Cochin (fils), the artist friend of Ben Franklin.

Not in the mood at present to further comment on issues raised, herebelow is the explanation why April 2nd was chosen for this revelation instead of...

...April-fool-day!

Along with the french royal family, "greekness" was decapitated as well in 1792.
Changes in philosophy followed, older axiomatic values, such as truth, justice and ethos, being replaced by "industry" notions such as capital, interest, free trade, market forces etc.
Religion was given a simultaneous boost , the full range of its "products" impacted into the minds of the "Hoi polloi". Paradise was put back in heaven and everything settled nicely into a new order of things .

"New age" thinkers and men of letters are generally divided eversince in two basic schools of thought:

-The "May the 1st school of thinkers", aka "mayfirsters" and
-The "April fool day philosophical society" aka "aprilfoolers".

Mayfirsters commemorate prophet Weishaupt's "Illuminati", founded on the particular day of 1776, May the 1st, also known as "labour day", for the benefits this new order brought to them and their subjects/citizens alike, all happily working and enjoying themselves in harmony eversince.

Aprilfoolers, instinctive followers of long forgotten masters, lie to each other in principle on April 1st each year only, the fools!

Charles Nicholas Cochin's "halfbiography", written by monsieur Edmond Goncour, a "mayfirster"-founder of the "societe de gens de lettres" in France, can be found on the web under title "COCHIN". In french, it is THE perfect example of the art of "halftruth" writing.

Goncour's "fiction only" society has yet to respond to the following letter of October 24th, 2005:

La societe de gens de lettres
Paris-FRANCE


Subject: E.Goncour's "COCHIN".

Dear members of the board of the prestigious literary award.

Quite different than the "man" presented by your founder, Charles-Nicholas left much deeper an "estampe" on world matters, including culture, than all other contemporary gens de lettres combined.
Did Edmond know who he really was?
Of course!
He knew of San Severo's capella, of Benjamin's fur-cap portrait, of his political role, of his "Saint Germain", "Savalette" (See note) and "Saltycov" personnae, he researched him in detail, but...
Why then did he diminish him?
One cannot really answer the question without combining the archives of "L'abbaye royal de Sain Pierre de Jumieges" to the Cocchini family history, a small part of which I present to you in my native language.
Notice please that neither the french nor the fiorentine branches are included: A well kept secret, you see, the undersigned did not even know of their existence, so Charles-Nicholas-who created the abbe Cochin of 687- and Concino are not mentioned.
Would it be ethnically improper*1 to suggest a toast to their memory (bourbon naturally) in your next gathering?



Yours truly


*1.Les Cochin, selon un mot de Georges Goyau, peuvent "errer à travers Paris comme à travers un musée familial"...(transl: The Cochin, as per George Goyau, "are wrong to consider Paris a family Museum".) G.Goyau became a member of the french Academy replacing a Cochin early in the 20th century)

Note for the reader of this forum : Savalette de Lange, WAS NOT another identity of Saint Germain as wrongly stated above. A notorious personality, a mason of particular sexual tastes and habits, he normally dressed as a woman and, shortly before the french revolution, "sold" positions and appointments in the french foreign service.

Next post will tackle the subject of the archive of L'abbaye royal de Sain Pierre de Jumieges!

Constructed sometime when Asterix and Obelisk were still fighting the Vikings from the north and the Romans from the south east, Rouen's Sain Pierre is one of the oldest christian churches in France. Once a monastery, a kind of fortress propably as well, it once housed over a thousand monks. According to an existing archive, at least three french saints, Aycadre, Hughes and Filibert were sancticised there, sometime in the 7-8th century.
Inbetween these saints , an ordinary simple "abbe Cochin" pops up, in 687, to mock a greek Kokkini researcher who has already exposed himself by publicaly announcing the greek origins of his great family after several years of research.

http://www.wissensdrang.com/dcon7fr.htm
....Saint Aycadre, 2e abbe (682). — Cochin, 3e abbé (687). — Saint Hugues, 4e abbé (724). — Hildegard, 5e abbé (730). — Droctegand, 6e abbé (vers 750)....
....Le successeur de S. Aycadre à Jumièges fut Cochin, religieux de cette abbaye sous ses deux premiers abbés. Son élection par les suffrages de la communauté réunie montre quel fut son mérite avant qu'il fut abbé, mais elle ne nous met pas au fait de ses actions en particulier. On ne sait rien non plus de son pays, de sa naissance, ni de son éducation avant qu'il fut religieux.

Errare humanum est, no doubt about it and, in this day and age, "french" certainly sounds better than "greek" but, as conscienscious aprilfoolers, we normally dislike being fooled on any other day even if the perpetrator is none other than our famous ancestor, Saint Germain himself, as it turns out:

As the same site confirms, the existing archive is only a copy of an original manuscript which somehow vanished in 1790, the exact year Saint Germain also decided to permanently leave France and return to his "Greece to be" as Niccolo, the corsair, or Lazarus Cocchini, the resurrected archon.

Doubts are also expressed about the authenticity of the MS and is furthermore specified that the archive ends back in 691, meaning that older dates, saints and abbes, are part of french religious mythology only:

http://www.wissensdrang.com/dcon7fr0.htm#4

Ce manuscrit de l'histoire de l'abbaye de Jumièges est la seconde copie faite sur l'original et devenu lui-même original, s'il est vrai, comme Dom Outin, ancient religieux et bibliothécaire de cette abbaye, me l'a assuré depuis la révolution, que cet original du même format et papier que celui cy ait disparu en1790 de la fameuse Bibliothèque de ce monastère

Cette histoire finit à l'an 1760 et contient d'abord 680 pages, elle va jusqu'à 691 :
1° Les feuilles suivantes, depuis la page 680 aiant été transposées par le relieur et placées à la fin de ce manuscrit.

Giorgio Magnifico did have his "national" reasons to build his absolutely greek Palazzo in Venice in 1601:

"Nel più antico palazzo del Campo dei Greci aveva sede il Monastero delle Nobili Monache Greche (1601-1834) e la Scuola delle ragazze greche. Queste istituzioni nonché le adiacenti e famosissime tipografie greche del tempo, costituivano con la chiesa di San Giorgio, un centro di particolare presenza ed attività greco-ortodossa nella laguna veneta.".

...and Saint Germain himself did in fact create his modest " modern Greece" too, so the question, for his french "other half" biographer, will propably be:

Why did he create this 687 "Cochin abbe" if he really was greek?

It's highly doubtfull the french will touch the subject in the forseeable future, so we better answer the question on their behalf:

He did it to protect the french royal line as well as his own "Cochin-french" relatives who remained in France, the act was essential for the security and longevity of both.

Someone working for him did a bad job propably falsifying the original manuscript, he had it thus replaced by a copy.
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Readers may also find following sites interesting
http://www.picure.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ar...ses/ses_e.html
(On Bourbons, Medicis, Cochin and the Herculaneum digs!)

http://www.zen-it.com/mason/stor&soc/sangro.htm (in italian)
(Relations of Cochin with Raimondo di Sangro, Ramsay and the Stuarts. "I viaggi di Ciro". San Severo's famous capella designed by Cochin as per his frontispiece of "L'Encyclopedie".)

The administrator of this forum removed a "Porphyria's lover by R.Browning" subject written by member J.T.Best-who was propably inspired by post 68 above, titled "Purple colours" and dealing with the subject of porfyria, porfyra etc-right after the undersigned argued that Browning was not just referring to "euthanasia, plain and simple" as per Mr Best, but, as a victorian poet buried in poets corner of Westminster abbey, he was propably referring to King George's III porphyria disease and that, at the time the poem was written 1834-1836, Benjamin Disraeli was making his debut in the british parliament.

On second thoughts the following interpretation is more plausible::
Browning was referring to Giovanni d'Anastasy wife's murder in Zante, mid 1835 (while d'Anastasy was in London for the sale of Henri Salt's collection and the publication of a book on aegyptian discoveries) that also inspired E..A. Poe to write both his Sonnet to Zante, Jan 1837, as per post Nr 1 of this thread as well as the Visionary-Assignment, later on.
"Porphyria's lover" was first published in 1836 as some sources claim while others mention a series of five poems published from 1834 onwards.

The administrator is therefore kindly requested to explain why he removed the subject to begin with.

Adding this forum's administrator to the long list of scholars that have not responded to Yanni's "kind invitation" to reply, we will next devote one more post to "Porphyria's lover".

Brownings best biography: http://www.blackmask.com/thatway/books171c/rbroadex.htm
...artfully avoids to specify the exact date the poem first came to life as follows:

His keen social instincts saved him from most of the infirmities of budding genius; but the poems he contributed to Fox's journal during the following two years (1834-36) show a significant predilection for imagining the extravagances and fanaticisms of lonely self-centred minds. Joannes Agricola, sublime on the dizzy pinnacle of his theological arrogance, looking up through the gorgeous roof of heaven and assured that nothing can stay his course to his destined abode, God's breast; Porphyria's lover, the more uncanny fanatic who murders with a smile; the young man who in his pride of power sees in the failures and mistakes of other men examples providentially intended for his guidance,—it was such subjects as these that touched Browning's fancy in those ardent and sanguine years.

A similar "artfull deception" is to be found at http://www.bartleby.com/223/0303.html

After the publication of Pauline, in 1833, Browning visited Petrograd with Benkhausen, the Russian consul general............to apply—in vain—for a post on a Persian mission. During this period, there is ample evidence of physical and mental exuberance, but little of poetic activity......But his interest in the complicated subtleties of diplomacy appeared in Sordello and Strafford as well as in Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau—not to mention Bishop Blougram and Caliban upon Setebos. In 1834, however, there appeared in The Monthly Repository a series of five poetic contributions of which the most noteworthy were Porphyria, afterwards entitled Porphyria’s Lover, and the six stanzas beginning “Still ailing, Wind? Wilt be appeased or no,” which were republished in James Lee’s Wife.

...along with a light commentary on Brownings early involvement in british cloak and dagger society.


A parallel study of Ben Disraeli's biography brings forward the similarities of the two men who share apparently not just the same "spiritual principles" but the same semite origins as well.

As we said earlier "greekness" was to be banned after the fall of the french "purple" monarchs so that "paradise" would return to heaven.

Thus "Porphyria's Lover":

The young brit, a realist, in the safety of his warm little country side cottage is visited by Porphyria coming from the cold and the storm. Removing part of her wet and soiled clothing, she tries to seduce him, he thoughtfully gives in ....

That moment she was mine, mine, fair,
Perfectly pure and good: I found
A thing to do,

but as he knows she does not really love him, he then stangles her...

....and all her hair
In one long yellow string I wound
Three times her little throat around,
And strangled her. No pain felt she;
I am quite sure she felt no pain.
As a shut bud that holds a bee,
I warily oped her lids: again.

And even avoids remorse or punishment from above ....

Her head, which droops upon it still:
The smiling rosy little head,
So glad it has its utmost will,
That all it scorn'd at once is fled,
And I, its love, am gain'd instead!
Porphyria's love: she guess'd not how
Her darling one wish would be heard.
And thus we sit together now,
And all night long we have not stirr'd,
And yet God has not said a word!

....because Porphyria's God is weaker than his own!


Does this utterly disgusting poem relate to D'Anastasy's London visit?

It propably does: Poe and the Brownings did correspond, the dates match and furthermore, the fact that no exact publishing date is given is most indicatory.

The "threat to Britain" possibly implied by Browning in the poem is not justified by the biographic data either of D'Anastasy or even his grandfather Saint Germain.

A threat to the "jewish cause" was propably Browning's real motive to write the poem and it must be again pointed out that the 1835 Zante murder perpetrator was Dionisios Salomon, another poet of jewish origins!

A pattern is emerging.....

The "musical" part of this family history research has been neglected thus far, Giulio and Francesca Caccini, the opera founders, only briefly mentioned in "What's in a name?" post along with the "Cochi" name version of the fiorentines.

Gioachino Cocchi, another opera composer, unlike his contemporary musicians, has been deprived of a decent biography, propably because he, "Gioachino", was another alias of Saint Germain himself.

Music "scholars" even disagree on Gioachino's life span, some claiming he was born in Padova, 1720 and died "after 1788", others do not define the place of his 1714 birth and ask themselves if Venice was where he really died in 1804.

Taking therefore Mr Goncour's word for granted, we can safely say that Paris is where he was born in 1714 or 13 and Hydra is where he died in 1803 (as mentioned in previous posts).

Gioachino is known to have composed some 50 music opera pieces and to have been Haymarket theater's manager in London from 1757 to 1762 being then replaced by noneother than J.C.Bach himself, and to have then remained in London for the better part of the next ten years or so, ie until about 1772.

Many of his music works were published there by a Mr I.Walsh during 1758-1776, the last being the folowing:

Le Delizie dell'Opere. Being a Collection of all the Favourite Songs in Score, collected from the Operas compos'd by Bach, Perez, Cocchi, Ciampi, Jomelli, Giardini, Galuppi, Vinci, Pergolesi, Leo, Lampugnani, Terradellas, Hasse, Porpora, C. St Germain, Pescetti, Veracini, Bononcini
ISBN: B0000CV06Q / Unknown Binding
Publisher: Printed for I. Walsh / 1776
http://www.bookfinder4u.co.uk/book_s.../D_Cocchi.html

In other words Saint Germain "the immortal", was an unbelievably complex personality with a great sense of humor, a biographer's true nightmare.

Below:
a) a 1763 "Walsh" book copypasted for the biography details .........

1763. COCCHI, Gioacchino ca. 1720 - after 1788. Sixteen Songs and Duets With a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord Also Adapted for the Violin, Hautboy, German Flute, Guitar & Violoncello. [Vocal score]. Opera LXIII. London: 1763. Oblong octavo. Modern half dark orange leather with marbled boards. 1f. (title), 1f. (dedication), pp. 1-8, [9] (blank), 10-16, [17] (blank), 18-60 (some browning and staining to title-page; occasional minor foxing and browning). Engraved throughout, with engraver's name to foot of last page (Pasquali). First Edition. BUC p. 202. RISM C3239 (4 copies only, one in the U.S.). Cocchi was music director at the Haymarket Theatre in London from 1757 to 1762. "During the next five seasons he supervised the production of opere serie, composed several himself and contributed to pasticcios." Cocchi was succeeded by J.C. Bach at the Haymarket in 1762, but continued to live in London for about ten more years, during which time he published several collections of chamber arias and duets, this being one of them. He was also much in demand as a singing teacher. Grove VI, Vol. 4 p. 509.http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/lub/12182.shtml

and

b) a list of perfromances of "Joachino's" plays, indicatory of the mobility and the approximate whereabouts of their creator as well. Noteworthy his "egyptian or eastern" works after 1745 (first trip of Lazarus Cochini to Alexandria in 1745. Note also: Saint Germain's italian trip with de Marigny, Mme Pombadour's brother, Dec 1749 to Sept 1751) as well as his London performances AFTER 1761 (Second voyage of Lazarus C to Alexandria in 1757)

Cocchi, Gioacchino
* ca. 1715
† 1804 in Venedig (?)
La Matilde comedia per musica 2 Akte
Antonio Palomba (Winter 1739 Neapel, Teatro de' Fiorentini)
Adelaide dpm 3 Akte
Antonio Salvi (Karneval 1743 Rom, Teatro Alibert o delle Dame)
L'Elisa commedia per musica 3 Akte
Palomba (Herbst 1744 Neapel, Teatro de' Fiorentini)
L'Irene commedia per musica 3 Akte
Domenico Canicà (Frühjahr 1745 Neapel, Teatro de' Fiorentini)
L'ipocondriaco risanato intermezzo 2 Akte
Carlo Goldoni (Karneval 1746 Rom, Teatro Valle)
Bajazette dpm 3 Akte
Agostino Piovene (Karneval 1746 Rom, Teatro Alibert o delle Dame)
I due fratelli beffati commedia per musica 3 Akte
Eugenio Pigrugispano (Winter 1746 Neapel, Teatro Nuovo sopra Toledo)
La maestra commedia per musica 3 Akte
Palomba (Karneval 1747 Neapel, Teatro Nuovo sopra Toledo); rev. als La scuola moderna Herbst 1748 Venedig; 11. März 1749 London, King's Theatre; als La Scaltra Governatrice 25. Jan. 1753 Paris, Académie de musique
Merope dpm 3 Akte
Apostolo Zeno (20. Jan. 1748 Neapel, Teatro San Carlo)
Siface dpm 3 Akte
Pietro Metastasio (Karneval 1749 Neapel, Teatro San Carlo)
Arminio dpm 3 Akte
Salvi (Karneval 1749 Rom, Teatro di Torre Argentina)
La serva bacchettona commedia per musica 3 Akte
Palomba (Frühjahr 1749 Neapel, Teatro de' Fiorentini)
La Gismonda commedia 3 Akte
Palomba (Frühjahr 1750 Neapel, Teatro de' Fiorentini)
Bernardone commedia 3 Akte
Palomba (Karneval 1750 Palermo, Teatro privato Valguarner)i
Siroe, re di Persia dpm 3 Akte
Metastasio (Karneval 1750 Venedig, Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo)
La mascherata dramma comico 3 Akte
Goldoni (27. Dez. 1751 Venedig, Teatro Tron di San Cassiano)
Le donne vendicate dramma comico 3 Akte
Goldoni (Karneval 1751 Venedig, Teatro Tron di San Cassiano)
Nitocri dpm 3 Akte
Zeno (26. Dez. 1751 Turin, Teatro Regio)
Sesostri, re d'Egitto dpm 3 Akte
Zeno und Pietro Pariati (30. Mai 1752 Neapel, Teatro San Carlo)
Il tutore commedia 2 Akte
Vincenzo Puccinelli (Karneval 1752 Rom, Teatro Valle)
Il finto cieco melodramma 2 Akte
Pietro Trinchera (Herbst 1752 Neapel, Teatro Nuovo sopra Toledo); gemeinsam mit Pasquale Errichelli
La serva astuta commedia per musica 3 Akte
Antonio Palomba, nach Goldoni
Frühjahr 1753 Neapel, Teatro de' Fiorentini (gemeinsam mit Pasquale Errichelli)
Semiramide riconosciuta dramma 3 Akte
Metastasio (Karneval 1753 Venedig, Teatro Tron di San Cassiano); 1771 London, King's Theatre
Rosmira fedele dramma 3 Akte
Silvio Stampiglia (Himmelfahrtstag 1753 Venedig, Teatro Grimani di San Samuele)
Il pazzo glorioso dramma giocoso 3 Akte
Antonio Villani (Herbst 1753 Venedig, Teatro Tron di San Cassiano)
Il finto turco commedia 2 Akte
Antonio Palomba/P. Errichelli (Winter 1753 Neapel, Teatro de' Fiorentini (rev. Fassung Winter 1753 ebd.); gemeinsam mit Errichelli
Le nozze di Monsù Fagotto intermezzo 2 Akte (zus. mit G. B. Pescetti)
Angelu Lunghi (Karneval 1754 Rom, Teatro Valle)
Tamerlano dramma 3 Akte
Agostino Piovene (Karneval 1754 Venedig, Teatro Grimani di San Samuele)
Metastasio (Himmelfahrtstag 1754 Venedig, Teatro Vendramin a San Salvatore)
Li matti per amore dramma giocoso 3 Akte
Genuaro Antonio Federico (Herbst 1754 Venedig, Teatro Grimani di San Samuele)
Il terrazzano intermezzi per musica (Karneval 1754 Florenz, Teatro del Cocomero); 1764 London, King's Theatre
Il cavaliere errante op.buf.
Agostino Medici (Karneval 1755 Ferrara, Teatro Bonacossi)
Andromeda dpm 3 Akte
Vittorio Amadeo Cigna-Santi (Karneval 1755 Turin, Teatro Regio)
Artaserse dpm 3 Akte
Metastasio (Karneval 1755 Reggio Emilia, Teatro Moderno)
Zoe dpm 3 Akte
Francesco Silvani (26. Dez. 1755 Venedig, Teatro San Benedetto)
Emira dpm 3 Akte (Jan. 1756 Mailand, Regio Ducal Teatro)
Farsetta in musica commedia 2 Akte
Lunghi? (Karneval 1757 Bologna, Teatro Marsigli-Rossi)
Demetrio, re di Siria dpm 3 Akte
Metastasio (8. Nov. 1757 Bologna, Teatro Marsigli-Rossi)
Zenobia dpm 3 Akte
Metastasio (10. Jan. 1758 Bologna, Teatro Marsigli-Rossi)
Issipile dpm 3 Akte
Metastasio (Frühjahr 1758 Bologna, Teatro Marsigli-Rossi)
Ciro riconosciuto dpm 3 Akte
Metastasio (Frühjahr 1759 Bologna, Teatro Marsigli-Rossi)
La clemenza di Tito dpm 3 Akte
Metastasio (5. Jan. 1760 Bologna, Teatro Marsigli-Rossi)
Erginda dpm 3 Akte
nach M. Noris (Frühjahr 1760 Bologna, Teatro Marsigli-Rossi)
Tito Manlio dramma 3 Akte
Noris (7. Febr. 1761 London, King's Theatre)
Alessandro nelle Indie dramma 3 Akte
Metastasio (13. Okt. 1761 London, King's Theatre)
Le nozze di Dorina dramma giocoso 3 Akte
Goldoni (Frühjahr 1762 London, King's Theatre)
La famiglia in scompiglio dramma giocoso 3 Akte
Giovan Gualberto Bottarelli (Herbst 1762 London, King's Theatre)

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http://search.yahoo.com/search?csz=&...tlibraries.org
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/reader/03930...=search-inside
http://www.italianopera.org/opera/gi...o_cocchiE.html
http://www.italianopera.org/compositori/C/c217658E.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.co...ov01/kings.htm