SEERSHIP; Guide to Soul Sight - Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

external forces and entities for their peace of mind. Rosicrucians believe in the existence of many
things but they proceed directly to the Soul of the Universe for their knowledge and their strength.
They obey the Biblical behest, ‘Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all
these things shall be added unto you.’ To the Rosicrucian this means that he is to seek, find, develop
and bring to Illumination, i.e., Light, his soul; then he may proceed more or less directly, according
to his attainment, for strength, power and the knowledge and guidance he needs.
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Madame George Sand gives and account of the famous Comte de St. Germain,(30) one of the most
remarkable magic-mirrorist that ever lived this side of the hills in India, and of whom it was
claimed that he had lived for centuries, despite the wear and tear of time, and the surging
revolutions of decaying empires.
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(30) Compte de St. Germain was a member of the Secret Council of the Rosicrucian fraternity of
that day and the instructor of the famous Cagliostro. Cagliostro is not to be confused with that
Balsamo of whom so much has been written and who has been so roundly abused by a multitude of
writers. These were two entirely distinct persons. Much of the history of both St. German and
Cagliostro will be found in the magazine The Initiates and the People.
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“What makes this Comte de St. Germain an interesting a remarkable personage, to say that, in my
opinion, is the number of new and ingenious claims by which he unravels the doubtful points of the
obscurer history of States. Question him abut any subject or epoch of history, and you will be
surprised to hear him unfold or invent an infinity of probable and interesting things, which throw a
new light on what has been doubtful and mysterious. Mere erudition does not suffice to explain
history. This man must have a mighty mind and great knowledge of humanity....It is with great
difficulty that he can be made to talk of the wonderful things. ...He is aware that he is treated as a
charlatan and dreamer, and this seems to trouble him much. ...He refuses to explain his
supernatural power. ..He has filled Europe with countless strange tales.”
Of Count Cagliostro, George Sand says: “It is well known, when Frederick the Great ordered him
to quit Berlin, that he left it in his carriage, in propria persona, at twelve exactly, passing at the same
time through each of the gates; at least twenty thousand people will swear to that. The guards at
every gate saw the same hat, wig, carriage and horses, and you cannot convince them that on that
day there were not at least six Cagliostros in the field.” That same Cagliostro fashioned and owned
a magic mirror, now in Florence, Italy, in which whosoever he permitted to gaze, could and did see
any three things or persons they desired to, no matter whether living or dead! And thousands as
sacredly believe this as they do that two and two make four. Nor is this belief any part or parcel of
spiritism, so-called; nor superstition; but it is perfectly scientific, the whole thing being of a
magnetic nature - clairvoyance under unusual conditions, and easily formulated exactly, as will be
done before I finish this monograph. I quote: