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Article CAGLIOSTRO AND THE LODGE OF ANTIQUITY. ← Page 8 of 9 →
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Cagliostro And The Lodge Of Antiquity.
in accomplishing . Then , he founded Egyptian Lodges , set the dazzling Serafina to act as Grand Priestess , and money flowed in upon him to repletion . In this ivay he managed to dazzle the eyes of many of the best and greatest of earth ' s sons . The good Lavatcr thus speaks of him : —
"Cagliostro , a . man , and a man such as few arc ; in whom , however , ! am not a believer . 0 , that he were simple of heart , and humble like a child ; that he had feeling for the simplicity of the gospel , av . d the majesty ofthe Lord—Avho were so great sis he ? Cagliostro often tells ivhat is not true , and promises ivhat he does not , perforin . Yet do I . noivise hold his operations as deception , though they arc not what he calls them . "
To resume , Cagliostro maybe traced through Saxony , Eastern Germany , and Prussian Poland to St . Petersburg )] , in the spring of 1780 ; and he appears to have driven a roaring trade until the police scented him out , and then gave him notice to leave in a few hours ; when scarcely had he departed before the Prussian ambassador preferred a complaint that ho had falsely assumed the Prussian uniform in Eome ,
and tho Spanish ambassador backed the same by asking for the Count ' s person as having forged bills of exchange Avhile at Cadiz . PLOAVOVOV , ho is oil ' out of the way , and although exposed in . Courland and Poland , contrives to make a very handsome living by tho Egyptian Masomy , and with his pockets well lined , he visited Vienna , Frankfort , and Strasbourg . His Inquisition biographer says , —
" The train he commonly took with him corresponded to the rest ; he always travelled post , with a considerable suite : courier's , lackeys , bodyservants , domestics of all sorts , sumptuously dressed , gave au air of reality to the high birth he vaunted . The very lii-eries he got made at Paris cost twenty louis eacii . Apartments furnished in thc hei ght of the mode ; a magnificent table , open to numerous guests ; rich dresses for himself and his wife , corresponded to his luxurious way of life . His feigned generosity likewise made a great rroisc . Often he gratuitously doctored the poor , and even 'rave them alms . "
But amid all this grandeur there was sad eat and dog life , for , as Mr . Carlyle says , — ' Each thinks the other does not ivork enough aud cats too much . Whether Dame Lorcnza ( thc Countess Serafina ) followed her peculiar side of the business with reluctance or free alacrity is a moot point AA'ith biographers . ' '
In the year 1783 , Ave find the count at Strasbourg , relicA'ing the poor , and giving in large hospitals ( hired for the purpose ) , his " extract of Saturn . " AA'hich is said to have done wonders in tho Avay of cure , and lice ho finds the Cardinal Prince do Bohan , who expresses a Avish to sec him , and is met ivith the folloAving reply : ¦ ' - 'If niouseigncur the cardinal is sicklet him comeand I will cure him if he is AVCII he
, , ; has no need of me , I none of him . " Shortly after , the count visits Paris , and by his sorcery is involved with the Cardinal de Rohan , thc Countess de la Motte-Valois , aud others , iu tho affair of " the diamond necklace , " Avhich set tho whole of Europe in talk , and even
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Cagliostro And The Lodge Of Antiquity.
in accomplishing . Then , he founded Egyptian Lodges , set the dazzling Serafina to act as Grand Priestess , and money flowed in upon him to repletion . In this ivay he managed to dazzle the eyes of many of the best and greatest of earth ' s sons . The good Lavatcr thus speaks of him : —
"Cagliostro , a . man , and a man such as few arc ; in whom , however , ! am not a believer . 0 , that he were simple of heart , and humble like a child ; that he had feeling for the simplicity of the gospel , av . d the majesty ofthe Lord—Avho were so great sis he ? Cagliostro often tells ivhat is not true , and promises ivhat he does not , perforin . Yet do I . noivise hold his operations as deception , though they arc not what he calls them . "
To resume , Cagliostro maybe traced through Saxony , Eastern Germany , and Prussian Poland to St . Petersburg )] , in the spring of 1780 ; and he appears to have driven a roaring trade until the police scented him out , and then gave him notice to leave in a few hours ; when scarcely had he departed before the Prussian ambassador preferred a complaint that ho had falsely assumed the Prussian uniform in Eome ,
and tho Spanish ambassador backed the same by asking for the Count ' s person as having forged bills of exchange Avhile at Cadiz . PLOAVOVOV , ho is oil ' out of the way , and although exposed in . Courland and Poland , contrives to make a very handsome living by tho Egyptian Masomy , and with his pockets well lined , he visited Vienna , Frankfort , and Strasbourg . His Inquisition biographer says , —
" The train he commonly took with him corresponded to the rest ; he always travelled post , with a considerable suite : courier's , lackeys , bodyservants , domestics of all sorts , sumptuously dressed , gave au air of reality to the high birth he vaunted . The very lii-eries he got made at Paris cost twenty louis eacii . Apartments furnished in thc hei ght of the mode ; a magnificent table , open to numerous guests ; rich dresses for himself and his wife , corresponded to his luxurious way of life . His feigned generosity likewise made a great rroisc . Often he gratuitously doctored the poor , and even 'rave them alms . "
But amid all this grandeur there was sad eat and dog life , for , as Mr . Carlyle says , — ' Each thinks the other does not ivork enough aud cats too much . Whether Dame Lorcnza ( thc Countess Serafina ) followed her peculiar side of the business with reluctance or free alacrity is a moot point AA'ith biographers . ' '
In the year 1783 , Ave find the count at Strasbourg , relicA'ing the poor , and giving in large hospitals ( hired for the purpose ) , his " extract of Saturn . " AA'hich is said to have done wonders in tho Avay of cure , and lice ho finds the Cardinal Prince do Bohan , who expresses a Avish to sec him , and is met ivith the folloAving reply : ¦ ' - 'If niouseigncur the cardinal is sicklet him comeand I will cure him if he is AVCII he
, , ; has no need of me , I none of him . " Shortly after , the count visits Paris , and by his sorcery is involved with the Cardinal de Rohan , thc Countess de la Motte-Valois , aud others , iu tho affair of " the diamond necklace , " Avhich set tho whole of Europe in talk , and even