Paul Foster Case - Alleged Influence

Alleged Influence

Master R.

In the summer of 1921, Case claimed to have received a phone call from "The Master Rococzy" (Rakoczy, Rákóczy or Rákóczi), a mysterious personality for which actual records are scarce. Case later allegedly met The Master R in person at the Hotel Roosevelt Hotel in NYC (Madison and Lexington Avenues at 43rd Street).

The Adytum News described it this way: "One day the phone rang, and much to his surprise the same voice which had been inwardly instructing him in his researches for many years spoke to him on the phone. It was the Master R who had come personally to New York for the purpose of preparing Paul Case to begin the next incarnation of the Qabalistic Way of Return. ... After three weeks of personal instruction with the Master R, Builders of the Adytum was formed."

According to the Theosophical tradition, the Master R (Master Rákóczi) is a great initiate who is also known as the Great Divine Director. The Master R is a member of the Karmic Board for planet Earth, representing the First Ray. He will also serve as the Manu for the incoming Seventh Root Race, which will incarnate in South America. The Master R founded the royal House of Rákóczi of Hungary, and was the teacher and sponsor of the high initiate who became known as the Ascended Master Saint Germain (aka: the Count of Saint Germain, the Count of St. Germain, and the Comte de St. Germain). According to theosophist Annie Wood Besant (1847-1933) and other theosophists and esotericists, the man widely known throughout Europe as the "Comte de St. Germain" was actually an Ascended Master of the Great White Brotherhood, who after his Ascension on May 1, 1684 (from one of the Rákóczi-owned castles in Transylvania) had decided to incarnate on Earth in a physical body again, in order to implement certain spiritual agendas that were critical for mankind (especially Europeans) at that time.

Isabel Cooper-Oakley (1853/1854 - 1914), in her book The Comte de St. Germain: The Secret of Kings (Milan: G. Sulli-Rao, 1912) encourages and supports the idea that the "Comte de St. Germain," insofar as his physical body is concerned, was actually one of the sons of Ferenc-Leopold II Rákóczi (March 27, 1676 - April 8, 1735) (Prince of Transylvania) and his wife Princess Charlotte Amalie von Hessen-Rheinfels-Wanfried (aka: Sarolta Amália) (March 8, 1679 - Feb. 8, 1722). In line with this idea, some later researchers claim that the "Comte de St. Germain" was Ferenc-Leopold II Rákóczi's son named Lipót Lajos György József Antal Rákóczi (May 28, 1696 - September 1699). However, as this son died in 1699, it is unlikely that the "Comte de St. Germain" was that person.

Ferenc-Leopold II Rákóczi also had two younger sons whose lives are well-documented, and therefore we can dismiss the idea that either one of them was the "Comte de St. Germain." These two younger sons were:

1. József Rákóczi (aka: Herzog von Munkács, and Marquës di Santo Carlo e di Romanuccio) (Aug. 17, 1700 - Nov. 10, 1738)
2. Gyōrgy Rákóczi (aka: Herzog von Makovica, and Marquës della Santa Elisabetta, Conde di Giunchi) (Aug. 8, 1701 - June 15, 1752).

In 1776 or shortly thereafter, the Comte de St. Germain settled in a house at Eckernförde as the guest of Prince Karl, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (Dec. 19, 1744 - Aug. 17, 1836). Landgrave Karl was, among other things, Governor of Schleswig-Holstein in Prussia. Possibly, some very important clues to the true identity/genealogy of the physical body of the "Comte de St. Germain" are given in Landgrave Karl's book titled Mémoires de Mon Temps. Dictés par S. A. le Landgrave Charles, Prince de Hesse (Copenhagen, 1861). On p. 133 of this book, Landgrave Karl states the following:

"He told me that he was eighty-eight years of age when he came here, and that he was the son of Prince Ragoczy of Transylvania by his first wife, a Tékéll. He was placed, when quite young, under the care of the last Duc de Medici (Gian Gastone), who made him sleep while still a child in his own room. When M. de St. Germain learned that his two brothers, sons of the Princess of Hesse-Wahnfried (Rheinfels), had become subject to the Emperor Charles VI, and had received the titles and names of St. Karl and St. Elizabeth, he said to himself: 'Very well, I will call myself Sanctus Germano, the Holy Brother.' I cannot in truth guarantee his birth, but that he was tremendously protected by the Duc de Medici I have learnt from another source."

What we can deduce from this statement by Landgrave Karl of Hesse-Kassel is the following:

1. If the "Comte de St. Germain" was 88 years old in 1776 or thereabouts, then he was born in 1688 or perhaps a few years later.
2. The "Comte de St. Germain's" mother was a "Tékéll."

Research has revealed that the surname Tékéll appears to be a Germanized form of the Hungarian surname Thököly (which is sometimes spelled Tököly or Tökölli). If Landgrave Karl's statement concerning the genealogy of the Comte de St. Germain is literally true in its entirety, then we have to conclude that Ferenc-Leopold II Rákóczi actually married twice, and that his first marriage occurred when he was quite young (possibly as early as 1688), to a woman who was a member of the Tékéll (Thököly) family. The name of this woman has not yet come to light. According to this scenario, their union produced a son, who was kept secret for some reason and who was placed under the guardianship of Gian Gastone, 7th Grand Duke of Tuscany. Also in support of this scenario, clairvoyant theosophist Annie Wood Besant (1847-1933) (who was one of the collaborators of Isabel Cooper-Oakley) frequently made the statement that the Comte de St. Germain was one of the sons of Ferenc-Leopold II Rákóczi. Further circumstantial evidence, from the will of Ferenc-Leopold II Rákóczi, also seems to support the likelihood that this scenario is the correct one. Ferenc-Leopold II Rakoczi's will (dated October 27, 1733) can be accessed in this work: Der Genealogische Archivarius (Leipzig: Verlag Johann Samuel Heinsius) (Vol. 6, 1736, pp. 525–526). This work (Vol. 6) is one volume of a multi-volume series consisting of approximately 70 volumes. This series began publication in 1731/1732 and continued publication (under slightly different names) until 1777. Michael M. Ranft (Ranfft), Jr. (Dec. 9, 1700 - April 18, 1774), a German Protestant minister, was the compiler of most of the volumes in the series. To access Vol. 6 (1736) and the text of the will in the original German.

In the will, 3 men are appointed executors of the will. Two of these men were illegitimate sons of Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715), who were both eventually legitimized, namely:

1. Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Duc du Maine (1670-1736) (legitimized on Dec. 19, 1673)
2. Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737) (legitimized on Nov. 22, 1681).

The third man appointed as an executor of the will was Louis Henri Joseph de Bourbon, Duc de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, Duc d'Enghien et Duc de Guise, Duc de Bellegarde et Comte de Sancerre, Prince du Sang (1692-1740), who was Prime Minister of France from 1723-1726.

If Landgrave Karl's statement concerning the genealogy of the Comte de St. Germain is only partially true, then we can envision 2 different scenarios which might fit the information he gave:

(1) Searching the history of Hungary, we find Ilona Zrínyi (born: Jelena Zrínska) (1643 - Feb. 18, 1703), whose first husband was Ferenc-Leopold I Rákóczi (Feb. 24, 1645 - July 8, 1676) (they were married on March 1, 1666), and whose second husband was Imre Thököly (variant spelling: Imrich Tököli) (April 25, 1657 - Sept. 13, 1705) (they were married in June 1682). This would make Ilona Zrínyi a Tékéll (or Thököly) by her 2nd marriage (remember, here, that Landgrave Karl stated that the Comte de St. Germain's mother was a Tékéll). Imre Thököly was King of Upper Hungary from 1682-1685, and Prince of Transylvania from Sept. 22, 1690 - Oct. 25, 1690. It is possible that Ferenc-Leopold II Rákóczi (1676-1735) had an incestuous affair with his mother Ilona Zrínyi sometime around 1688 or somewhat prior thereto (she would have been a "Tékéll" at that time, since she married Imre Thököly in June 1682). Ferenc-Leopold II would only have been about 12 years old at that time (Please note that we are not advocating this shocking idea or saying that it was the case - we are merely pointing out that, based on the evidence at hand, it is a remote possibility.) The offspring of this incestuous union possibly could be the "Comte de St. Germain."

(2) On the other hand, it's possible that the "Comte de St. Germain" was an unrecorded son of Ilona Zrínyi and Imre Thököly, born sometime in the period 1688-1691. It is known that Ilona Zrínyi and Imre Thököly had a daughter Erzsébet (Nov. 26, 1683 - April 3, 1688). Erzsébet lived at her mother's side through the siege of Palanok Castle at Munkács, and after Ilona surrendered Palanok Castle on Jan. 17, 1688 Erzsébet was taken with her mother and Ferenc-Leopold II to Vienna, where she died on April 3, 1688. The siege of Palanok Castle by Imperial forces led by General Antonio Caraffa (1646/1647 - 1693) lasted from near the end of 1685 until Jan. 17, 1688 (a little over 2 years). After the arrival of Ilona and her children in Vienna, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I (1640-1705) (Holy Roman Emperor: 1658-1705) appointed Cardinal Lipót Károly Kolonič (Leopold Karl von Kollonich) (1631-1707) to serve as the Rákóczi children's guardian and as trustee of the Rákóczi estates. Cardinal Kolonič attempted to transform Ferenc-Leopold II into a meek loyalist by sending him to be re-educated at the Jesuit College at Jindřichův Hradec, Bohemia (German: Neuhaus, Bohemia). Ferenc-Leopold II reluctantly left for Jindřichův Hradec on March 30, 1688 (shortly after his 12th birthday on March 27, 1688). Therefore, if an incestuous affair between Ferenc-Leopold II Rákóczi and his mother really did occur, it would seem that it occurred on or before March 30, 1688! At age 15 Ferenc-Leopold II became a student at the University of Prague under the supervision of a Jesuit priest.

On the other hand, if the "Comte de St. Germain" was the son of Imre Thököly, it's possible that he was born during the short time that Thököly was Prince of Transylvania (Sept. 22, 1690 - Oct. 25, 1690). This would make Landgrave Karl's statement partially true: the "Comte de St. Germain" would be the son of the Prince of Transylvania and a "Tékéll," but the part of Landgrave Karl's statement identifying the Transylvanian prince as being a member of the Rákóczi family would be untrue. It is documented that the Comte de St. Germain was seen by various persons as late as 1822. With the aid of the Master R, Saint Germain achieved his Ascension on May 1, 1684 in Transylvania. The spiritual relationship between the Master R and his disciple Saint Germain was similar to the relationship between Lord Maitreya and his disciple Jesus of Nazareth.