Elixir of eternal life. Is there an elixir of immortality? Is there eternal life? Medicines with elements of cannibalism

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The human body is 70 percent water. It is not for nothing that one famous biologist figuratively called living beings “animate water.” Obviously, for a person’s health and longevity, it is not indifferent what kind of water nourishes the tissues of his body. Indeed, in recent years it has become known that water varies significantly not only in chemical impurities, but also in isotopic composition and other features. Many properties of water change, for example, if it is passed between the poles of a magnet. Water can be more biologically active, and this affects the aging process of the body. But we still don’t know much about the properties of water - an important component of our body.

In any case, today it is no longer vague legends or ancient legends, but scientific research that speaks about the influence of water on the health and life expectancy of the inhabitants of different regions of the Earth.

It is known that residents of some Caribbean islands, such as Guadeloupe, look much younger than their European peers. When they are asked how they manage to remain young for a long time, the answer is usually: “On our island, such water flows from springs that rejuvenates a person...” The inhabitants of the central regions of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) are also distinguished by excellent health. Sri Lankans blame climate and water for their health mountain springs. Apparently, it was no coincidence that the ancients tried to look for life-giving water on this island.

Some scientists also associate the longevity of the highlanders and a number of peoples of the North with the water they drink. This is the so-called “melt water effect”, which has a beneficial effect on metabolism and thereby, as it were, “rejuvenates” the body.

Today, searches are no longer conducted on distant islands or unknown lands. They are carried out in dozens of laboratories of the largest scientific centers world, studying the properties of water and its effect on the human body.

People who were extremely concerned about maximizing their lives were, for the most part, endowed with wealth and power. They were looking for the shortest route. And such a path seemed to exist. The most ancient traditions and legends mentioned it - this is the “elixir of immortality”, which the gods tasted. IN different countries he was called by different names. The gods of the ancient Greeks used ambrosia, which gives eternal life, the Indian gods used amrita, the gods of the Iranians used haoma. And only the gods Ancient Egypt, showing majestic modesty, they preferred water to the other food of the gods. True, the same water of immortality.

No one came as close to the elixir of immortality as the alchemists, who, however, were looking for something completely different - ways to make gold. There was a certain logic in this. Immortality is a state that is not subject to change. Isn’t gold the only substance that is not subject to external influences? It is not afraid of alkalis or acids, it is not afraid of corrosion. It seemed that time itself was powerless before him. Doesn't this metal contain some principle that makes it like that? And is it possible to isolate this substance from it or introduce it into the human body along with gold? “Whoever takes gold inside,” says one ancient Eastern text, “will live as long as gold.” This is the traditional basis of ancient beliefs: eat the eyes of an eagle - you will be like an eagle, eat the heart of a lion - you will be strong like a lion...

Gold was an indispensable component of various versions of the elixir of immortality. A recipe has come down to us, compiled by the personal physician of Pope Boniface VIII: one must mix crushed gold, pearls, sapphires, emeralds, rubies, topazes, white and red corals, ivory, sandalwood, deer heart, aloe root, musk and ambergris. (We hope that prudence will prevent readers from applying the composition given here too hastily.)

Not much simpler was another composition, which can be found in one ancient eastern book: “You need to take a toad that has lived for 10,000 years and a bat that has lived for 1,000 years, dry them in the shade, grind them into powder and take them.”

And here is the recipe from an ancient Persian text: “You need to take a man, red-haired and freckled, and feed him with fruits until he is 30 years old, then lower him into a stone vessel with honey and other ingredients, enclose this vessel in hoops and seal it hermetically. After 120 years, his body will turn into a mummy.” The contents of the vessel, including what became the mummy, could then be taken as a healing and life-prolonging agent.

Misconceptions that sprout in any sphere of human activity have brought a particularly abundant harvest in this area. In this regard, we can mention a French scientist of the 15th century. In search of the elixir of life, he boiled 2000 eggs, separated the whites from the yolks and, mixing them with water, distilled them many times, hoping in this way to extract the sought-after substance of life.

The obvious meaninglessness of such recipes does not yet indicate the meaninglessness of the search itself. Only that which was discarded as unnecessary became known. But if we judge the history of a particular science only by unsuccessful experiments and failed discoveries, the picture will probably be approximately the same.

Experiments in the field of immortality were distinguished by one circumstance - the complete mystery that surrounded the results. If we imagine that some of these attempts were completed successfully, that is, someone managed to somewhat lengthen their life, then, naturally, everything was done to ensure that this recipe did not become anyone’s property. If, after taking the drug, the object of the experiment lost his life, he could no longer tell anyone about his sad fate. Such a fate befell, for example, the Chinese Emperor Xuanzong (713-756). He went to his royal ancestors much earlier than expected only because he had the imprudence to take the elixir of immortality, prepared by his court physician.

Among the few about whom we know that, having taken the elixir, they considered themselves immortal, was one rich gentleman-philanthropist who lived in Moscow in the last century, whom everyone called simply by his first name and patronymic - Andrei Borisovich. In his old age, he began to indulge in various research related to the elixir of eternal life, guided mainly by his own intuition. And since a person is inclined to believe in himself more than in any other authority, it is not surprising that Andrei Borisovich was soon completely confident that he had finally found the composition he was looking for. Like many other seekers of the elixir of immortality, he chose to keep his discovery a secret. He himself believed so much in the effect of the composition that he really felt rejuvenated, he even began going to dances... Until his last minute, he had no doubt at all about his own immortality.

This case is reminiscent of the story of another Russian gentleman who lived around the same time and also believed in his own immortality. Even in his youth, while once in Paris, he visited the famous fortuneteller Lenormand. Having told him everything pleasant and unpleasant that awaited him in the future, Lenormand completed her prediction with a phrase that left an imprint on his entire future life.

“I must warn you,” she said, “that you will die in bed.”

- When? What time? – the young man turned pale.

The soothsayer shrugged.

From that moment on, he made it his goal to avoid what seemed destined for him by fate. Upon returning to Moscow, he ordered all beds, sofas, down jackets, pillows and blankets to be removed from his apartment. During the day, half asleep, he drove around the city in a carriage, accompanied by a Kalmyk housekeeper, two footmen and a fat pug, which he held on his lap. Of all the entertainment available at that time, his favorite was attending a funeral. Therefore, the coachman and postilion traveled around Moscow all day in search of funeral processions, which their master immediately joined. It is not known what he was thinking about while listening to the funeral service of others - perhaps he was secretly glad that all this had nothing to do with him, since he did not go to bed, and therefore the prediction could not come true, and he would thus escape of death.

For fifty years he waged his duel with fate. But one day, when, as usual, he stood half asleep in the church, believing that he was attending a funeral service, his housekeeper almost married him to some elderly friend of hers. This incident frightened the master so much that he suffered from a nervous shock. Sick, wrapped in shawls, he sat dejectedly in an armchair, flatly refusing to listen to the doctor and go to bed. Only when he was so weak that he could no longer resist did the lackeys forcefully put him down. As soon as he felt himself in bed, he died. How strong was the belief in the prediction?

No matter how great the misconceptions and mistakes were, despite everything, despite failures and disappointments, the search for immortality, the search for ways to prolong life did not stop. Mistakes, ignorance, and failures were immediately ridiculed. But the slightest step towards success was hidden in mystery.

That is why information about the successes that have been achieved along this path is sporadic, scattered and unreliable.

There is, for example, a message about Bishop Allen de Lisle, a person who actually existed (he died in 1278) and was engaged in medicine - historical annals call him nothing more than a “universal healer.” He allegedly knew the composition of the elixir of immortality, or at least some method of significantly prolonging life. When he was already many years old and dying of old age, with the help of this elixir he managed to extend his life by another 60 years.

Zhang Daoling (34-156), also a historical person, the founder of the philosophical system of Tao in China, managed to extend his life by approximately the same period. After many years of persistent experiments, he allegedly succeeded in producing some semblance of the legendary immortality pills. When he was 60 years old, the chronicles report, he regained his youth and lived to be 122 years old.

Along with these are other messages of the ancients. Aristotle and other authors mention Epimenides, a priest and famous poet from the island of Crete. It is known that in 596 BC he was invited to Athens to offer purification sacrifices there. According to legend, Epimenides managed to extend his life to 300 years.

But this age is not the limit. The Portuguese court historian tells in his chronicle about a certain Indian with whom he personally met and talked and who was supposedly 370 years old at that time.

Similar evidence includes a book published in Turin in 1613 and containing the biography of one resident of Goa, who allegedly lived to be almost 400 years old. The years of life of one Muslim saint (1050-1433), who also lived in India, are also close to this figure. In Rajasthan (India), there is still a legend about the hermit Munisadha, who in the 16th century retired to caves near Dholpur and is hiding there... until now.

Roger Bacon, a medieval scientist and philosopher, was also interested in the problem of extending human life. In his essay “De secretis operebus” he talks about a German named Papalius, who, after spending many years in captivity among the Saracens, learned the secret of making some kind of potion and, thanks to it, lived to be 500 years old. Pliny the Elder also names the same number of years - it was to this age, according to his testimony, that a certain Illyrian managed to extend his life.

An example closer to us in time is information about the Chinese Li Canyun. He died in 1936, leaving behind a widow who was recorded as his 24th wife. Li Canyong is said to have been born in 1690, which means he lived to be 246 years old.

But the strangest and most fantastic message from this series is associated with the name of the Indian Tapasviji, who allegedly lived for 186 years (1770-1956). At the age of 50, as the Raja of Patiala, he decided to retire to the Himalayas to become “beyond human sorrows.” After many years of exercise, Tapasviji learned to immerse himself in the so-called state of “samadhi,” when life completely seemed to leave his body, and could go for a long time without taking either drink or food. Similar practices were reported by the British who served in the colonial administration in India. They talked about yogis who, having thoroughly cleansed their stomachs and intestines, covered their ears and noses with wax and plunged into a state reminiscent of insect hibernation. They remained in this state not for a day or two, but for several weeks, after which they were brought back to life with the help of hot water and massage.

Tapasviji's fate may not come as much of a surprise. Centenarians are known who naturally lived to 140-148 years of age. There is nothing fundamentally impossible that Tapasviji or someone else, using diet and other means, was able to push this limit back by several more decades. We will talk about the amazing testimony of Tapasviji himself.

Once, he said, on the spurs of the Himalayas he met an old hermit. He ate only fruits and milk, and looked unusually energetic and cheerful. But, most surprisingly, the hermit did not speak any of the modern Indian languages, expressing himself only in Sanskrit - the language Ancient India. It turned out that 5,000 years have passed since he came here! He managed to extend his life to such limits allegedly thanks to a certain composition, the secret of which he owned. Reaching the age of 5000 years has not yet been “blocked” by any of the “long-livers” - neither in historical chronicles, nor in traditions, nor in legends.

However, no matter how fantastic such a message is, no matter how long the period of fifty centuries is, all this is not immortality itself, but only some approaches to it, distant approaches. That is why scientists and fanatics, philosophers and madmen so persistently continued to search for the elixir of immortality - a means that can grant eternal life. They devoted years, decades to this search. Sometimes a lifetime.

Alexander Cagliostro (1743-1795)

Many contemporaries believed that he possessed the secret of the elixir of immortality.

“The greatest charlatan and deceiver that history has ever known,” some say.

“A man who had unlimited knowledge and power,” others say

...A German provincial town with cobbled streets, traditional red tiled roofs and the inevitable Gothic style. Under one of these roofs, in the attic, in a fantastic environment of flasks, retorts and crucibles, sits a young man. He is busy with something no less fantastic than the situation around him - the search for the elixir of eternal life. However, the most amazing thing is that this man is none other than Goethe, young Goethe, who devoted several years of his life to a persistent search for the elixir of immortality. Not wanting to repeat the same mistakes, fall into the same dead ends and wander in the same labyrinths as his predecessors, he carefully studies the works of alchemists, looking for their most forgotten and hidden works. “I am secretly trying,” he wrote in those years, “to glean at least some information from the great books, before which the learned crowd half bows, half laughs at them, because they do not understand them. Delving into the secrets of these books is the joy of wise people and those marked by subtle taste.”

So the great poet, as an alchemist, a seeker of the elixir of immortality, finds himself on a par with rather strange people. One of them was his contemporary - Alexander Cagliostro. The greatest charlatan and deceiver that history has ever known - that’s what some thought. A man who possessed limitless knowledge and power, so others said.

If we decided to tell about all the adventures and adventures of this man, the pages allocated here would hardly be enough for us. In addition to the mystery of his origin and the unknown source of wealth, Cagliostro had another secret. “They say,” one of the newspapers wrote at that time, “Count Cagliostro possesses all the wonderful secrets of the great adept and has discovered the secret of preparing the elixir of life.” Was it not this rumor that made Cagliostro such a significant figure in the royal courts? So significant that the French king Louis XVI declared that any disrespect or insult towards this man would be punished on a par with lese majeste.

During Cagliostro's stay in St. Petersburg, society ladies, struck by the young beauty of his wife Lorenza, were even more amazed when they learned from her that she was over forty and that her eldest son had long been serving as a captain in the Dutch army. In response to natural questions, Lorenza once “let slip” that her husband had the secret of returning youth.

The strange charm inherent in Cagliostro, the mystery that surrounded him, attracted the attention of the Russian court to him. The Empress’s personal physician, the Englishman Robertson, not without reason, sensed a potential rival in the visiting celebrity. Using methods accepted at court, he tried to denigrate the count in the eyes of those who were close to the throne. The naive court physician hoped to fight Cagliostro with the weapon that he himself wielded best - the weapon of intrigue. However, the count preferred to “cross swords” on his own terms. He challenged Robertson to a duel, but an unusual duel - with poisons. Everyone had to drink the poison prepared by the enemy, after which he was free to take any antidote. With the firmness of a man who has no doubt of success, Cagliostro insisted on precisely these conditions for the fight. Intimidated by his strange confidence, Robertson refused to accept the challenge. The duel did not take place. Robertson may have heard rumors about an elixir of immortality that his enemy allegedly possessed - it is possible that he, like many of his contemporaries, believed in it.

But the favorite of fate, Count Cagliostro, too often challenged her, too often made risky bets. In the end, he got "odd", and this card turned out to be the last one in his life. Cagliostro was captured by the Inquisition, imprisoned, where he reportedly died in 1795, chained to the wall of a deep stone well.

Cagliostro's personal papers, as usual in similar cases, were burned. Only a copy of one of his notes, previously taken in the Vatican, has survived. It describes the process of “regeneration”, or the return of youth: “... having taken this (two grains of the drug. - Author), a person loses consciousness and the power of speech for three whole days, during which he often experiences cramps, convulsions and perspiration appears from it. Awakening from this state, in which he, however, does not experience the slightest pain, on the thirty-sixth day he takes the third and last grain, after which he falls into a deep and peaceful sleep. During sleep, his skin peels off, his teeth and hair fall out. They all grow back within a few hours. On the morning of the fortieth day, the patient leaves the room, having become a new person, having experienced complete rejuvenation.”

No matter how fantastic the above description may seem, it is strangely reminiscent of the Indian method of returning youth, “kayakalpa”. This course, according to his own stories, was taken by Tapasviji twice in his life. He first did this when he was 90 years old. Interestingly, his treatment also lasted forty days, most of which he also spent in a state of sleep and meditation. After forty days, he allegedly also grew new teeth, his graying hair regained its former black color, and his body returned to its former vigor and strength.

However, although we find references to such “regenerations” in ancient texts, medieval and later records, none of them mention the composition of the drug used.

Should this be surprising?

Onah-Taoists set as their goal unification with the fundamental principle of the world, Tao, and achieving immortality. For this purpose, special exercises and meditations were used, as well as the “golden elixir” kin-tan, the recipe for which the Taoists were able to obtain from the mysterious inhabitants eastern islands. Legend has it that the “golden elixir” included 999 components, including cinnabar, arsenic, crushed diamond, virgin sperm, mummy, incense, musk, “demon tears” (it is unknown what was meant by this name), etc. . Organic components were dissolved in water obtained from melting ice delivered from the highest mountain peaks. The mixture underwent 999 transformations over nine years. Only a person prepared with special exercises could be affected by kin-tan; for everyone else, the drink turned out to be poison. To become immortal, one had to renounce worldly desires, wealth and power. Therefore, the emperors had a choice - to remain on the throne or give up power and become immortal. A person who drank the drink turned into a crane and flew to the happy islands, where he became one of the immortal geniuses.

In one of the Taoist monasteries lived the elder Sun Ming, whose age exceeded five hundred years. It was he who visited the happy islands and learned the recipe for the drink of immortality there. If the Taoist had stayed with the geniuses, he would have gained eternal life, but Sun Ming chose to accomplish the feat and returned to China to tell the secret of the “golden elixir” to the Taoist monks. As a result, the hero lived for a very long time, but not forever.

During the Tang Dynasty in question, Sun Ming was already deaf and blind, had difficulty speaking and could not tell anything about the life of geniuses on the mysterious eastern islands.

History has not brought to us a single name of a representative of the imperial family who renounced the throne and gained immortality. The Taoists did not always enjoy the patronage of the Chinese authorities. Over time, they closed themselves off in their communities and revealed the recipe for kin-tan only to the initiated. Many tried to find out the secret of the drink from the monks. Before World War II, Hitler sent emissaries to Tibet; What they were doing there is still not completely clear; perhaps they were looking for a recipe for a magical elixir.

In the mid-70s, reports appeared in the press about two Frenchmen who set out to find out the ancient secret. They went to one of the remote Chinese monasteries and kidnapped a monk. The adventurers decided to torture the Taoist to find out the recipe for the “golden elixir.” He chose to die, but did not betray the memory of Sun Ming. A few months later, the French were found dead in a hotel in Shanghai. They died in terrible agony, poisoned by a poison of unknown origin. Nearby they found a golden bottle with traces of a liquid with a strong odor. Perhaps the rogues stole an elixir made in one of the monasteries and drank it, not knowing that for an unprepared person it would be poison. Chinese authorities they were not particularly zealous in finding out the causes of death of foreigners, and the golden vessel disappeared during the investigation.

Now in Chinese People's Republic There is an Association of Taoist Believers. Perhaps its members know the secret of the drink of immortality.
The secret of the order's healers


Chronicles tell how, to maintain strength, the crusaders ground amber, mixed the powder with wine and drank. Later, in 1525, the Master of the Order of the Crusaders gave the famous church reformer Martin LUTHER, who suffered from cholelithiasis, a spoon carved from “white amber.” One of the leaders of the Kaliningrad Institute of Amber and Regional Resources, Sergei PETROV, is convinced that back in the 12th century, medieval doctors guessed that amber activates metabolic processes in the body with a sharp increase in the release of cellular energy and has a bactericidal effect. In Germany, a variety of varnishes and succinic acid were obtained from centuries-old resin. It is no coincidence that at one time there was a law in the country according to which a person caught stealing amber from quarries was to be executed by hanging.
Laboratory as a front line



One must think that the Teutonic chronicles in late XIX centuries were carefully studied by German doctors. In any case, even before the start of the First World War, pharmacies in Germany were briskly selling the Lammerwein drink. This healing potion, in which succinic acid (succinate) was dissolved in a special way, was considered almost an elixir of immortality. However, after Hitler came to power, the Nazi intelligence services paid attention to the stimulating properties of succinic acid and classified all work in this area. The fact is that in the 30s of the last century, German science worked almost entirely for military needs. In particular, doctors were looking for means that would dramatically increase the endurance of soldiers. By the way, in the USSR such a cola-based drug was obtained by 1943 and made it possible to maintain high performance around the clock by taking a special half-gram tablet once every 4 hours. However, it was not recommended to take such drugs for more than 36 hours.

Researchers of the Third Reich worked in a different direction. In particular, they gave up caffeine-based substances, which first invigorate and then make them depressed. We were looking for a physiological, natural remedy for the human body and settled on succinic acid. Soldiers who took the new drug became stronger, more resilient, and acquired a “truly Aryan fighting spirit.” Succinic acid increased the oxidation of fatty acids and carbohydrates, increasing the body's resistance to stress: physical, chemical, biological. The whole thing was spoiled only by a small nuance - banal diarrhea, which, after taking the pills, engulfed true Aryans.

However, this misfortune was easily overcome, but the Germans were prevented from completing the work by the surrender of the Reich in May 1945.
Research during the Cold War
During the Cold War in the United States and Russia, scientists persistently searched for the secrets of eternal life. Some of them managed to achieve results. However, they were faced with the fact that, as it turns out, this is a rather dangerous activity. Those scientists who approached the solution to the secret of life faced inevitable death .One by one, scientists died in different situations. Some of them from heart attacks, some were killed. Someone really did not want the elixir of immortality to be officially found, perhaps the one who possessed it. All research, work, records scientists were destroyed or simply disappeared.
Nowadays, everything is becoming quite transparent and we see that the Illuminati, the world rulers, are slowing down the development, standard of living and population on Earth. They may be right in their thinking, but they have no right to act against humanity.
Let us understand what will happen if the elixir of immortality appears.
1. In 20 years, there will be 60% fewer old people on the planet, but there will also be fewer young people. But a large number of middle-aged people will appear.
2.

The number of rich people will increase. Accordingly, the working class will stop disappearing. There will be no one to work. This will lead to famine, crisis, wars.
3. The number of people on the planet will begin to grow uncontrollably. How much can our mother Earth feed? Again, famine, wars. An increase in food production will be required. An increase in production by several thousand percent will completely destroy the ecology of the planet. It is unlikely that our planet will last even a hundred years with this population. The ozone layer will be destroyed, and the Earth will turn into a second Mars.
4. Increasing the number of smart people. Nobody needs smart people. Good workers are needed. The ratio of bosses to workers cannot be 10 to 1.
5. The resources on the planet will run out, and humanity may turn into “nomadic gypsies” who, like locusts, in space will look for scraps of minerals and shelter for a normal life.
There are quite a lot of examples that can be given, but I think the main meaning is conveyed.

The elixir of immortality has existed for a long time. It is owned by initiates. These are the world elite, the smartest people on the planet. They will be granted immortal life The rest will suffer the fate of cultivated toadstool mushrooms, which will be uprooted after some time.
All you can get are stem cells. This option, according to the Illuminati, is safe, since it involves a sacrifice. Life at the expense of death. Everyone knows that now they cut up newborns alive and make rejuvenating injections out of them for those who are able to pay for it "pleasure." They are absolutely not concerned about other people's lives.
Let's live honestly, eat right, lead a healthy lifestyle, read books and watch less TV, and then our short life will not be lived in vain.

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