Surely no man has ever drawn breath whose life was shrouded in more mystery than the individual who went, or goes, by the name of The Comte de Saint-Germain. The most we can really say about him is that he actually existed, but of more than that we cannot be certain. Let’s start at the… Read More

Alfred Leonard Loewenstein was born in Brussels, Belgium on 11 March 1877. His father, Bernard, was a banker and it was no surprise when his son followed in his footsteps. Alfred, however, was a shrewd investor. Many went further, claiming he was unscrupulous or even downright crooked. Regardless of the legitimacy of his business dealings,… Read More

On a warm day in July 1954, immigration officials at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport in Japan were busy processing international arrivals, when an officer checking passports noticed something odd. When a bearded, light skinned businessman handed over his passport to be stamped, the officer was perplexed to observe that his passport had been issued from a… Read More