Immortality has always attracted man. In an attempt to avoid the inevitable fate, someone consoled themselves with the existence of life after the grave, and someone tried to prolong the days of their earthly vale. Japanese monks without fear mummified their bodies in the hope of gaining eternal life. At the same time, European alchemists, sparing no effort, worked on the elixir of immortality, and even in the revolutionary flame, Russian scientists did not abandon their attempts to get the secret of longevity. Before you are completely real people who, according to rumors, were really able to get close to the most frightening secret of the world.
Alexander Bogdanov
This Russian scientist was one of the greatest ideologues of socialism. He was close friends with Lenin, founded his own institute of blood transfusion, and managed as early as 1912 to anticipate the emergence of cybernetics. Bogdanov invented and developed the theory of rejuvenation through blood transfusion, which was very well accepted by revolutionary Russia. The scientist experimented on himself and died during the eleventh transfusion from blood rejection.
Albert Magnus
Magnus is considered one of the greatest German philosophers and theologians of the Middle Ages. Naturally, he asceticised in alchemy - at that time all educated people were interested in this science. Albert Magnus lived for 80 years, which was a real record for 1200. In addition, according to legend, Albert was the first alchemist who succeeded in the process of transmuting gold from other materials. Then he opened the Philosopher's Stone and passed it on to his student Thomas Aquinas.
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Diane de Poitiers
The mistress of King Henry II tried to prolong youth with a strange drink made of molten gold and mercury. In fact, Diana's beauty was more likely based on her physical exercises (the girl did not spend a day without horse hunting and swimming in the lake) and genetic luck. However, this royal favorite lived long enough and died only at the age of 66, breaking her leg while hunting.
Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang was the first ruler of a united China and the first to be called emperor. During his reign, the Great Wall of China was erected, the famous Terracotta Army and the national road system were built. In addition, Qin Shi Huang became the first to seek eternal life. Desperate to find immortality, he sent several ships in search of the mythical island of Penglai for the elixir of life. The emperor did not wait for the return of his servants - Qin Shi Huang ruined himself with "pills of immortality" fashionable at that time, which included mercury.
Isaac Newton
One of the most influential scientists of all time lived in a world where science easily interacted with magic and alchemy. The great physicist devoted the entire second half of his life to work on the search for the Elixir of Immortality and the Philosopher's Stone. The strangest thing is that one fine day Isaac Newton set fire to his workshop with his own hands and forbade extinguishing the building. It is assumed that the scientist did find the materials he was looking for, but found them too dangerous for all of humanity.
Richard Chanfrey
Frenchman Richard Chanfrey "revealed" his true identity only in the 70s of the last century. On the main national channel, this strange man claimed to be none other than the immortal Count Saint-Germain. Until 1981, the "Count" remained the lover of the famous singer Dalida, and then went missing.
Count Saint-Germain
And, of course, we could not mention the Comte Saint-Germain himself. No one knows exactly when this strange French nobleman was born. The count was very rich, spoke all European and three Arabic languages, studied philosophy and almost never slept. Saint Germain enjoyed the favor of the king and could carry out numerous alchemical experiments without fear. In 1784, the count faked his death and disappeared. The fact that this was precisely a staging is confirmed by numerous witnesses who saw how, a week after his death, Saint-Germain ascended the ladder of his own ship in Boulogne.