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When he was growing up he was a wild kid, a horse-thief, and a drunk. Apparently the local priest would pay him every week to stay away from church on Sundays.
Some say his grandfather took him as a young boy to visit a monastery, where he first felt religious urges. When they returned, Rasputin dug a hole in the garden and sat for days, absorbing Earth's powers.
Then he became a wandering holy man. Actual quote: "For experience and to test myself, I frequently did not change my undergarments for six months."
He still sinned publicly all the time, engaging in rampant bouts of drinking and womanizing, but because he convinced the Tsarina that he could heal her son's hereditary hemophilia, he stayed one of the most influential men in the government and could get away with just about anything.
His eyes were known to change colors.
He didn't know how to read.
He didn't just treat the Romanovs. His office hours were from 10 am to 1 pm, and any citizen of St. Petersburg could call on him for healing or spiritual support during that time.
In fact, he seldom visited the Imperial Family in the Palace.
Bet you didn't know! His daughter, Maria, became a circus performer and died in Los Angeles.
If you wanted to, you could attribute all of his successes to one thing: hypnotism.
Nobody likes a good hypnotist, however, so it's no wonder some aristocrats lured him to their home and fed him poisoned cakes. Unfortunately, they had no effect. Instead, no doubt in some creepy way, Rasputin asked them to sing for him. They got scared and shot him with a pistol. Which didn't have much of an effect. And he escaped. When they caught up to him, they shot him some more and beat him up. But he didn't actually die until they bound him and threw him into the river.
The Mad Monk is hiding somewhere in these two photographs! Can you spot him and foil his evil machinations?
Remember: All the people in these photographs have probably been hypnotized.
He was a strong hypnotist and used the power to abuse the people.lf he use it for enlightenment he should became a great saint.
Posted by
rajesh kale sir |
2:30 AM
One interesting fact is that he actually married early in his life, a woman three years older that he in 1887 and they had three children. However, five years later Rasputin suddenly left his wife and children to live in a monastery for several months.
Posted by
All About Rasputin |
1:14 AM