End of Days by Sylvia Browne

Posted by admin_akashic on Aug 9th, 2022 in Stories

The grand duke and duchess eagerly introduced Rasputin to their friends Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. Even though he didn’t demonstrate any of his supernatural powers in their first few meetings, Rasputin made a significant impact on the tsar and tsarina—such a significant impact, in fact, that the tsar began referring to Rasputin as “the holy man.” His impact on the tsarina was undoubtedly amplified by the fact that her previous advisor, Dr. Phillipe, had assured her when he left that “Your Majesty will some day have another friend like me who will speak to you of God.” Alexandra was quick to assume that Rasputin was that friend she’d been looking for.

In 1905 Nicholas and Alexandra, after having been blessed with four daughters, ecstatically welcomed a son and heir to the throne, Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaievich. His birth was celebrated by all of Russia, while the tsar and tsarina kept the heartbreaking secret they’d learned shortly after Alexei was born: he was afflicted with hemophilia, which made him a fragile sickly child who could never ascend to the Russian throne if he were considered to be physically unfit.

Rasputin was summoned by Nicholas and Alexandra several times during Alexei’s childhood, and he was undeniably remarkable at easing Alexei’s discomfort. Possibly the most renowned event in the relationship between Rasputin and this frail little boy was recorded by his older sister, Olga:

The poor child lay in pain, dark patches under his eyes and his little body all distorted, and the [injured] leg terribly swollen. The doctors were just useless … more frightened than any of us … [Alexandra] sent a message to Rasputin in St. Petersburg. He reached the palace about midnight … Early in the morning [Alexandra] called me to go Alexei’s room. I just could not believe my eyes. The little boy was not just alive, but well. He was sitting up in bed, the fever gone, the eyes clear and bright, not a sign of any swelling in the leg. Later I learned that Rasputin had not even touched the child but merely stood at the foot of the bed and prayed.

Needless to say, that “miracle” secured Rasputin’s status with the royal family. Nicholas and Alexandra embraced him gratefully and wholeheartedly and, some would say, blindly. Rasputin, celebrated as he was, had never abandoned his devout belief that sin was the only true path to God. And now, with his own bedroom in the palace, he practiced that belief with the added bonuses of an expensive wardrobe and his virtual pick of the local females, whom he “purified” on a very regular basis. Even Nicholas and Alexandra’s daughters weren’t off-limits in his eyes—while no one has ever suggested that there was any actual sexual contact between Rasputin and the tsarevnas, he was found in their rooms frequently enough that their governess strongly suggested to Alexandra that he be permanently barred from the girls’ bedroom. It speaks volumes about the extent of his influence over Alexandra that, rather than heeding the governess’s advice, she defended Rasputin’s right to move freely throughout the palace without restrictions.

Predictably, Rasputin’s influence over Nicholas and Alexandra was beginning to alarm an increasing number of people, from the Russian Orthodox Church to the grand duke and duchess who’d introduced Rasputin to the royal family. The church conducted an investigation that resulted in devastating evidence against him from countless women, including the attempted rape of a nun. The tsar and tsarina were confronted with a long list of Rasputin’s crimes, both proven and alleged, and they tragically refused to listen. Alexandra in particular took the position that the rising tide against Rasputin was the result of nothing but cruel jealousy and resentment “because we love him.”