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GATEWAYS TO WISDOM

Welcome to this website about the philosophy, life and work of Sir Francis Bacon and the ‘Shakespeare’ Rosicrucian Fraternity—and in particular the wisdom of which they were the light-bearers, preservers and transmitters. It is this wisdom which is of particular use to us today, and which is increasingly being rediscovered and revealed.

Francis Bacon was given the unique and cryptic titles of Baron Verulam of Verulam and Viscount St Alban.

A title normally refers to a place, and the place name is preceded by 'of'. Moreover, a place name is never used twice as a place name, as this would be nonsensical.

The double use of 'Verulam' in the first title means that the first 'Verulam' is an adjective describing the Baron (Francis Bacon), whilst 'of Verulam' refers to the place, the Belgic capital Verlamion and Roman town of Verulamium. As a Latin adjective, 'Verulam' means 'Spear-shaker'. In other words, Francis Bacon is the Spear-shaker (or Shakespeare) of Verulam.

Francis Bacon's second title name is that of the saint (Saint Alban), not the place (St Albans). There is no 'of' before the name, and the name has no 's' on the end. In other words, Francis Bacon was the second St Alban. St Alban is known as the founder and First Grand Master of English Freemasonry – Craft Freemasonry in terms of the first St Alban, and Speculative Freemasonry in the case of the second St Alban. Both saints were martyred – the first physically, the second politically.

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was identified by those who possessed 'the eye of the eagle' as Fra. CRC, Father of the Rosicrucian Fraternity, and Elias the Artist, the "great light" prophesied by Paracelsus, who would renovate the arts and sciences, teach the transmutation of all the metals, and reveal many things.

Bacon himself wrote that he was "the herald of the new age". Such a herald, like the biblical prophet Elijah, is a preparer of the way, who helps initiate and make us ready for the Greater Light that will appear when we are doing the work required – the labour of love.

The most critical, decisive moment for this to happen on a worldwide scale is right now, as we begin to enter the long-prophesied new Great Age.

For this, Bacon gave us two things to help us: (1) an Art of Discovery—the training for which is a "game of hide and seek"; and (2) a morally-based philosophical and scientific project called ‘The Great Instauration’, whose design is based on the underlying wisdom of the Six Days of Creation (Genesis 1). The aim is to create 'light', or delight, happiness, and a paradise on earth for all to enjoy.

The primary game of hide and seek for this training in the Art of Discovery is that of the Shakespeare Authorship. To discover the true author and authors of the Shakespeare works (poems, sonnets and plays) will train us to be able to discover the Author of Authors of all Creation, so that then we can become true and effective co-creators and helpers in the universal scheme of enlightenment, which is pure delight.


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2024

Like 2023, the year 2024 is an important Quatercentenary, this time of the once-famous cipher book, Cryptomenytices et Cryptographiae, which was published in 1624 and contains keys to the still famous twin Folios, De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum and Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, published in 1623.

Just as the 1623 Saturn-Jupiter great conjunction twinned the previous 1603 great conjunction, so 1624 twinned the 1604 celestial phenomena that announced Elias the Artist (also known as Fra. Christian Rosicrosse) and the Rosicrucian work to the world. Their Quatercentenaries 400 years later have a particularly strong vibrational effect on the whole world. There are mathematical, cryptic, symbolic, hermetic, philosophical and scientific reasons for all this.

We shall be looking at this during 2024 – the history, cryptography, symbology, etc., and what it meant then and what it means now, to help us go on into the future in the best ways possible.

We shall also look at the twinship of great conjunctions, of cryptographic patterns in the sky, and of ideal time and real time.

2024 Events

FBRT talks on Zoom at or near the solstices and equinoxes this year will focus on the cryptography in the key 16th/17th century Rosicrucian works, including the Shakespeare works. The dates are on Sundays 24 March, 23 June, 22 September, and 22 December 2024, with each talk beginning at 5 PM UK time.

A FBRT hybrid event* in conjunction with Zoence Academy and our German friends, Heidemarie and Oliver Falldorf, will take place 23-26 May 2024, wherein the place in Germany where Cryptomenytices was written will be visited, plus other associated places.

A Wisdom of Shakespeare weekend, focusing on the Shakespeare play Pericles, will take place 14-15 September 2024.

A FBRT hybrid event* focused on Milan is planned to take place 20-28 October 2024.

*(A hybrid event is via talks on Zoom, on-site visits, and feed-back from those who are able to be on-site.)

Associated websites (recommended)

Zoence: Pathways to Wisdom
The Francis Bacon Society
A. Phoenix Research Papers (Academia.edu – A. Phoenix)
Sir Francis Bacon’s New Advancement of Learning
Spearshaker Productions
Jono Freeman YouTube Channel


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