Bacon’s philosophical scheme, The Great Instauration or Six Days Work, is still not fully understood and practised in the way intended. To do so could bring enormous benefits to the world and help create a 'New Atlantis' or Golden Age.
Bacon not only headed the Rosy Cross Fraternity (Rosicrucians) but his Great Instauration is based on ancient wisdom and biblical and cabalistic principles. A study and knowledge of this is a major gateway into the true but veiled ever-living Wisdom Tradition. The aim is to discover truth.
Both Divinity and Poetry (Drama) play major roles in the Great Instauration. Shakespeare is not only an important part of this but the Shakespeare Authorship enigma was set up to train us in what Bacon calls the Art of Discovery, so that eventually we might discover and know the Author of All.
Bacon was a man of mystery and secrets, both of necessity and choice. Partly because of this, and because he had to act the role of a martyr to truth like the first St Alban before him, his name and memory have been slandered. This hurt needs to be redressed. The truth needs to be known, as does all truth.
Welcome to this website about
Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam of Verulam, Viscount St Alban,
and the Society of the Golden and Rosy Cross which he led as their President.
The dropdown Menu will take you to the various pages of this website.
The website is organised with three main sections, according to Bacon's tripartite division of the sciences (History, Poetry, Philosophy): -
- Bacon - dealing with history
- Shakespeare - dealing with poetry
- Hermes - dealing with philosophy
Plus a section on the Mysteries, in which Bacon and the Rosicrucians were deeply involved.
Plus Resources (Books, Videos, Essays, Works of Art), Events (past, present and future), FBRT Friendship (benefits, how to join, subscriptions, how to donate), and a section About Us (who we are, how to contact us, cookie and privacy policies, etc.).
Latest News
Revised Essay
The essay, Discovery of the British Landscape Zodiac, has been revised and updated, including notes and illustrations.
Events
The third and final event of the Milky Way Shakespeare Mystery will take place on Saturday 25 October. We are fully booked for this event, with a waiting list, so the hope is that we will repeat some of it next year, 2026, especially the Canonbury Tower visit.
The special weekend retreat at Bonnington (Jupiter Artland) in Scotland this year will take place on the weekend 22-23 November. It is later this year than usual, due to the amazing success of Jupiter Artland that takes place in the grounds of Bonnington and which is now open all year. We have called the retreat 'The Healing Power of Archetypal Patterns', during which, besides the personal angle, we aim to show attendees why Bonnington is so important in the scheme of things with which we work. At the time of writing this, there are still some places available.
The final midwinter talk of the equinox-solstice series of talks on Zoom this year will take place on Sunday 21 December. It's title is 'The Immortalising Power of the Shakespeare Folio Preface'. The aim is to show how and why this famous preface does this, and what it might mean in terms of each of us.
