Great Instauration

Wisdom Tradition

Shakespeare Authorship

Baconian Secrets

Welcome to this website about the wisdom, philosophy, life and work of Sir Francis Bacon and the Rosicrucian 'Spear-shaker' Fraternity.

Francis Bacon, aka Francis Rosicrosse – the “great light”, Elias the Artist, prophesied by Paracelsus – was the herald of the new age now dawning. Such a herald, like the biblical prophet Elijah, is a preparer of the way, who helps us prepare for and experience the Greater Light that will appear "at the end of time". He did not act alone.

The Baconian-Rosicrucian work is called 'The Great Instauration' – the reformation and building anew of all arts and sciences, based upon the proper foundations of Wisdom (the 'Word') and Truth (Knowledge of the Wisdom/Word).

This is a world-wide work of discovery, which enables us to experience and know the Greater Light, and be illumined by it.

To help us, Bacon gave us an Art of Discovery, the training for which is a "game of hide and seek". There are several levels of the game of hide and seek in this training programme:

The Scientific Programme, wherein we learn to test out our speculations, to see if they are true or not, and whether they have any practical value or not.
The Shakespeare Experience, wherein we can discover truths concerning our desires, thoughts and actions, and their results, and begin to see the real truth to aim for.
The Shakespeare Authorship Question, whereby we can discover the true author or authors of the Shakespeare works—a process that also teaches us how to discover the Divine Author or Authors (the Laws and Intelligences) of the Universe.
Freemasonry, wherein by searching for the Lost Word we are trained in the morality necessary to find it.
Rosicrucianism, wherein by operating the Word we have found, we can discover even greater truths, and ultimately the Truth of all truths.

All this is drama, whereby we are the actors on the stage of the world, and all drama consists of mysteries, of which there are many levels or degrees.

Drama is Poetry in motion, and it is such Poetry that builds the ‘Pyramid’ of Science – a science that is knowledge of the Wisdom or Word that creates, sustains and transforms the Universe, and which inspires the Poetry (and each of us).

Poetry (“Poesie”) is Part 4 of the six-part Great Instauration. Bacon describes this as the “Ladder of the Intellect”, which we climb degree by degree, or as the “Thread of the Labyrinth”, with many clues provided for us to find our way.

Latest News

22 December 2024: 'Cryptic Meanings of Rosicrucian Tailpieces and other such emblems' – illustrated talk on Zoom by Peter Dawkins. This talk will be the last of the series celebrating the Quatercentenary of the publication in 1624 of the great cipher manual, Cryptomenytices et Cryptographiae.

FBRT YouTube Videos

All the video recordings of the 2023 FBRT illustrated talks on Zoom by Peter Dawkins are available for public viewing on the FBRT YouTube channel:

The 2024 video recordings of the 2023 FBRT talks by Peter Dawkins re. the great cipher manual, Cryptomenitices et Cryptographiae, are available to those who have paid for them, and will be made available to all FBRT Friends in due course.

Video recordings of the 2024 Milan talks are available only to those who pay or have paid for them. For inquiries, email FBRT .

At the top of this FBRT website homepage is a button that will take you to the FBRT YouTube channel. It is the middle button of the three buttons that are displayed next to the larger button that takes you to the FBRT Friends Area.

Portraits

This website displays many key illustrations of interest, including some portraits, which can be found via the Resources dropdown menu. But for all known portraits of Francis Bacon painted from life, a good presentation can be found on Sir Bacon.org.