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.
Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam of Verulam, Viscount St Alban
Philosopher, Lawyer, Statesman, Historian, Intelligencer, Cryptographer, Author, Essayist, Poet, Intellectual Reformer, Instaurator of the Royal Society and modern science.
Francis Rosicrosse, Elias the Artist
Sir Francis Bacon, aka Francis Rosicrosse, was the “great light”, Elias the Artist, 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 the Age".
The Great Instauration
Francis Bacon gifted to the world a scientific project known as ‘The Great Instauration’, so that we might discover the great truths or laws of life, physical and metaphysical, and put them to good use for the help, upliftment and enlightenment of the whole world.
Art of Discovery
Francis Bacon also gave us an Art of Discovery by means of which we might be trained in the art of discovering these great truths, the greatest of which he pointed out was love – love in action – the supreme law of the universe.
Shakespeare
Francis Bacon, with the help of others, provided the Shakespeare works, to show us human nature, good and bad, as if in a mirror, and thus wake us up to how hate, lies, greed and cruelty hurt and destroy our souls, our culture and our civilisations, whilst love and friendship nurture, support, help, rescue, sustain and transform us into creative, happy and enlightened human beings.
Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism
Francis Bacon, with the help of others, reformed and reconstituted the Acception core of Craft Freemasonry as Speculative Freemasonry so as to provide a training school in morals, by means of which the higher Rosicrucian degrees of enlightenment might be reached, wherein love, friendship and charity is the primary practice. For this reason, he was given the title Viscount St Alban, named after the saint who founded and was First Grand Master of English (British) Freemasonry.
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The Mysteries
Mysteries are allegorical dramas containing wisdom. The name is derived from the Greek word mysterion, and those who were involved in a mystery were known as mystes (mystics). In the classical mystery schools the initiate of the first three fundamental degrees was called, in turn, cathar, mystes and epopt.
A cathar refers to a person who has undergone a purification rite. A mystes is someone who understands something of the wisdom revealed in the mystery dramas. An epopt is a seer who has put the wisdom into practice and attained an experiential knowledge of the wisdom, which is a revelation producing illumination.
The Craft degrees of Freemasonry follow this sequence, in which goodwill, good thought and good action is developed. The terms used in Christianity for these three are baptism, confirmation and ordination, as originally understood and carried out.
The Shakespeare plays are mysteries acted out on theatre stages. There are also mysteries of a greater nature that are being acted out on the stage of the world, in which we are all actors, whether we know it or not.
The landscape of Britain (England and Wales) is one such stage, upon which the Shakespeare Mystery was enacted – and still is being performed.
The landscape of Europe is an even greater stage. Upon this stage the Dionysian Mysteries have been enacted for millennia, wherein metaphorically the bull or boar becomes the swan. The Dionysian Mysteries, as reformed by Orpheus, underlie the Christian Mysteries. Both Orpheus and Jesus Christ were symbolised as swans after their resurrection and ascension.
FBRT Participation in the Mysteries
Since the 1990s the FBRT has been performing its part in these Mysteries.
In terms of the British landscape zodiac that covers most of England and Wales, this year the FBRT is offering three educational events at three special 'Shakespeare' locations under the overall name, 'The Swan Flight along the Milky Way'.
Information about the British landscape zodiac can be found in the essays, ‘The British Landscape Zodiac’ and ‘Discovery of the British Landscape Zodiac’.
In terms of the landscape of Europe, which takes its name from the classical myth, ‘Europa and the Bull’ (a shortened form of the Dionysian myth), this year the FBRT is focusing on Corsica, the sacral chakra of the Swan of Europe. For this, there will be a talk on Zoom ('Corsica, the Illyrian Isle of Beauty') followed by a hybrid pilgrimage event ('Procreating the Beauty of Golden Friendship').
Another Mystery is that of Time, which affects us all. In this Mystery of mysteries, the eight solar (fire) festivals of each year – the solstices, equinoxes and quarterdays – are of immense importance. The celebration of these is an ancient well-proven life-science. They are the means by which humanity can attune to and support the rhythmic heartbeat of the planet in its relationship with the Sun – and much more.
Ever since the Trust's inception in 1980, the FBRT has been celebrating these solar (fire) festivals with an event of some kind, public or private. This year we are continuing with solstice and equinox Zoom talks – see Events.
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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.
Associated websites (recommended)
Zoence: Pathways to Wisdom
The Francis Bacon Society
A. Phoenix Research Papers (Academia.edu – A. Phoenix)
Sir Bacon.org
Spearshaker Productions
Jono Freeman YouTube Channel
Light of Truth
The Shakespeare Foundation
To Be Or Not to Be
Philosophy: Its Origin, Purpose and Destiny (Alexander Sachon) – see VI. Francis Bacon, Godfather of the Scientific Age.
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