Occult theories about Francis Bacon
A number of writers, some of whom were connected with
Secret societies
Francis Bacon often gathered with the men at Gray's Inn to discuss politics and philosophy and to try out various theatrical scenes that he admitted writing.
In 1618, Francis Bacon decided to secure a lease for
There was a depth of love by a large body of men toward Bacon, similar to some degree in the manner that disciples love a Master.[8] This is especially true when taking into account his membership (and some say leadership) of secret societies such as the Rosicrucians and Freemasons.[6] In the inner esoteric membership, which included Francis Bacon, vows of celibacy for spiritual reasons were encouraged.[9][10]
Faked death theory
Various authors[11][12] have written that there were indications that Francis Bacon had gone into debt while secretly funding the publishing of materials for the Freemasons, Rosicrucians, "Spear-Shakers", "Knights of the Helmet", as well as publishing, with the assistance of Ben Jonson, a selection of the plays that they believe he had written under the pen name of "Shake-Speare" in a "First Folio" in 1623.[13][14][15][16] Furthermore, they allege that Bacon faked his own death, crossed the English Channel, and secretly traveled in disguise after 1626 through France, Germany, Poland, Hungary, and other areas utilizing the secret network of Freemasons and Rosicrucians that he was associated with. It is alleged that he continued to write under pseudonyms as he had done before 1626,[17] continuing to write as late as 1670 (using the pseudonym "Comte De Gabalis").[18] Elinor Von Le Coq, wife of Professor Von Le Coq in Berlin, stated that she had found evidence in the German Archives that Francis Bacon stayed after 1626 with the family of Johannes Valentinus Andreae in Germany.[19][20][21][22]
Basil Montagu, a biographer of Bacon, states in his "Essays and Selections":
Of his funeral no account can be found, nor is there any trace of the scite of the house where he died.[23]
Beginning early in the 20th century in the
References
- ^ Frances Yates, Theatre of the World, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969
- ^ Bryan Bevan, The Real Francis Bacon, England: Centaur Press, 1960
- ^ Daphne du Maurier, The Winding Stair, Biography of Bacon 1976.
- ^ Frances Yates, The Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age, pages 61 - 68, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979
- ^ Frances Yates, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment, London and Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972
- ^ ISBN 0-9616288-0-4
- ^ Alfred Dodd, Francis Bacon's Personal Life Story', Volume 2 - The Age of James, England: Rider & Co., 1949, 1986. pages 157 - 158, 425, 502 - 503, 518 - 532
- ^ Helen Veale, Son of England, India: Indo Polish Library, 1950
- ^ Peter Dawkins, Dedication to the Light, England: Francis Bacon Research Trust, 1984
- ^ Frances Yates, Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1964
- ^ Mrs. Henry Pott Francis Bacon and His Secret Society, (Reprint: Kessinger Publishing 1997)
- ^ William T. Smedley Mystery of Francis Bacon, London, 1912 (Reprint: Kessinger Publishing 1997)
- ^ C. P. Bowditch, The Connection of Francis Bacon, with the First Folio of Shakespeare's Plays and with the Books on Cipher of his Time, Cambridge, 1910
- ^ Ross Jackson, Shaker of the Speare: The Francis Bacon Story, The Book Guild Ltd. 2005
- ^ Martin Pares, Knights of the Helmet, 1964
- ISBN 978-1-56459-338-2
- ^ Bertram Theobald, Enter Francis Bacon. The Case for Bacon as the True "Shakespeare", England: Cecil Palmer, 1932
- ^ Reginald Walter Gibson, Francis Bacon: A Bibliography of His Works and Baconiana to the Year 1750, 1950
- ^ Bertram Theobald, Francis Bacon Concealed And Revealed, London: Cecil Palmer, 1930
- ^ Parker Woodward Francis Bacon London: Grafton & Co. 1920. pages 13, 121 - 135
- Hall, Manly P.The Secret Teachings of All Ages "An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy Being an Interpretation of the Secret Teachings Concealed within the Rituals, Allegories and Mysteries of all Ages" H.S. Crocker Company, Inc. 1928
- ^ Richard Maurice Bucke, Cosmic Consciousness, A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind, Philadelphia, 1901. Contains an excellent chapter on Bacon's qualities, consciousness and experiences and how they may have influenced his writings.
- ISBN 978-1-4368-3777-4.
- ^ Saint Germain Foundation. The History of the "I AM" Activity and Saint Germain Foundation. Schaumburg, Illinois: Saint Germain Press 2003
- ^ Luk, A.D.K.. Law of Life — Book II. Pueblo, Colorado: A.D.K. Luk Publications 1989, pages 254 - 267
- ^ White Paper - Wesak World Congress 2002. Acropolis Sophia Books & Works 2003.
- ^ Partridge, Christopher ed. New Religions: A Guide: New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities Oxford University Press, USA 2004.
- ^ Peter Dawkins, Dedication to the Light, England: Francis Bacon Research Trust, 1984
- ^ Schroeder, Werner Ascended Masters and Their Retreats Ascended Master Teaching Foundation 2004, pages 250–255