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Of all the Rosicrucian practitioners, the most famous and fervent was a man who's often been surmised to be the true author of Shakespeare's plays-Sir Francis Bacon, born in England in 1561. For his services to science and philosophy, he was knighted 1st Baron of Verulam and also Viscount of St Albans. He earned a reputation as Father of the Positive sciences for his philosophical and scientific writings, although none of them explains anything about his real identity. He was the Grand Master of the English Templars and in this capacity, the most senior Rosicrucian. He was an undisputed expert in the secret sciences, especially the Cabala, alchemy, and sorcery. The so-called scientific research he undertook had little to do with real science, but much with engaging mystic and supernatural forces to win power over nature. Bacon's New Atlantis; his 1626 utopia of a heaven on earth, is an adaptation of the Templars' ideal state. Bacon recounts the story of an imaginary people on an imaginary island called Bensalem (which means "New Jerusalem")-an entirely scientific society, full of inventions, where the residents control even the winds. There's also the science house he calls Solomon's house, which is the Templars' starting point as well as their destination.
John Dee and Francis Bacon were cohorts. Dee instructed the young Francis
is cryptology. Dee was deep into the occult and magic and so forth, some
say even UFO stuff. Anyway, when James I came into power Francis realized
he needed to distance himself from Dee because James unlike Elizabeth frowned
upon the Dee ways and Francis did not want to be associated. As it was James
favoured Francis a great deal and gave him mant titles at court - amintaing
open association with Dee would have proved fatal. I am sure they maintained
close association in private.
Francis bread was buttered by the Monarchy - until he was framed for bribery to "fade" him from memory.