…it is transforming potentials into potencies. It is transforming the ideas of reality into the exact acts of reality. Therefore, Lord Bacon summarized this process as one of the four great keys. In other words, experience. Experience is the proof of all…

…the case of both nature and man, controls another important psychic field, namely color. And we have a tremendous diversity of color Lord Bacon writes an essay on the colors of good and evil, and this is a well-taken point, for that which on one level…

…of the real fine leaders of our thought were very unhappy about the whole situation. One of the most unhappy was dear old Lord Bacon, and when the time came for him to write one of his most important books, he first wrote it in Latin. then translated…

…is in some way ensouled by an ample consciousness. So greatness of learning bringeth the mind back again to God, as Lord Bacon said in his essay on atheism. And depth of understanding brings man's knowledge of history back again to the recognition that…

…that he might inherit the Inquisition, or something of that nature, as he had done on previous occasions when he had been what Lord Bacon calls a birth out of time. That is, before the world was ready for him. Now, we find that between about 1925 and…

…of compound and all compound is mortal therefore all compound must be dissolved as we find inscribed on the monument of Lord Bacon at St Albans this division the Greeks called ether and chaos. It represented the division primarily of that part of existence…

…the acceptance of self-responsibility, of the gradual resigning of his mortal mind and mortal will to obedience to the divine law, As Lord Bacon said, the end of knowledge is that man shall obey. And it is in this line of ultimate obedience to truth that…

…something. Form. And form... is the great compound. And as the reason perhaps for the lines upon the supposed monument of Lord Bacon at St. Albans, the final observation of a wise man, let all compounds be dissolved. The moment there is compound,…

…in the end that the mystery of everything is the mystery of himself, that who solves himself solves all. Then as Lord Bacon points out in the Mysteries of the Ancient, the Wisdom of the Ancient, knowledge having overcome ignorance or illusion, or science…

…we cannot afford to waste. What we do not know how to use, we must learn how to use. And we learn, as Lord Bacon pointed out, through observation and experience. Every minute that something happens to us, we are exposed to a rule of some kind that…

…that have happened are right, the things that will happen will be right also. On the other hand, we have to grow. Lord Bacon pointed out that growth has historical outlines. We know the memory of the rocks by stratification. We are able to estimate the…

…bear witness to them after they are gone. Everywhere memory becomes an invitation to enrich the future by the wisdom of the past. Lord Bacon points out that it is a mistake to assume that memory is a disaster. Memory is part of an equipment we have…

…These things we have to think about and continue to grow with to the very best of our abilities. So I think that Lord Bacon probably was more or less correct when he pointed out that memory was the open gate to a world knowledge. Memory was the…

…is in our own nature to unfold this way now what we call the mental faculty And we know that this intelligence, as Lord Bacon points out, is two-sided or two-edged. It is, first of all, the ability of the individual to observe. And most all primitive…

…existence it's impossible to study all of these things with an open mind and not realize that somewhere in this pattern And Lord Bacon says, there is a universal mind without which existence could not be. And that there is nothing that we can study,…

…if we realize that we were here to help the world to grow and that all the arts and sciences that we have as Lord Bacon pointed out all these great research structures the great laboratories are not there to turn out pills for ten dollars a pill they…

…is so constructed that the mystical equation is forever available to us, not by some miraculous or extraordinary experience. For as Lord Bacon says, It is not necessary for deity to convince us through miracles. Inasmuch as the commonest of his works are…

…are doing now will add to the substance of tradition. Now, tradition is of importance to us in many ways, and I think Lord Bacon, being a devoutly religious man, was one of the first to recognize that tradition is more than the continuance of the record…

…not doing anything with the structure of our integrities. It is fortunate, however, that in the last 25 years the divine plan, as Lord Bacon gradually unfolded it, is taking over. We are not at all happy about it because when it comes to being good we…

…and speculations and reading the latest works on the subject by unqualified authors. The question remains is, what is right? well I think Lord Bacon gave us a valuable key to this he said if you want to know really what is right see what happens as a…

…a member of something free in the spirit, simply because the investigation of the commonplace has revealed to him, as Lord Bacon puts it, that no miracles are necessary. The commonplace is itself sufficiently miraculous. This brings us slowly into a focal…

…that ethics is a reality? I think the answer is very much contained in the concepts of science laid down to us by Lord Bacon. Lord Bacon pointed out definitely that one of the great ways of demonstrating the validity or integrity of a belief is through…

…is a reality? I think the answer is very much contained in the concepts of science laid down to us by Lord Bacon. Lord Bacon pointed out definitely that one of the great ways of demonstrating the validity or integrity of a belief is through passing it…

…that they must not be dangerous. and we are suffering seriously from this little knowledge problem today we have tremendous skills as Lord Bacon pointed out we have all these wonderful discoveries to lead us to a better life but those who have gone part…

…strengthening of faith so that it can overcome the limitations of flesh, time, and circumstances, We have to do, as Lord Bacon pointed out, we have to use a threefold structure, another triad, another triotomy of values. He called these things tradition,…

…began to emerge it developed in Switzerland it was part of the Calvinistic teachings it was developed in various parts of Europe Lord Bacon and his reforms and all of this type of thing They now have, in the 1800s, an explosion of progress. We have…

…moral overtones of that. We depart from the tremendous rich message of religion, the facts themselves would sustain us. As Lord Bacon observed, it is not necessary that God perform miracles inasmuch as the natural works of deity are more miraculous than…

…thinking, Paracelsus came upon another important formula. based once more upon Neoplatonism. We can say, perhaps following the words of Lord Bacon later, who was indebted to the same general school for his speech, that it is better to accept all of…

…Temple of Solomon, we have the symbolism of the great progress of the world. In the early years of the 17th century, Lord Bacon described the great structure of science as the house of the six-day work. He declared also that Solomon's house, as he called…

…magnificent organization of principles and energies by means of which our various activities are sustained. How is it then, as Lord Bacon says, that God must reveal himself by miracles? For his most common and ordinary works are most miraculous. Everywhere…

…a glory luminous because it is constantly emanating visible splendor, but glorious in the sense that it is not necessary, as Lord Bacon says, for God to convince man by extraordinary means in as much as the most ordinary means are themselves sufficiently…

…good, and all of these principles are subjectively aware of what constitutes the common good. Thus it would follow that, as Lord Bacon pointed out, that we cannot hope to have a mentally integrated universe without a mind. We cannot have life without…

The New Atlantis of Lord Bacon. We have to place this type of thinking within some type of historical reference frame. We cannot estimate a work of the 17th century by the concepts of our own time. We must therefore consider it in the background of the…

…considerable armament, but the matter has never been actually settled. We also realize, from our own thinking and studying, that Lord Bacon was almost certainly deeply and closely involved in the rise of the Rosicrucian society in England. We also have…

…built. The next point, I think, is perhaps more dramatic than any of the others because it reveals an extraordinary knowledge which Lord Bacon possessed. He causes his mariners to start out from the coast of Peru, which is a peculiar place for them to…

…particularly to Americanists who have been working in this area The principle thinking is based also upon certain words used by Lord Bacon which in his time were meaningless or entirely beyond the general comprehension of the day. Some of the points that…

…of our world. In any event, it's something that perhaps we will find of interest if we consider it. We know that Lord Bacon was primarily an educator. We know that he attempted a complete restoration of the learning of the world. And we also know…

…merely an archaeological curiosity, or does it have some dynamic value for us today? I would like to think of Atlantis much as Lord Bacon did in his book, The New Atlantis, in which he says in very simple terms, the New Atlantis, which is America. Bacon…

…merely an archaeological curiosity, or does it have some dynamic value for us today? I would like to think of Atlantis much as Lord Bacon did in his book The New Atlantis, in which he says in very simple terms, the New Atlantis which is America. Bacon…

…be useful. in the advancement of man's knowledge. During the 16th and 17th centuries, histories of strange things are included. Lord Bacon, for example, wrote a work entitled The Natural History of Winds, in which he collected various materials bearing upon…

…that, the world was given all forms of educational help. We were given the wonders of nature and the final textbook, which as Lord Bacon pointed, is written in the stars and in the elements and in the earth. Paracelsus also tells us that there are three…

…We cannot go on the way we are. Every form of learning is only important. If it helps us to understand universal truths. Lord Bacon in his advancement of learning. And in the Novum Organum. It clearly points out. that the new organ of learning is the…

…and Eleusinian rites, which she also interprets alchemically. She also quotes quite frequently and with considerable respect the writings of Lord Bacon. She seemed to sense in his effort at the restoration of knowledge a program which fitted into her own…

…began to look around him for a means of applying knowledge. And in this, Mrs. Atwood quotes from the Instauratio Magna of Lord Bacon, in which his lordship points out that man in the course of time has learned to apply wisdom to almost everything except…

…evidence. that there might be more to this phase of the subject than he is willing to admit. Now the hypothesis that Lord Bacon might have been the founder of the Rosicrucian society is at the outset not particularly attractive. In the first place, the…

…they were advanced by wise or foolish men, the facts must stand on their own feet. That there was a link between Andrei and Lord Bacon seems to be part of our basic mystery. So I might mention a little episode that some of you may remember, but which…

…one of the oldest and most important Masonic lodges in England, the Mother Kilwinning Lodge of Scotland, had a very rare portrait of Lord Bacon as an old man. Of course, his lordship is supposed to have died at 66, but this portrait was supposed to be…

…am not sure that he makes a strong case to prove that the Rosicrucian enigma had no place in the life of Lord Bacon. Also, if we remember the manifestos, Christian Rosenkreutz died over a hundred years before the mysterious opening of his tomb. As this…

…associations did get together in the beginning of the 17th century and formed a fraternity of some kind. It has been said of Lord Bacon that he rang the bell that brought the wits together and there seems to be something of this nature involved in our…

The New Atlantis of Lord Bacon. We have to place this type of thinking within some type of historical reference frame. We cannot estimate a work of the 17th century by the concepts of our own time. We must therefore consider it in the background the…

…considerable armament, but the matter has never been actually settled. We also realize from our own thinking and studying that Lord Bacon was almost certainly deeply and closely involved in the rise of the Rosicrucian society in England. We also have reason…

…built. The next point, I think, is perhaps more dramatic than any of the others because it reveals an extraordinary knowledge which Lord Bacon possessed. He causes his mariners to start out from the coast of Peru, which is a peculiar place for them to…

…particularly to Americanists who have been working in this area. The principle thinking is based also upon certain words used by Lord Bacon which in his time were meaningless or entirely beyond the general comprehension of the day. Some of the points that…

…of our world. In any event, it's something that perhaps we will find of interest if we consider it. We know that Lord Bacon was primarily an educator. We know that he attempted a complete restoration of the learning of the world. And we also know…

Lord Bacon, in his Wisdom of the Ancients, interpreted a great many of the Greek myths in terms of psycho-political statements of principles of universal procedure. He did not, however, include in his group the myth of Dionysus, and that is the one we'd…

…of the light of truth. At the end of the first chapter in the 1640 edition of Advancement and Proficience of Learning, Lord Bacon mentions the lamp of traditions. And he calls this lamp the method, which is to be transmitted from generation to generation…

…we belong. We try to build a reputation. We seek wealth and fame and distinction. We search for advancement in place, as Lord Bacon calls it. That we shall join those who are famous. A great physician we shall become. Or a great legislator. Or probably…

…reprinted almost as rapidly as new things that come out. Because we are beginning finally to realize the value of experience. Lord Bacon pointed out that experience and tradition are part of the basic value which we have to use in the discrimination of…

…tradition, if we accept the fact that history is a valid instrument of knowledge, and it was one of the valid instruments of Lord Bacon in his Nova Morganum, or the New Instrument of Knowing, We then have to realize that in history we have to study the…

…the proper incentives for growth. We must try then to find out how to really educate the mind. Well, according to Lord Bacon, there are three instruments of knowledge. One is tradition. One is experience. And one is experimentation. Now, a lot of people…

…to study the elements which make up patterns. These are no longer simply colors, as we know them on a painter's palette. Lord Bacon called these moral colors, the colors of good and evil. And there is a beautiful sense of value there. The discovery of…

…toward the world of causes where things are less obvious or evident. more difficult to measure and to estimate. Perhaps Lord Bacon summarized Aristotle's position rather well when he said that when physics is properly understood, there will be no further…

…it impels the individual to that kind of conduct which restores normalcy and makes him a better citizen, then I think Lord Bacon was correct when he stated that there is no superstition worse than believing that everything is superstitious, and that it is…

…we know that at that time there was a circle of poets and playwrights and actors and that these were the closest friends that Lord Bacon had we also then come to the book and at the end of the play Prospero cries, and deeper than it ever plummets…

…We cannot go on the way we are. Every form of learning is only important if it helps us to understand universal truth. Lord Bacon, in his Advancement of Learning, and in the Nova Morganum, clearly points out that the new organ of learning is the ability…

…or an idea, That which holds the universe together is this basic concept of essential goodness as the source of existence. Lord Bacon says that he would rather accept all the fables of the Koran than to assume that the universal fabric was without…

…things change and become lawful. Now the ancients left us a great diagram of lawfulness. They gave us a wonderful hint. Lord Bacon advanced this, that by assuming definitely that there was a universal intelligence at the source of all things, yet he held…

…will be quiet for a moment and realize the facts about themselves they may gain some interesting impressions the famous statement of Lord Bacon is indicative of this point he said that he was convinced that he had been born to be of advantage to mankind…

…people consider us unreasonable. But this lack of acceptance of experience and blaming others for it is the one point that Lord Bacon very clearly pointed out, that you have to use experience honestly if you want to learn from it. Unless experience points…

…uncertainty. Man searching for truth. May detect the presence of these eternal landmarks. These principles and invariable patterns. Which impel Lord Bacon to say on one occasion. That it is not necessary. For God to prove himself by miracles. For his…

…be useful in the advancement of man's knowledge. During the 16th and 17th centuries, histories of strange things are included. Lord Bacon, for example, wrote a work entitled The Natural History of Winds, in which he collected various material bearing upon…

…accept the term of being wise now in the case of Athena also we have other interesting considerations Metis being council gave Lord Bacon that's the meaning of the word gave Lord Bacon a concept of the importance of council in all procedures that power…

…of Athena also we have other interesting considerations Metis being council gave Lord Bacon that's the meaning of the word gave Lord Bacon a concept of the importance of council in all procedures that power must be governed by council and out of council…

…were these superior ideas of science. In one of his books, I think if I remember it is the Nova Morganum, Lord Bacon points out very clearly that when physics is properly understood, there is no need for metaphysics. Metaphysics is probably, more nearly…

…Philosophical principles based upon the great scholars of the past like Solon and Plato. Scientific discoveries in which we find As Lord Bacon pointed out, that we are not only searching for the world's truth, but we are also seeking a greater understanding…

…use And we go back to history. Some people don't believe in checking history. It's a little discouraging. But actually, as Lord Bacon observed, history is very helpful. For history finally shows us that that which is wrong cannot survive. History can prove…

…in disciplining their own integrities. The final answer to this particular subject is addressed strictly in the terms of Lord Bacon, namely that it begins by the public, the people themselves, demanding an improvement in world conditions. It comes because…

…these factors of belief are still tarnished by the name of religion when in reality they are the basis of integrities as Lord Bacon so well mentioned in one of his essays that it was better to believe all the absurdities that have been distributed in…

…of possible crisis in navigations. However, with the rise of science, with the beginning of a new way of life, we see Lord Bacon beginning to sound certain warnings. We see him using the symbol of Atlantis as a means of distinguishing a new empire that…

…merely an archaeological curiosity, or does it have some dynamic value for us today? I would like to think of Atlantis much as Lord Bacon did in his book The New Atlantis, in which he says in very simple terms, the new Atlantis which is America. Bacon…

…spirit and mind, are not bound together by an eternal union. There must always be the result of a compound. And as Lord Bacon asked to have inspired upon his dream, let all compounds be dissolved. Life and death are polarities of each other. And their…