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even Bacon biographer Parker Woodward, a solicitor, called the death a "spoof". Bacon was at Highgate with Dr John Wedderburn, the King's physician no less, when he came down with a chill. Wedderburn took Francis to the empty Highgate House and placed him in a damp bed. That the King's physician did this is beyond belief. A few days later, on Easter Sunday, Bacon reportedly died. However, there is anecdotal evidence, in the last words of Bacon's sonnet diary, hinting at his real fate: You shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the World that I am fled From this vile World with vilest Worms...to dwell. philosophical, historical and literary treasures, all waiting to be rediscovered. The ciphers which give the exact location of the vault are recorded on the title page of Bacon's The New Atlantis, and on various tombs in the Bruton churchyard itself. For instance, the cipher on the Ludwell tomb states: Under the secret foundations of former Bruton lies Francis Bacon's Great Virginia Vault of Freemasonry. There have been several attempts this century to dig up the vault and disclose its contents, but each attempt has been frustrat- ed by the Church owners who refuse to cooperate with the contro- versial Baconians. It is only a matter of time before the vault is uncovered. What is inside is a matter of conjecture. Given Bacon's literary achievements, it is likely to be a remarkable dis- In the 1671 edition of Resuscitatio, Molloy stated: Bacon made a holy and humble retreat into the cool shades of rest, where he remained triumphant above fate and fortune till heaven was pleased to summon him to a more triumphant covery. of rest, where he remained triumphant above fate and fortune BACON'S LEGACY till heaven was pleased to summon him to a more triumphant Bacon's method for permeating his philosophical ideas into the rest. collective unconscious of the age can best be summarised in his motto: Bene visit qui bene latuit (One lives best by the hidden Henry Oakley of Trinity College wrote of Bacon: life). He used secret societies to infuse his ideas into the main- He is gone, he is gone. The Word suffices. That he is dead stream of society. Bacon resurrected the Rosicrucian mystery tra- we say not.” dition and the actual organisation of the Freemasons, injecting new life into them so that they became vehicles for the new Bacon was allegedly buried in a tomb at St Michael's Church, Baconian philosophy of reason and scientific enquiry. St Albans, but when the tomb was opened 100 years later nothing Bacon, like Goethe, scorned knowledge that did not lead to pos- was found: no bones, no valuables, not even a coffin. There is no itive action and also scorned the denial of evil in ourselves. mention of his funeral in contem- Bacon was grateful to Machiavelli for porary records, nor is there any his frank appraisal of the shadowy item for funeral expenses in the side of human nature in politics: accounts of the administrators of We are _ beholden to the estate. There is also no record Machiavelli, and writers of that of his burial in the registers of St Francis Bacon is the only person in kind, who openly and unmasked Michael's. Given Bacon's prestige history to have been a member of declare what men do in fact, and former high standing, it is and not what they ought to do; remarkable there is no record of the House of Lords and the House for it is impossible to join the anyone even attending his Funeral. of Commons at the same time. In wisdom of whe dove, and the anly Hall, the American F innocence of the dove, withou Masonic writer, claimed that Bacon Parliament he served on no less the precious knowledge of the faked his own death and fled to the than 29 committees... nature of evil.'° continent to continue his work Bacon's works touch on all strengthening the Freemasonic aspects of humanity—politics, reli- lodge system. Probably residing in gion, theology, scientific method— Germany, Bacon may have been but his most brilliant observations the mystery publisher of are psychological. Foreshadowing Rosicrucian literary works. the discoveries by Carl Jung about the nature of the unconscious One Rosicrucian painting indicates an association between con- and the shadowy side of man, Bacon realised that the baseness of tinental Rosicrucian history and Francis Bacon. This painting is man should be recognised and dealt with openly, rather than from the archives of Frau le Coq, wife of the late Professor Von le repressed and personified as the devil. Coq, of Berlin University, who was an expert in Rosicrucian his- In modern political vernacular, Bacon was a conservative. He tory. It shows Bacon as an old man, but clearly shows his initials, saw an ideal government as one which was benevolent without "F" and "B", on two of the crests. the worst excesses of despotism by rulers or by the majority: Not only may Francis Bacon have spent more years on the con- It is almost without instance that any government was tinent after 1626; he may also have visited America. And it is in unprosperous under learned governors." the New World—in Williamsburg, Virginia—where a still more Bacon had a goal to be that governor, a philosopher-king, as remarkable mystery is waiting to be solved. Francis I of England—auntil Elizabeth's death ended this dream. In science, Bacon sought nothing less than the construction of a THE BRUTON CHURCH VAULT system that could be applied to the relief of man's suffering. He Bacon was a master of the treasure hunt, leaving clues for constructed a new "Classification of Science" (The Advancement future ages so the truth could be revealed. Discovering his of Learning , 1605) and described anew "Method for the ciphers has been part of the treasure hunt, but these same ciphers Interpretation of Nature" (Things Thought and Seen, 1607; Thread point to another remarkable mystery. of the Labyrinth, 1606; Novum Organum, 1608). He investigated In Williamsburg, Virginia, is the Bruton Parish Church. Buried — the phenomena of Nature in Natural History (1622), and showed in the grounds is a vault reportedly containing Bacon's writings— how the writers of the past had advanced their truths to the time of rest. Henry Oakley of Trinity College wrote of Bacon: He is gone, he is gone. The Word suffices. That he is dead we say not.” THE BRUTON CHURCH VAULT Bacon was a master of the treasure hunt, leaving clues for future ages so the truth could be revealed. Discovering his ciphers has been part of the treasure hunt, but these same ciphers point to another remarkable mystery. In Williamsburg, Virginia, is the Bruton Parish Church. Buried in the grounds is a vault reportedly containing Bacon's writings— JUNE - JULY 1997 NEXUS - 57 of Commons at the same time. In Parliament he served on no less than 29 committees...