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.BACON'S "SECRET SOCIETY": THE EPHRATA CONNECTION
by Linda S. Schrigner, et al
SECTION III — SLIDES AND RESEARCH ON BACON AND
AMERICA
by Linda S. Schrigner
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SECTION III — SLIDES AND RESEARCH ON BACON AND
AMERICA
by Linda S. Schrigner
56
![Benjamin Franklin [1706-1790]](02b_Benjamin_Franklin_54.jpg)
[1706-1790] |
We all have wondered how it is known that Benjamin Franklin
[1706-1790]
was
a Rosicrucian. Well, it is partly by reading what he wrote—through
his writing, we can recognize his Rosicrucianism. However, Manly
P. Hall wrote that Franklin's signature appears on the ledger—above that
of Marquis de Lafayette, he pointed out—at the Lodge of Perfection
in
France. That Lodge is considered to have been "the greatest
of all French lodges" as Hall wrote it. In The Secret Destiny
of America, he said of Franklin in America:
"Franklin spoke for the Order of the Quest, and most of the men who worked with him in the early days of the American Revolution were also members. The plan was working out, the New Atlantis was coming into being, in accordance with the program laid down by Francis Bacon a hundred and fifty years earlier.Imperator Gary L. Stewart, in 1984, stated that it is known that both Rosicrucians and Martinists attended that French Lodge of Perfection. The Order of the Quest is another of different spiritual Orders tied with the Rosicrucian movement of initiatic individuals, that functioned generally in connection with the western esoteric tradition. It was sometimes referred to as the western mystery tradition. Brethren of the Rosicrucians were usually members of more than one secret society. Chapters of Perfection included leaders from religions and scientific organizations, as well as esoteric and humanitarian orders. |
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