Section III: Bacon's 'Secret Society'

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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

Conrad Mathaii

Sir Francis Bacon [1561-1626]

Well, again—the natural question is: “How do the Kelpius group and the Ephrata Cloister tie in with other Early American Rosicrucians?

First, it is important to understand that, the esoteric history is largely a matter of opinion, and the historians do not all agree, partly due to the fact that in the past, Rosicrucians did not commit all their esoteric knowledge and history in ways that are easily documented. Membership or association alone was highly secret, and doctrinal writings were obscured in ways to protect the authors and all brethren under the cloak of respective "religious" ties.

On a subject such as this, filled with obscurities and intrigue, our own intelligence and intuition is very important. Even of the work done by prominent non-Rosicrucian and Rosicrucian historians, not enough documented information is available to give a complete picture of the esoteric history.

Because there is much that we must sort out for ourselves, keen discrimination is necessary as we read the history of the Rosicrucians. The key to authenticity is in finding enough objective or empirical information to substantiate the threads of truth that become apparent as we continue to read and study. It can take several manuscripts, articles, books and several historians just to qualify one piece of information! From my research I have been able to qualify a few points. They do not come from any one source.

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