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BUILDING PARADISE :

THE FREEMASONIC AND ROSICRUCIAN SIX DAYS' WORK

by

PETER DAWKINS

THE MASTER SERIES

2001

Francis Bacon Research Trust

Illustration by Samuel Dawkins

CONTENTS

Foreword

xi

1. The Rosicrucian Light

The Rosicrucian Master and the secret work of Francis Bacon and the Rosicrucians.

1

2. Life of Francis Bacon
A brief summary of Francis Bacon's extraordinary life.

9

3. Tributes
Tributes to Francis Bacon by his contemporaries acknowledging him as the greatest poet-dramatist as well as philosopher and judge

41

4. The Great Instauration
The Cabalistic Six Days' Work and the building of Solomon's Temple, the Temple of Light

59

5. Bacon's Plan of Work
Bacon's plan for the Six Days' Work, as described by himself

89

6. Commentary on the Plan of Work
The six stages of the Great Instauration leading to the seventh stage of peace and joy.

103

7. Solomon's House

The Baconian-Rosicrucian College of the Six Days' Work; Freemasonry and its links with Bacon and Shakespeare;the Rosicrucian Father; Initiation and the Great Pillars; the Freemasonic and Cabalistic title-pages of Bacon's works.

131

APPENDICES

A Titles and Offices of Francis Bacon

B. Dates of Francis Bacon's Works

C. Ciphers of Francis Bacon

D. Bacon's Comments on Poetry

Notes on the Text

Select Bibliography

Index

166

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182

189

191

203

207

Illustrations

Francis Bacon was one of the world’s great geniuses—a Master of Wisdom who was the ‘Elijah’ or herald of the Aquarian Age that we are now entering. He was the ‘Apollo’ or President of the Rosicrucians in the 16/17th centuries, the founder and first Grand Master of modern Freemasonry, a secret poet/playwright as well as an outstanding philosopher, and the acknowledged leader of the poets, philosophers, writers and artists of his time.

Bacon's mission was to give us an Art of Discovery and to train us in this art, so that we might be able to discover all things, all truth, in a proficient, beautiful and life-enhancing way—the way of a true artist. As a great Master of Cabala, Bacon’s work is Cabalistic. It is known as 'The Six Days’ Work'—the creative work of the Rosicrucians.

This book tells you how this work works and how it can build paradise on earth.

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Foreword	xi
1. The Rosicrucian Light The Rosicrucian Master and the secret work of Francis Bacon and the Rosicrucians.	1
2. Life of Francis Bacon A brief summary of Francis Bacon's extraordinary life.	9
3. Tributes Tributes to Francis Bacon by his contemporaries acknowledging him as the greatest poet-dramatist as well as philosopher and judge	41
4. The Great Instauration The Cabalistic Six Days' Work and the building of Solomon's Temple, the Temple of Light	59
5. Bacon's Plan of Work Bacon's plan for the Six Days' Work, as described by himself	89
6. Commentary on the Plan of Work The six stages of the Great Instauration leading to the seventh stage of peace and joy.	103
7. Solomon's House The Baconian-Rosicrucian College of the Six Days' Work; Freemasonry and its links with Bacon and Shakespeare;the Rosicrucian Father; Initiation and the Great Pillars; the Freemasonic and Cabalistic title-pages of Bacon's works.	131
APPENDICES A Titles and Offices of Francis Bacon B. Dates of Francis Bacon's Works C. Ciphers of Francis Bacon D. Bacon's Comments on Poetry Notes on the Text Select Bibliography Index	166 168 182 189 191 203 207
Illustrations