The Enchanted Initiate
A Journal of Traditional Symbolism, Hermeticism & the Occult Sciences

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Concordance & Cross-References

Primary Correspondences & Figures

Baconian CiphersConcept

Books with this watermark often contain Baconian ciphers

Shakespearian Folio (1623)Substance

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Baconian CyphersConcept

Baconian ciphers often used this watermark

Mediate Correspondences

Sympathetic Chains & Distant Affinities

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I. Rose Crose Watermark & Francis Bacon

Baconian ciphers often used paper with this watermark

II. Francis Bacon & Freemasonry

Bacon is believed to have been a master of the Freemasons, and his symbols are used in Masonic symbolism

Rose Crose WatermarkthroughFrancis BaconilluminatesAristotle →
I. Rose Crose Watermark & Francis Bacon

Baconian ciphers often used paper with this watermark

II. Francis Bacon & Aristotle

Bacon's methodological approach was influenced by Aristotle's emphasis on empirical observation

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I. Rose Crose Watermark & Francis Bacon

Baconian ciphers often used paper with this watermark

II. Francis Bacon & Socrates

Both men emphasized the role of reason and the empirical method in their respective philosophical approaches

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I. Rose Crose Watermark & Francis Bacon

Baconian ciphers often used paper with this watermark

II. Francis Bacon & Fraternity Of R.c.

Francis Bacon was a member of the Fraternity of R.C. And disseminated their arcana

Rose Crose WatermarkthroughFrancis BaconilluminatesShakespeare →
I. Rose Crose Watermark & Francis Bacon

Baconian ciphers often used paper with this watermark

II. Francis Bacon & Shakespeare

Theories suggest that Shakespeare and Francis Bacon could be the same person

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I. Rose Crose Watermark & Francis Bacon

Baconian ciphers often used paper with this watermark

II. Francis Bacon & Thomas Aquinas

Both men tried to reconcile philosophical and empirical approaches to understanding the world, though in opposite directions

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I. Rose Crose Watermark & Francis Bacon

Baconian ciphers often used paper with this watermark

II. Francis Bacon & Hobbes

Hobbes followed Bacon in the move toward empirical science and away from the scholastic tradition

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I. Rose Crose Watermark & Francis Bacon

Baconian ciphers often used paper with this watermark

II. Francis Bacon & Franklin Masonic Order

Suggested Bacon's involvement in this masonic lineage

Rose Crose WatermarkthroughFrancis BaconilluminatesWoodward's Notation
I. Rose Crose Watermark & Francis Bacon

Baconian ciphers often used paper with this watermark

II. Francis Bacon & Woodward's Notation

The title page's 157 letters, noting "ON" from London, form a cryptic signature of Francis Bacon, per Woodward's research

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I. Rose Crose Watermark & Francis Bacon

Baconian ciphers often used paper with this watermark

II. Francis Bacon & Scotus

Both men worked to clarify and extend philosophical ideas but in fundamentally different ways