New Documentary: “Francis Bacon: How did the scientific method emerge?”

By SirBacon.org

"Francis Bacon: How Did the Scientific Method Emerge?" English Transcript Translation

SirBacon.org would like share the exciting news article from The Francis Bacon Society:

Fathers of Science – Francis Bacon Documentary

August 17, 2026 – The Francis Bacon Society

Last November, The Society was contacted by the Brazilian Producer of Origens, a non-profit documentary series on science and education broadcast across eight South American countries through Novo Tempo Channel, reaching a potential audience of more than 180 million viewers.

Sally Gibbins of The Francis Bacon Society sharing her knowledge during the documentary.

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By SirBacon.org: English translation with cleaned Portuguese transcript

YouTube video ID: EPhRuK0jpjc

Editorial note: This document is based on YouTube’s Portuguese auto-transcript. Music and sound-effect labels have been removed. Obvious captioning errors have been smoothed in the English translation where the intended meaning is clear (for example Bacon/Descartes and Canonbury Tower). Where a name or phrase remains uncertain, the translation avoids pretending certainty. The English is intended to read along naturally during the YouTube video below while staying close to the documentary.

Francis_Bacon_Scientific_Method_English_Portuguese_Transcript.pdf

 

 

Shakespeare Sonnet 126—its Significance & Shocking Ramifications

by Richard Allan Wagner
September 1, 2026

The Predicament

The fundamental predicament with Shakespeare Sonnet 126 is that it’s not a sonnet—it’s an anti-sonnet.
Having only 12 lines consisting of 6 pairs of rhyming couplets, it breaks all of the rules that govern the
sonnet structure (whether it be Petrarchan or Shakespearean). It’s definitely an anomaly. Why is it there
and, more importantly, who wrote it?

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Francis Bacon Secret Founder of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood

by A Phoenix

Francis Bacon Secret Founder of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood:
Author of its Anonymous Manifestos : The Fama & The Confessio & The Chemical Wedding

Rosicrucian literature, not unlike the literature which surrounds Francis Bacon and that which concerns the Shakespeare authorship is a truly veritable maze. The serious inquirer when unfashionable truth is the objective, can fully expect to be frustrated at every turn. It takes on the form of a veritable Pandora’s box where all infinite manner of devices are subtlety deployed to confuse the way of the inquirer. The hazy mist enveloping the Rosicrucian Brotherhood is not only thickened by their relative silence but is further compounded by other sources sharing a common desire in concealing the truth. A truth so profound in its consequence for humanity and western civilisation as to be almost inconceivable. To further confuse the investigator the Rosicrucians themselves and their antagonists have seen fit throughout the centuries to change shape and form, acquiring new skins, if and when the circumstance demanded, and on occasion the one perhaps has gone so far as to adopt the apparel of the other.

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Francis Bacon & his Secret Authorship of the Universal Reformation

by A Phoenix

While at Cambridge Bacon conceived of raising from its foundations a universal system of knowledge, that needed to be carried out for the most part in secrecy. To help ensure the success of his magnificent grand vision Bacon founded the Rosicrucian Brotherhood. Henceforth in secret Bacon began to put in place a machine that in and beyond his lifetime would encompass an enduring world-wide renaissance for the purpose of laying eternal bases for humanity, to achieve his dream of a Universal Reformation of the Whole World.

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Francis Bacon and His Rosicrucian Manifesto

by A Phoenix

Francis Bacon and His Rosicrucian Manifesto :
New Atlantis (Land of the Rosicrucians)

In 1626 Dr Rawley issued Sylva Sylvarum: Or A Natural History in Ten Centuries (sylva means wood or forest & sylva sylvarum a collection of materials for building the new science) to which is appended Bacon’s utopia New Atlantis, a philosophical and scientific blueprint for the Universal Reformation of the Whole World. The title page is framed within two Freemasonic Pillars. It is divided into ten centuries and consists of one thousand paragraphs relating to natural causes and phenomena in a compendious natural history drawn from various sources. Among other things Bacon discusses the prolonging of life a dream long cherished by himself and his Rosicrucian Brotherhood.

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Shakespeare and Freemasonry: The Two-Sided Coin

by Richard Allan Wagner
July 4, 2026

Prologue

Before there was such a thing as Freemasonry there was the Order of Operative Masons—these were the craft stone masons who built the magnificent cathedrals and castles of Europe, and were the first labor force to organize as a guild. As a condition of payment, Operative Masons were obliged to carve personal, identifying marks into the structures on which they labored.

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Review of Alfred Dodd, Francis Bacon’s Personal Life-Story

by Christina G. Waldman
June 1, 2026

Review of Alfred Dodd, Francis Bacon’s Personal Life-Story, 2 vols in 1 (London: Rider, 1986 [vol 1, The Age of Elizabeth, (London: Rider, 1949 [1910]); vol 2, The Age of James, [London: Century Hutchinson, 1986]). 580 pp.

The first duty of a biographer is to get his facts right, not merely the facts he wishes to be known, but all the facts, to suppress none and to slur over nothing; and not to be afraid lest an untoward discovery might falsify his prepossessions.
Alfred Dodd, Francis Bacon’s Personal Life-Story, p. 10

A stated goal of Alfred Dodd (1879‒1953), an English man of letters, in writing Francis Bacon’s Personal Life-Story, was to provide a truer, more personal portrait of Bacon than previously provided. “I have found more than sufficient evidence to satisfy me personally that Francis Bacon’s actual achievements were wider and deeper than traditional scholarship is disposed to admit.” (13) By 1949, Dodd had already published extensively on Bacon-Shakespeare topics. His Shakespeare’s Sonnet-Diary would see ten printings (Liverpool: Daily Post Printers, first pub. 1931). The first edition of Life Story was published in 1910. For the 1949 edition, Dodd had intended to add a second volume, The Age of James. However, he suffered a severe stroke in 1949, necessitating the postponement of the publication of volume 2 until 1986 (see Irene Rowland’s note, front matter, and Edward D. Johnson’s foreword to volume 2).

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Francis Bacon Portrait Restoration, Gray’s Inn & Bacon400 (Video)

By SirBacon.org

There are Baconian moments that simply feel special — and this is one of them.

This remarkable video follows the careful restoration of a treasured portrait of Sir Francis Bacon for Bacon400, revealing the extraordinary skill, patience, and reverence involved in bringing history back to life. From delicate cleaning and repair to its return to Gray’s Inn Hall, the journey is genuinely fascinating.

Even for those long familiar with Bacon, there is something moving about seeing his face emerge again through the hands of modern conservators. Highly recommended viewing.

Thank you to Plowden & Smith for this fascinating video! Their video and description are below:

Francis Bacon Portrait Restoration and Displayed at Gray’s Inn

We were honoured to be asked by the Francis Bacon Society to restore their treasured portrait of Sir Francis Bacon for #Bacon400 the 400th anniversary of Sir Francis Bacon’s death in 1626.

The portrait now hangs in Hall at ‪@HonSocGraysInn‬ where Katherine Gwyn, Archivist and Records Manager at Gray’s Inn, and Sally Gibbins, Principal at the Francis Bacon Society, talk about the importance of the portrait, and Bacon himself, to the Inn.

Our Paintings Conservator, Lily Down, shares her insights into the treatment of the painting from removing the artwork from its frame, the importance of cleaning the painting while keeping areas of damage safe, repairing the tear, and in-painting the areas of loss to make the painting complete.

00:00 – Introduction to Gray’s Inn
00:55 – Gray’s Inn Portrait Collection
02:20 – The legacy of Sir Francis Bacon
03:04 – Bacon400 and the portrait’s history
04:35 – Painting Conservation – Introduction
05:29 – Painting Conservation – Facing and cleaning the artwork
06:46 – Painting Conservation – Mending the tear
07:30 – Painting Conservation – Filling and in-painting
08:32 – Painting Conservation – Re-framing
09:51 – The portrait back at Gray’s Inn