Talk given on Zoom by Peter Dawkins about how the 1623 Twin Publications - 'William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies' (the Shakespeare First Folio) and Francis Bacon’s 'De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum' ('Of the Dignity and the Advancement of Science'') - constitute the silver and gold keys to open the door to the Hermetic Mystery.
Both of these, one in English, the other in Latin, have had a considerable and still on-going effect throughout the world. Both works contain profound symbolism, cryptography, mystery, and wisdom, and twin each other as part of a greater work, of which they are the ‘lights’ and the ‘keys’.
This talk explores further the twinship of these two pub...