The year 1660 may be declared the one in which Scientism ascended over Sorcery as the dominant power path in the world. The preparations for this quantum (to use a Scientistic term) transformation were introduced even in 1623, when Francis Bacon wrote—though did not publish—his unfinished utopian manuscript The New Atlantis. Bacon’s executor published it the year after Bacon’s death, in 1627.
The New Atlantis depicts an unknown island inhabited by a mixed-race of diverse peoples, who have gathered all the human knowledge of the world to themselves. The story unfolds as a ship of European mariners is forced to land on the island and then learn about it. The book depicts science and technology that was not to appear in reality for 100s of years, and some which we have yet to perfect, such as submarines, sky scrapers, air conditioners, and a light projection technology suggesting holograms. Bacon’s work presents a secret society known as Salomon’s House, which was an “Order or Society” and whose members were “Fellows or Brethren.” Let us recall this further on when we explore such later Societies as the Illuminati and Freemasons.
The document only has 4 mentions of the word “Jew,” a minor character in the role of “merchant” who Bacon describes in a short passage:
“I was fallen into straight acquaintance with a merchant of that city, whose name was Joabin. He was a Jew and circumcised: for they have some few stirps of Jews yet remaining among them, whom they leave to their own religion. Which they may the better do, because they are of a far differing disposition from the Jews in other parts. For whereas they hate the name of Christ; and have a secret inbred rancour against the people among whom they live: these (contrariwise) give unto our Saviour many high attributes, and love the nation of Bensalem extremely. (Bensalen is the name of the island)
“And for the country of Bensalem, this man would make no end of commending it; being desirous, by tradition among the Jews there, to have it believed that the people thereof were of the generations of Abraham, by another son, whom they call Nachoran; and that Moses by a secret Cabala ordained the Laws of Bensalem which they now use; and that when the Messiah should come, and sit in his throne at Hierusalem, the king of Bensalem should sit at his feet, whereas other kings should keep a great distance. But yet setting aside these Jewish dreams, the man was a wise man, and learned, and of great policy, and excellently seen in the laws and customs of that nation.”
Later in the story the Jewish escort introduces the visitors to the Father of Salomon’s House, who describes to them all the wonders they have invented, what we would call science and technology:
Mining: “These caves we call the Lower Region; and we use them for all coagulations, indurations, refrigerations, and conservations of bodies. We use them likewise for the imitation of natural mines; and the producing also of new artificial metals, by compositions and materials which we use…”
Sky scrapers: ""We have high towers; the highest about half a mile in height… We use these towers, according to their several heights, and situations, for insolation, refrigeration, conservation; and for the view of divers meteors…”
Water and wind turbines: “We have likewise violent streams and cataracts, which serve us for many motions: and likewise engines for multiplying and enforcing of winds, to set also on going diverse motions.”
Genetic engineering: “And we make (by art) in the same orchards and gardens, trees and flowers to come earlier or later than their seasons; and to come up and bear more speedily than by their natural course they do. We make them also by art greater much than their nature; and their fruit greater and sweeter and of differing taste, smell, colour, and figure, from their nature. And many of them we so order, as they become of medicinal use. We have also means to make divers plants rise by mixtures of earths without seeds; and likewise to make divers new plants, differing from the vulgar; and to make one tree or plant turn into another.”
Animal testing and genetic engineering: “…beasts and birds which we use… for dissections and trials; that thereby we may take light what may be wrought upon the body of man. By art likewise, we make them greater or taller than their kind is; and contrariwise dwarf them, and stay their growth: we make them more fruitful and bearing than their kind is; and contrariwise barren and not generative. Also we make them differ in colour, shape, activity, many ways. We find means to make commixtures and copulations of different kinds; which have produced many new kinds, and them not barren, as the general opinion is. We make a number of kinds of serpents, worms, flies, fishes, of putrefaction; whereof some are advanced (in effect) to be perfect creatures, like beasts or birds; and have sexes, and do propagate. Neither do we this by chance, but we know beforehand, of what matter and commixture what kind of those creatures will arise.”
Chemical medicine: “"We have dispensatories, or shops of medicines. …simples, drugs, and ingredients of medicines… And for their preparations, we have not only all manner of exquisite distillations and separations, and especially by gentle heats and percolations through divers strainers, yea and substances; but also exact forms of composition, whereby they incorporate almost, as they were natural simples.”
Industrial manufacturing: “"We have also divers mechanical arts… and stuffs made by them; as papers, linen, silks, tissues; dainty works of feathers of wonderful lustre; excellent dies, and, many others; and shops likewise, as well for such as are not brought into vulgar use amongst us as for those that are.”
Nuclear, mechanical and geo-thermal power: "We have also furnaces of great diversities, and that keep great diversity of heats; fierce and quick; strong and constant; soft and mild; blown, quiet; dry, moist; and the like. But above all, we have heats, in imitation of the Sun's and heavenly bodies' heats, that pass divers inequalities, and (as it were) orbs, progresses, and returns, whereby we produce admirable effects. …Instruments also which generate heat only by motion. And farther, places for strong insulations; and again, places under the earth, which by nature, or art, yield heat.”
Movie theaters, telescopes, microscopes: "We have also perspective-houses, where we make demonstrations of all lights and radiations; and of all colours: and out of things uncoloured and transparent, we can represent unto you all several colours; not in rain-bows, (as it is in gems, and prisms,) but of themselves single. We represent also all multiplications of light, which we carry to great distance, and make so sharp as to discern small points and lines. Also all colorations of light; all delusions and deceits of the sight, in figures, magnitudes, motions, colours all demonstrations of shadows. We find also divers means, yet unknown to you, of producing of light originally from divers bodies. We procure means of seeing objects afar off; as in the heaven and remote places; and represent things near as afar off; and things afar off as near; making feigned distances. We have also helps for the sight, far above spectacles and glasses in use. We have also glasses and means to see small and minute bodies perfectly and distinctly; as the shapes and colours of small flies and worms, grains and flaws in gems, which cannot otherwise be seen, observations in urine and blood not otherwise to be seen. We make artificial rain-bows, halo's, and circles about light. We represent also all manner of reflexions, refractions, and multiplications of visual beams of objects.”
Audio amplification and modulation: "We have also sound-houses, where we practice and demonstrate all sounds, and their generation… We represent small sounds as great and deep; likewise great sounds extenuate and sharp; we make divers tremblings and warblings of sounds, which in their original are entire. We represent and imitate all articulate sounds and letters, and the voices and notes of beasts and birds. We have certain helps which set to the ear do further the hearing greatly. We have also divers strange and artificial echoes, reflecting the voice many times, and as it were tossing it: and some that give back the voice louder than it came, some shriller, and some deeper; yea, some rendering the voice differing in the letters or articulate sound from that they receive. We have also means to convey sounds in trunks and pipes, in strange lines and distances.”
Weapons of war, submarines, airplanes?, robots?, other machines: “"We have also engine-houses, where are prepared engines and instruments for all sorts of motions. There we imitate and practice to make swifter motions than any you have, either out of your muskets or any engine that you have: and to make them and multiply them more easily, and with small force, by wheels and other means: and to make them stronger and more violent than yours are; exceeding your greatest cannons and basilisks. We represent also ordnance and instruments of war, and engines of all kinds: and likewise new mixtures and compositions of gun-powder, wild-fires burning in water, and unquenchable. Also fireworks of all variety both for pleasure and use. We imitate also flights of birds; we have some degrees of flying in the air. We have ships and boats for going under water, and brooking of seas; also swimming-girdles and supporters. We have divers curious clocks, and other like motions of return: and some perpetual motions. We imitate also motions of living creatures, by images, of men, beasts, birds, fishes, and serpents. We have also a great number of other various motions, strange for equality, fineness, and subtilty.
More movie theaters: “We have also houses of deceits of the senses; where we represent all manner of feats of juggling, false apparitions, impostures, and illusions; and their fallacies. And surely you will easily believe that we that have so many things truly natural which induce admiration, could in a world of particulars deceive the senses, if we would disguise those things and labour to make them seem more miraculous.”
Francis Bacon is also said to be the founder and architect of our University system of education.
This account of science and technology portrayed in The New Atlantis in 1627 was an announcement of the planned shift from Sorcery to Scientism, with specific details of the exact technologies which were to emerge as scheduled on the historic timeline. Less than 40 years later the Royal Society was founded in 1660, by members of the Society of Freemasons. Its first Director was Sir Isaac Newton, Freemason, and founding members were King Charles II of England, and Christopher Wren, main manager of the British Empire, both Freemasons. The Royal Society may be seen as the official transition from pursuit of power through magic and sorcery, to pursuit of power through science and technology.
The motto of the Royal Society means “Take no one’s word for it,” or “On no one’s authority.” Only scientific observation and experiment can determine truth.
In part 2 we will examine the emergence of the Brotherhood of the Illuminatus, or the Illuminati, who broke with the essential sorcery of other secret societies pursuing power through alchemy, astrology and other magical approaches, and turned instead to pursuing power through science and technology. Also some mention of the depictive technology in the 1909 short story “The Machine Stops” must be made.
This will lead directly to the 4th Industrial Revolution of today’s World Economic Forum’s Great Reset. Whether sorcery or scientism, it has always been about power and control. In our world, Scientism is the great dark art. Its greatest application is to medicine and “bio-security,” as we saw with the covid scamdemic. Vax injections and 5G systems are steps toward the transhumanist cyborg vision first articulated by Francis Bacon in 1623, and formalized into advocacy and control by the Royal Society in 1660.
I like where you're going with this series, but are you sure about King Charles II being a member of the Royal Society? He granted the charter, but Rob Moray was selected as the first leader and a go between between the crown and the RS. Also, Isaac Newton wasn't around with the RS was first founded - he became its president about 40 years after its founding. (Of course that's from wikipedia, so if you've got a better source....)