Rosicrucian America by Sora, Steven -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Image Title Page Dedication Epigraph Table of Contents Introduction. The Invisible History of the United States Chapter 1. The Secrets of the Rosicrucians

Chapter 2. Sir Francis Bacon: The Man Who Couldn’t Be King

Chapter 3. The Author(s) Known as Shakespeare

SCANT FINDINGS ABOUT OLD WILL CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE EDWARD DE VERE: ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR SHAKESPEARE FURTHER CLUES AND CONNECTIONS MARY SIDNEY HERBERT SHAKESPEARE’S ASCENDENCY AMID RUMORS OF MISPLACED ATTRIBUTIONS THE BACKSTORY: COMPETING FACTIONS IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND WHAT HAPPENED IN 1592? DID THE CIRCLE OF ESSEX USE SHAKESPEARE AS THEIR COVER? THE PEN AS A SWORD COLLEAGUE BEN JONSON QUESTIONS LINGER AFTER SHAKESPEARE’S DEATH DELIA BACON AND OTHER SKEPTICS WEIGH IN THE DEBATE CONTINUES

Chapter 4. All the Queen’s Men

THE WIZARD WHO WAS DR. JOHN DEE SIR FRANCIS DRAKE SIR WALTER RALEIGH SHIFTING DYNAMICS IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND HENRY WRIOTHESLEY, THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE EDWARD DE VERE, THE EARL OF OXFORD ROGER MANNERS ROBERT DEVEREUX, THE EARL OF ESSEX

Chapter 5. Occult England

HENRY VIII TAKES ON THE CHURCH THE CHURCH REACHES A TIPPING POINT OTHER FACTORS LEADING TO ATTACKS ON THE CHURCH ADDITIONAL CATALYSTS OF CHANGE THE QUEEN’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OCCULT ARTS THE IRON GRIP OF THE PAPACY THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OLD WAYS MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW

Chapter 6. King Arthur and Avalon in America

KING ARTHUR AND HIS LEGACY THE ARTHURIAN LEGEND IN LITERATURE WEST TO AVALON PRINCE MADOC NICHOLAS OF LYNN

Chapter 7. Roslin, Henry Sinclair, and the Discovery of America

THE SECRETS OF ROSLIN THE SINCLAIR-ZENO EXPEDITION TO THE AMERICAS DOCUMENTS OF THE JOURNEY CORROBORATE ITS LOCATIONS OTHER EVIDENCE OF SINCLAIR’S PRESENCE THE SCOTTISH KNIGHT, CARVED IN ROCK OTHER EVIDENCE IS UNEARTHED A CISTERCIAN BAPTISTERY IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND? THE END OF SINCLAIR “AND IN ARCADIA, I LIVE” THE VERRAZANO VOYAGE TO THE NEW WORLD THE OAK ISLAND TREASURE VAULT OTHERS TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE

Chapter 8. Bacon’s New Atlantis

VARIOUS EARLY EXPEDITIONS AND THEIR LEADERS THE GOSNOLD VOYAGES MARTIN PRING THE PILGRIMS GAIN A FOOTHOLD

Chapter 9. The Colony of the Virgin Queen

SIR WALTER RALEIGH’S EXPLORATIONS OF THE NEW WORLD BACON TAKES CHARGE LANDFALL IS MADE IN BERMUDA PLACE-NAMES AND THEIR CONNECTION TO BACON’S COHORTS BACON’S LAST AND BEST-KEPT SECRET CLUES ABOUND

Chapter 10. The Rosy Cross over Pennsylvania

ELEMENTS OF THE ROSICRUCIAN TRADITION EMERGE IN WILLIAM PENN’S SYLVAN WOODS KELPIUS AND THE PIETISTS ARRIVE UNORTHODOXY WAS THE STANDARD FARE

Chapter 11. The Rosicrucians and the American Revolution

FOUR ROSICRUCIAN LEADERS OF THE TIME THE SECRET ARCHITECTURE OF AMERICA

Chapter 12. The Knights of the Golden Circle and Their Plan for America

Chapter 13. Rosicrucian America Today

THE GUIDESTONE MONUMENT

Appendix. John Dee’s Influence on Ian Fleming and His James Bond Character Endnotes Bibliography About the Author About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company Books of Related Interest Copyright & Permissions Index