The Silver Key to the Rosicrucian Mysteries & Labour of Love

Talk given on Zoom by Peter Dawkins about the Shakespeare First Folio, twin to the 'De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum', which constitute the hierophantic golden and silver keys to the Rosicrucian Mysteries and were deliberately published in 1623, the year of a Great Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, so as to act out the “As above, so below” Hermetic teachings.
2023 is the Quatercentenary of these two major works, which were published at the same time, like twins, and which have had a considerable and on-going effect on the whole world.
This talk focuses on the key symbolism, cryptography, mystery and underlying wisdom in the Shakespeare First Folio, titled 'Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies', to show how it twins with the 'De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum', and how twinship is key to everything.
The Rosicrucian Mysteries derive their name from the ancient symbol of the Rose Cross, but the use of the symbol to name a society or fraternity practising these mysteries began in 1570, when the Society of the Golden and Rosy Cross was founded in England. In 1604 the RC Society began to make its name and work public, thereby ushering in the modern scientific era. At that time Francis Bacon was the ‘Apollo’ and ‘Fra. CRC’ of the Rosicrucian Fraternity, and he, together with others, set this work in motion across Europe, and eventually the world, under the name of ‘The Great Instauration’.
This talk is Part 4 of the ‘Rosicrucian Mysteries’ series.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:44 Publishing of the Shakespeare First Folio
00:06:52 Editing of the Shakespeare First Folio
00:20:04 The Twin Lights & Six Days of Creation
00:26:58 The Enigmatic Portrait Verse
00:31:49 Cryptography of the Portrait Verse
00:47:14 The Gemini Twin Great Pillars & Masonic Square
00:59:54 Gentle Shakespeare
01:02:45 Double Meaning of the Portrait Verse
01:05:13 Title Page Double Truths & the Twin Poets, St Johns & Lights
01:20:22 Doorway to Temple of Mysteries