Pan, Zeus, Pallas Athena and Proteus are just some of the famous mythological beings that Francis Bacon interpreted for us in his book of essays called ‘The Wisdom of the Ancients.’ Why would the “father of modern science” be so interested in the myths of ancient times? What light might they be able to shed on his “new learning” that’s applicable even to this day? Manly Hall has an approach to this mystery that you can read right here.
Read MoreMany years after reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance I discovered Sir Francis Bacon. You know the feeling you have when you read something that completely hits the nail on the head of what your intellect and intuition tells you is true, and in a beautifully succinct and loaded way? That is what this quote below is from Francis Bacon’s The Novum Organum (The New Method, or true directions concerning the interpretation of nature) published in 1620 as the second part of his six part master plan for the total renewal of arts and sciences called The Great Instauration. When I read this, I heard bells ringing, and I knew Phaedrus and Sir Francis Bacon were both travelers in the same High Country of the Mind, just 375ish years apart. Spirit animals. Can you make the connection between the Classic/Romantic Dichotomy and the Way of the Bee? Bzzzzz. #brainhoney
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