The Francis Bacon Research Trust
Swan-Rose Seminars

Gateway to the Ageless Wisdom

The Secret World of Shakespeare and the Old Masters

‘The Pillars of Time & Eternity’

Saturday 19th June 2010
(2:00 pm - 5:00 pm)
Compton Verney, Warwickshire

Afternoon Seminar
with
Peter Dawkins and Julia Cleave

This is the second of an innovative series of seminars revealing the hidden knowledge and initiatic mysteries that were passed on in the Platonic academies and mystery schools of the Renaissance through their paintings, sculptures, emblems and other works of art.

These truths found their expression in Italy and France in the works of great initiate artists like Verrocchio, Botticelli, Giorgione and, later, Poussin and Claude; and, in England, in the writings and associated artwork of Dee, Sydney, Spenser, Bacon and Shakespeare.

These truths, which are moral, psychological, spiritual and scientific, are pertinent to each human being and to society at large, and exist to guide us towards personal and universal peace, illumination and joy.

The Pillars of Time & Eternity
The theme of this seminar concerns the twin ‘Pillars’ of Time and Eternity, and will include two talks:-

1) Passing the Threshold
Poussin’s knowledge of the Mysteries revealed in his Dance to the Music of Time. [Julia Cleave]

2) The Mortal-Immortal Twins
The key symbolism of the Gemini, the spear-shaking Swan twins, in the art of Shakespeare. [Peter Dawkins]

The Great Pillars – known variously as the Pillars of Enoch, Atlas, Hercules or Solomon – are the ‘Immoveable Landmarks’ of the Wisdom teachings and Mystery schools. They are the keys to the Wisdom teachings, to the Mysteries, and to life itself. They are also the keys to Shakespeare.

The Secret World of Shakespeare and the Old Masters
The first five seminars of the series are being given in 2010 at approx. 6-7 week intervals. Each seminar takes place on a Saturday afternoon and contains an introduction and two main talks.

The team of speakers, each with expert knowledge and experience of this initiatic and symbolic theme, comprises Peter Dawkins, Julia Cleave and Jill Line.

The dates and titles of the other seminars are:-

1 May 2010
The Hermetic Journey of the Soul

31 July 2010
Hidden Truth

18 September 2010
Arcadia

30 October 2010
The Mysteries

Venue
The venue is at Compton Verney, the 18th century mansion and award-winning art gallery whose location in the ‘Shakespeare Country’ of Warwickshire is part of the secret knowledge and mystery.

Compton Verney houses six permanent collections and has a programme of changing exhibitions. Besides a seminar room and art gallery, the Grade 1 listed Robert Adam mansion also has a good cafe/restaurant. The mansion sits overlooking a lake in the midst of Grade 2 listed classical parkland, landscaped by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, the most eminent landscape architect of the eighteeth-century.

Why not make a day of it and visit the art galleries in the morning, have lunch at the cafe and then attend the seminar in the afternoon?

Compton Verney is situated 7 miles east of Stratford-upon-Avon on the B4086 between Wellesbourne and Kineton, and adjacent to the Fosse Way. It is 6 miles drive from the M40, Junction 12. [See map.]

Programme
Each seminar will begin at 2:00 pm and end at 5:00 pm.

Cost and Booking
Seminar fee = £25 per person, or £100 for all five seminars if booked in advance.
(The cost does not include include admission to the Compton Verney art gallery.)

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