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In today's episode, we conclude our multi-part series on the occult history of America by examining the circumstances surrounding the American Revolution. In particular, we focus in on the influence that one particular individual, Francis Bacon, had on the founding of this country.For more on this story, check out the "unofficial" documentary I cut together on the topic of Bacon and the beginnings of the United States: https://youtu.be/Ivdc0tTiB3IThank you to everyone who watched this series on America. Following this chapter will come a new series on the "secret history of the 20th century". Stay tuned.www.alexsachon.comthewisdomtradition.substack.comthewisdomtradition.bigcartel.comThank you, - AlexSend us a text

In today's episode, we conclude a mini two-part series on the topic of the "Shadow" and how it relates to the development of Western Civilization. Here, we consider how the rise of capitalist oligarchies in Europe relates to the philosophical idea of the "Shadow". In particular, we look at the Venetian bankers and the Italian super-companies of the Middle Ages and consider how they symbolize the rise of a great collective Shadow Complex obtaining dominion over European consciousness. Democracy is the "Hero" who must fight and overcome this "Adversary" or "Shadow". Consequently, true democracy cannot be achieved until this capitalistic oligarchy is finally faced and overcome.www.alexsachon.comthewisdomtradition.substack.comthewisdomtradition.bigcartel.comThank you, - AlexSend us a text

In today's episode we consider the philosophy and psychology  of the "Shadow", which appears to confront us as the manifestation of our own negative karma. This theme was not only explored by psychologist Carl Jung; it is also an important aspect of ancient religious myth.In today's episode, we'll explore what it means and how it applies to our understanding of "America's Secret Destiny".This episode is Part 1 of a 2-part mini-series on this topic of the Shadow; Part 2 will follow shortly.www.alexsachon.comthewisdomtradition.substack.comthewisdomtradition.bigcartel.comThank you, - AlexSend us a text

In today's episode, we continue our series on America by investigating the story of the rise and fall of the Inca civilization of Peru. Things begin with a recap of the "Cycle of the Arya" thesis that I've been exploring throughout this year-long book project on Philosophy. Then, we zoom in and look at the Inca as a case study of this larger pattern. We finish with a discussion of the psychology of race, comparing and contrasting it with that of "the nation".As I argue, the democratic "nation" is inherently post-racial, as it is premised upon the mixing of races and the development of cooperative initiative. I explore this idea in detail in the article and in this podcast episode. Stay tuned!www.alexsachon.comthewisdomtradition.subtack.comthewisdomtradition.bigcartel.comThank you, - AlexSend us a text

In today's episode we continue our series on the "deep" history of America by examining the theme of democracy, which has been experimented with here in the Western Hemisphere for thousands of years before the time of the American Revolution. In this episode, we explore how democracy existed not only during the golden age of the Maya, an idea we first introduced in Part 1, but also with the Iroquois tribe of North American Indians. Here, the sage and prophet Deganawida established the League of Five Nations, which emphasized democratic institutions here in North America one or two hundred years before the arrival of the European colonizers. Stay tuned for Part 3 of this series, which should be following soon. Website: www.alexsachon.comSubstack: thewisdomtradition.substack.comE-store: thewisdomtradition.bigcartel.comThank you, - AlexSend us a text

In today's episode we're kicking off a new series/chapter titled "America, Land of the Feathered Serpent". The overall theme of this series is to establish a timeline of civilization in the Americas, beginning with the prehistoric empire of Atlantis and moving down through the time of the American Revolution - an event that Francis Bacon, the protagonist of our previous chapter/series, played a big part in organizing from behind the scenes. The topic of the American Revolution is one that we will be revisiting in a later article in this series. For this initial article, we will be setting the stage for that later discussion by first examining the history of America from the largest perspective and greatest point of view. Here we will look at the transition of ages between Atlantis and the Arya and investigate how these changes affected the development of civilization in the Western Hemisphere . After first laying out the main ideas of an Atlantis-centered origin story for life in the Americas, we'll then zoom in and investigate the ancient empire of the Maya as a case study of our hypothesis.Stay tuned, this episode is a good one.- Alex Sachonwww.alexsachon.comthewisdomtradition.substack.comthewisdomtradition.bigcartel.comTo watch the unofficial documentary I cut together on the topic of Francis Bacon and the American Revolution, you can find it on YouTube here https://youtu.be/Ivdc0tTiB3ISend us a text

In today's episode I analyze a classic Manly Hall lecture on the topic of Francis Bacon's utopian short story "New Atlantis". This episode serves as the "capstone" for a 6-part series I just finished on the topic of Francis Bacon and the Rosicrucian Brotherhood. For links to all the articles contained in that series, see my website (under the "publications" section).Show notes for this lecture  will be posted on my Substack.Thank you for listening and thank you to Manly Hall and Francis Bacon for revealing such wisdom to us.- Alexwww.alexsachon.comthewisdomtradition.substack.comI also have a Rosicrucian-themed hat and shirt on my estore:thewisdomtradition.substack.comSend us a text

In this episode we conclude our series on Francis Bacon. More specifically, this episode completes a two-part episode titled "The Four Masks of Francis Bacon", which itself serves as the concluding section of this longer chapter on Bacon. In the previous article (part 1), we looked two of the four masks  Bacon used to conceal his work: William Shakespeare and Father CRC of Rosicrucian myth. In this current episode, we will pick things up by investigating masks 3 and 4: the Freemasons and the his own persona as English statesman.Thank you to everyone who has followed the whole series. I plan to do a Manly Hall lecture breakdown on the topic of Francis Bacon and the "New Atlantis" next; stay tuned.website: www.alexsachon.comSubstack: thewisdomtradition.substack.com- Alex SachonSend us a text

In today's episode, we begin a two-part mini-series titled "The Four Masks of Francis Bacon". These two articles, which go together as-one, serve as the concluding sections of an  overall six-part series/chapter on Sir Francis Bacon.The theme of this article is to investigate four different "fronts" or "masks" that Francis Bacon utilized in order to covertly pursue his secret mission for world reformation. In this first article of the two-article set, we will investigate two of the masks - William Shakespeare, the famous playwright, and Father CRC, the mythic character from the Rosicrucian Manifestoes. In the follow-up article, we will look at two more masks: the Freemasonic Order and the elite scientific fraternity named "Salomon's House" that Bacon references in his utopian novel, "New Atlantis".Part 2, the follow-up episode to this one, will be possessed shortly after this one. Thank you to everyone who has followed the series so far. To find the table of continents for it, as well as for links to the other chapters of the larger book project it is a part of, please see the "publications" section of my website, www.alexsachon.com.To read the written article, see my Substack: thewisdomtradition.substack.com- Alex SachonSend us a text

In this episode we continue our series on Francis Bacon. Here, we will further explore some of the ideas and concepts concerning the philosophy of science, which we originally introduced and overviewed in the previous episode during our analysis of Bacon's "Art of Discovery". This episode/article (see my Substack for the written version) begins with a discussion of seven key themes in the philosophical approach to science that Bacon advocated. Then, we move on to discuss seven key laws of nature, as outlined by Manly P. Hall in his 1942 article titled "The Seven Great Laws that Rule the World". These represent Hall's framework for seven Summary Laws, which are the "well-proven axioms" that constitute Step Six of Bacon's six-stepped method.After this episode, two more await in this ongoing series on Francis Bacon. These last two articles are really one article split in two. It's called "the Four Masks of Francis Bacon" and delves into Bacon's role in the Shakespeare mystery, among other topics. Stay tuned.website: www.alexsachon.comSubstack: thewisdomtradition.substack.come-store: thewisdomtradition.bigcartel.comSend us a text