… 2 December 2013 …

FAMOUS ARTISAN-OCCULTISTWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

…an exploration of the digital world

Prepared byAngela p. genders

For The Forest HouseOld Gold Coast HighwayGold Coast, 4215QueenslandAustralia

Table of Contents

Famous Artisan OccultistsWilliam Shakespeare(circa 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616)

Format…The proceeding is an informal, formative topic of interest, written in the first-person,expressing the utilisation of the exploration of a researched subject through four-sources containing informal websites and social media platforms and an evaluationtherein of their content quality.

• …Introduction …page 1

• 1.0. Four Sources …page 1- Wikipedia …page 1- Academia.edu …page 1- Facebook …page 1- Sydney University …page 1

• 2.0. The Bard of Avon …page 2- Prose & Mythos of Shakespeare’s Works …page 2

• 3.0. What I Learnt About Online-Sources …page 4- Reflective Analysis …page 4

• 4.0. Conclusion …page 4

• 5.0. Referencing …page 5

Assessment 1Exploration of the Digital World

Swinburne UniversityBch Comm. (Media) & Bch Bus. (PR)

[COM10003] Learning & CommunicationOnline

Angela p. gendersStudent ID: 7588690

eLA: Laura DickinsonDate: 2 December 2013

… Shakespeare …

Famous Artisan-OccultistsWilliam Shakespeare

(circa 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616)

It fascinates me, that within this, a supposedly open-minded, racially and religiously

accepting era, that so many infamous artisans go unacknowledged and unmentioned

as being those of practicing occultists. One of the most famous Australian Artists,

Rosaleen Norton, is remembered for her “art”, yet not her “belief”, Cybil Shepard is

remembered as being one of the great 80’s sitcom-actors, but not her infamous

Golden-Globe speech wherein she thanked “the Goddess”, and of course, our most

infamous writer of all time, William Shakespeare, amongst a very, very long list of

both living and dead renowned writers; actors; artists; and scientists.

1.0. Four Sources:

Utilised within this paper were the following sources:

Wikipedia

- Francis Bacon… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon

- Shakespeare authorship question…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_authorship_question

- Scientific Method… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

- Alchemy… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy

Academia.edu

- Shakespeare’s Occult Sources…

http://www.academia.edu/4394282/Shakespeares_Occult_Sources

William Shakespeare’s Biography

- https://m.facebook.com/WilliamShakespeareAuthor

The Collected Works of William Shakespeare

- Macbeth; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Twelfth Night…

http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/~matty/Shakespeare/

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2.0. The Bard of Avon:

The most infamous and talented dramatist of all time is that of William Shakespeare,

yet despite those whom argue that the ghost-writer Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St

Alban (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was the true author behind the great-works.

Within the majority, none dispute, whether attributed to either man, the writer of the

most infamous plays within historical account, was in actuality an “Alchemist”, i.e. an

“intellectual-witch”, beholding intrinsic scientific-occult knowledge.

Although publicly declaring himself affiliated with that of the occult during the

Elizabethan Era would have most certainly consequented in the separating of his head

from his body. Close scrutiny and comparative of the works of Shakespeare’s Plays

and Poems with that of Occult Lore and Mythos, shines a bright light indeed upon his

belief and inherent-knowledge…

The use of apparitions; spirits and ghosts, within the likes of “Macbeth”

and “Hamlet” [shows not only Shakespeare’s knowledge, yet also belief in

that of the supernatural and Otherworldly-beings.]

The “Three Witches”, or ‘Wyrd Sisters’ from ‘Macbeth’ (Act IV, Scene I)

[within that of magick, everything occurs in “threes”… the Goddess is a

Threefold-Aspect, as too is the God; the “Wyrd Sisters” (i.e. three-witches

of a coven) reflecting that aspect: Maiden; Mother; Crone]

The Incantation by the witches, for example:

Double, double toil and trouble;

Fire, burn; and cauldron, bubble.

Fillet of a fenny snake,

Inc the cauldron boil and bake;

Eye of newt, and toe of frog,

Wool of bat, and tongue of dog”.

-Macbeth: Act IV, Scene 1.

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The Herbal Code is a legendary list of herbal names disguised by other

names. Among the Witches of Old, there was a great deal of hidden herbal

knowledge and lore. Much of this lore was kept secret due to the

pharmaceutical properties of herbs and herbal combinations, many of

which were dangerous in the wrong hands. For example: Dog = couch-

grass. When the recipe called for a certain “part” of something, a specific

form of the herb was used, for example: The Tongue=- the petal. I.e.

“tongue of dog” is the petals of couch-grass.

“Hecate” within the afore mentioned Act, enters at the end of the scene. [It

would not have been common knowledge that the Greek Goddess Hecate

was known as the “Goddess of the Witches”.]

The Title (and content) of the play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” [The

Pagan Summer Festival “Litha” is referred to as “Midsummer’s Eve”,

and is a Festival wherein belief holds that the Veils between the Rhealms

lowers, or thins, allowing that of the ‘Tuatha de Danann’, or “Faerie” to

enter the world of men, and conduct mischief.]

The Title of the play “Twelfth Night” [believed to have been written as a

“Twelfth Night” entertainment, first performed on “2 February”… The

“Twelve-days of Christmas” are in actually the “Wild Hunt”, the time

wherein the Lord of the Underworld rides the Land of Mortals, taking with

him the souls of anyone whom crosses His path. Hence it was Tradition,

that during this time, no one would go out of doors between the dark-hours

of sunset and sunrise for said twelve-days. A great festival was celebrated

at the end of this “hibernation”, upon 2 February, to venerate not only the

survival of the ride of the Wild-Hunt, but also to honour the Spring

Festival “Imbolc” (2 February) signifying the “Gateway to Spring”.]

Within his collective works of poetry “Venus and Adonis” [the

“resurrection of jesus”, comes from ancient pagan-mythologies of the

“sacrifice of the God to ensure a good harvest” during the Harvest-Feast,

along with “the Goddesses journey into the Underworld (Winter-Feast) to

retrieve the soul of her beloved, and “return with him at the Spring-

Festival”. Within the Greco-roman Pantheon, the “God and Goddess” are

those of the lovers “Adonis and Venus”.]

This list could go on in endless measure.

3.0. What I Learnt About Online-Sources:

Wikipedia was surprisingly helpful as an online source, ordinarily notorious for its

unsupported content; historical subject matters were factually based and researched,

as supported within each subheadings significant bibliography and resources. And as

such provided relevant and fascinating information upon Francis Bacon (the supposed

‘ghost-writer’ of Shakespeare), as well as accurate and informative knowledge on that

of Alchemy. Facebook provides forum of a vast number of intellectually superior

people’s and pages covering a vast measure of pages relating to said community/topic

(paganism; witchcraft; and alchemy), and had an excellent page dedicated to the life

of William Shakespeare. Plus those of the forums of Academia provided brilliant

online Oxford University resources, and Sydney University a goldmine of the

collected works of William Shakespeare.

4.0. Conclusion

With Shakespeare’s utilisation of key mythological, alchemic; and occult based

concepts; phrases; and references, there is absolutely no question as to his inherent

affiliation, and therein initiation to that of the Otherworld-Religion. During the

Elizabethan Period, wherein such “Witchcraft’s” were outlawed, and hence severely

punished, Shakespeare’s references to the likes of cauldrons; witches; ghosts; and

incantations, allowed him platform within that of the stage, to assist the structures of

public opinion towards the benevolence of the supernatural.

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5.0. Referencing:

Wikipedia: CC BY – SA 3.0. 22 November 2013. Francis Bacon. Wikipedia. 29 November

2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon CC BY – SA 3.0. 27 November 2013. Shakespeare authorship question.

Wikipedia. 29 November 2013.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_authorship_question

CC BY – SA 3.0. 27 November 2013. Scientific Method. Wikipedia. 29 November2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

CC BY – SA 3.0. 25 November 2013. Alchemy. Wikipedia. 29 November 2013.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy

Academia: Travis Shores. July 2013. Shakespeare’s Occult Sources. Oxford University. 29

November 2013.http://www.academia.edu/4394282/Shakespeares_Occult_Sources

Facebook: William Shakespeare. 29 November 2013. William Shakespeare’s Biography.

Facebook. 29 November 2013.https://m.facebook.com/WilliamShakespeareAuthor

Sydney: Matty Farrow. October 1993. The Collected Works of William Shakespeare.

Sydney University. http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/~matty/Shakespeare/

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