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As an interesting aside I googled Thoth + Primaudaye and came up with the following footnote in an article on Bacon-as-Shakespeare:
http://www.sirbacon.org/NigelCockburn/ncbookpartone.pdf
It discusses Bacon's use of a pseudonym in a work entitled:
"Valerius Terminus
of
The Interpretation of Nature
with the
Annotations of Hermes Stella"
Note below the odd synchronicity of the idea of "Triumphs of Man" connected with Thoth /Hermes:
7. “It is impossible to ascertain the motive which determined Bacon
to give the supposed author the name of Valerius Terminus; or to his commentator, of whose
annotations we have no remains, that of Hermes Stella. It may be conjectured that by the name
Terminus he intended to intimate that the new philosophy would put an end to the wandering of
mankind in search of truth that it would be the terminus ad quem in which, when it was once attained,
the mind would finally acquiesce”. Ellis was of course right as to “terminus”. But it seems remarkable
that neither he nor Spedding could explain “Valerius”. The explanation is simple. There was a Roman
historian with a philosophical bent called Valerius Maximus and Bacon wrote of him in De Augmentis
Book 4, Chapter 1 (Spedding 4.375): “The miracle of human nature, and its highest powers and virtue
both in mind and body, should be collected into a volume which should serve for a register of the
Triumphs of Man. In which work I approve the design of Valerius Maximus and C. Pliny, and wish for
their diligence and judgment”. Bacon no doubt chose “Valerius Terminus” to go one better than
“Valerius Maximus” - his philosophy would be the last word, not just the maximum word. “Hermes
Stella”, the supposed annotator, can also be explained. Hermes was the Greek God of science and
many of the arts of life, and interpreter of the Gods. Hermes Trismegistus was the name given by
devotees of mysticism and alchemy to the Egyptian God Thoth, who was regarded as more or less
identified with the Grecian Hermes, and as the author of all mysterious doctrine. Thus Hermes would
have been a fit annotator of the mysterious doctrine of Bacon’s work. As to “Stella”, Hermes was
identified by the Romans with Mercury. Mercury is of course a planet. The Latin word for planet or
star is stella. There is thus a link between Hermes and Stella and Bacon probably meant Hermes Stella
for a brilliant star who would illuminate the text."
This is even more interesting when the article continues directly with this quote from Bacon:
"Those works of the Alphabet are in my opinion of less use to you where you now are
[Spain or Italy?] than at Paris."
About which the author of this article then comments: "The Baconians have always maintained that Bacon was a founder member of
the Rosicrucians, a secret society for the propagation of learning."
"Triumphs of Man," Thoth, "those works of the alphabet." Curiouser and curiouser.
Mary
http://www.sirbacon.org/NigelCockburn/ncbookpartone.pdf
It discusses Bacon's use of a pseudonym in a work entitled:
"Valerius Terminus
of
The Interpretation of Nature
with the
Annotations of Hermes Stella"
Note below the odd synchronicity of the idea of "Triumphs of Man" connected with Thoth /Hermes:
7. “It is impossible to ascertain the motive which determined Bacon
to give the supposed author the name of Valerius Terminus; or to his commentator, of whose
annotations we have no remains, that of Hermes Stella. It may be conjectured that by the name
Terminus he intended to intimate that the new philosophy would put an end to the wandering of
mankind in search of truth that it would be the terminus ad quem in which, when it was once attained,
the mind would finally acquiesce”. Ellis was of course right as to “terminus”. But it seems remarkable
that neither he nor Spedding could explain “Valerius”. The explanation is simple. There was a Roman
historian with a philosophical bent called Valerius Maximus and Bacon wrote of him in De Augmentis
Book 4, Chapter 1 (Spedding 4.375): “The miracle of human nature, and its highest powers and virtue
both in mind and body, should be collected into a volume which should serve for a register of the
Triumphs of Man. In which work I approve the design of Valerius Maximus and C. Pliny, and wish for
their diligence and judgment”. Bacon no doubt chose “Valerius Terminus” to go one better than
“Valerius Maximus” - his philosophy would be the last word, not just the maximum word. “Hermes
Stella”, the supposed annotator, can also be explained. Hermes was the Greek God of science and
many of the arts of life, and interpreter of the Gods. Hermes Trismegistus was the name given by
devotees of mysticism and alchemy to the Egyptian God Thoth, who was regarded as more or less
identified with the Grecian Hermes, and as the author of all mysterious doctrine. Thus Hermes would
have been a fit annotator of the mysterious doctrine of Bacon’s work. As to “Stella”, Hermes was
identified by the Romans with Mercury. Mercury is of course a planet. The Latin word for planet or
star is stella. There is thus a link between Hermes and Stella and Bacon probably meant Hermes Stella
for a brilliant star who would illuminate the text."
This is even more interesting when the article continues directly with this quote from Bacon:
"Those works of the Alphabet are in my opinion of less use to you where you now are
[Spain or Italy?] than at Paris."
About which the author of this article then comments: "The Baconians have always maintained that Bacon was a founder member of
the Rosicrucians, a secret society for the propagation of learning."
"Triumphs of Man," Thoth, "those works of the alphabet." Curiouser and curiouser.
Mary