In part one of a two part show, Dissident Vox examines the paradigm of metaphysical naturalism and looks at the occult roots underlying the tree of modern science. He examines the influence of Sir Francis Bacon and asks what early role the secret brotherhoods of Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry played in the path to ascendancy of the scientific worldview.

Introduction
Metaphysical Naturalism - Definition 
Music : Ensemble Vermillion - 'Stolen Jewels' - Sonata III (Adagio) 

The Invisible College/The Royal Society 
Sir Francis Bacon  Biography/Resources
Baconian evidence for Shakespearean authorship 
Bacon, Shakespeare & the Rosicrucians
Baconian Ciphers 
The New Atlantis 

Robert Moray
Sir Christopher Wren 
Elias Ashmole

The Fraternity of the Rose and Cross
Fama Fraternitatis
Confessio Fraternitatis
Conclusion