Saint Germain

Saint Germain walked the earth as Roger Bacon (1220–1292) — philosopher, Franciscan monk, educational reformer and experimental scientist. In an era in which either theology or logic, or both, dictated the boundaries of what science was allowed to explore, Bacon promoted the experimental method as the true path to knowledge. He declared his belief that the world was round and openly criticized the scholars and scientists of his day for their narrow-mindedness.“True knowledge stems not from the authority of others, nor from a blind allegiance to antiquated dogmas,” he said — a statement that still holds its edge centuries later. Bacon eventually left his post as a lecturer at the University of Paris and entered the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor.

In his own time, Bacon became renowned for his exhaustive investigations into alchemy, optics, mathematics and languages. Today he is regarded as a forerunner of modern science and, remarkably, a prophet of modern technology. He predicted the hot-air balloon, a flying machine, spectacles, the telescope, the microscope, the elevator, and mechanically propelled ships and carriages — and wrote of each as though he had genuinely seen them at work, centuries before they existed.

His scientific and philosophical outlook, his willingness to challenge the theologians of his day, and his deep study of alchemy and astrology brought him under suspicion. He was charged with “heresies and novelties” and imprisoned for fourteen years by his own fellow Franciscans. Yet to those who studied his work in the centuries that followed, Bacon became known as “doctor mirabilis” — “wonderful teacher” — a title that has followed him down the ages.

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