Shakespeare – The True Authorship

By Douglas M. Baker

Shakespeare – The True Authorship

Dr. Baker, an authority on the paranormal for forty years, has used methods of occult research and investi­gation to unlock the myster­ies surrounding the author­ship of the so-called Shake­spearean Plays and The Son­nets. These techniques to­gether with his historical knowledge and penetrating intellect combine in this de­finitive account of the actual events surrounding the works of the 'great bard'.

The content of The Sonnets is clearly not fiction. They are the outpouring of a genius at his creative best. They bear testimony to the nature of their author and to those clos­est to him. If they are read with both academic under­standing together with self-searching sincerity and with all the available historical data in mind, it soon becomes obvious that the author of The Sonnets was not William Shakespeare.

Whilst there has been four centuries of research done into the life of William Shake­speare, this book is the first to research into the life of the true author . . .

It is fitting that, as the last of the research into the background of William Shakespeare comes fruitlessly to an end, new methods of research should now replace them.

The whole drama associated with Anne Hathaway's cottage, for instance, might still be contained within its walls and thatched roof. It may be unlocked by the technology of the future or through the refined development of man and his senses. It was the Bard, himself, who wrote, "the walls have ears".

You will find what is written here refreshing and new in many instances, without causing alarm or offence

10 Colour Plates B/W Illustrations 116 A4 pages. Fully indexed.

Dr. Douglas M. Baker was born in Finchley, North London and raised in South Africa. He joined the Natal Mounted Ri­fles and fought in World War II in North Africa and Italy. De­spite being severely wounded twice and coming close to death he survived the war and was able to recommence his formal education. Following an Arts degree at Natal Uni­versity, he returned perma­nently to England in 1958 and later qualified in medicine at Sheffield University.

He has become a leading, and sometimes controversial fig­ure, in the esoteric world. He is author of nearly 100 books covering every facet of An­cient Wisdom and has be­come well known to world­wide audiences through his extensive lecture tours that continue to this day.

Douglas has acted both on stage and films and recently wrote and produced a televi­sion series on the life of Pa­racelsus.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Baker eBooks Publishing
• Release date: Apr 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9781625690180

Douglas M. Baker

Dr. Douglas M. Baker. English born and raised in South Africa has done extensive scientific research into those hinterlands of the mind which one might call psi-semantics. He graduated in the Arts & Humanities in South Africa and qualified in medicine at Sheffield University (UK) in 1964. Having taught in the East End schools of London for 10 years, he began his tour of the Western world giving lectures and seminars in Esoteric Healing, Esoteric Anatomy, Esoteric Astrology, Esoteric Psychology, Esoteric Science and Metaphysics. He, more than any other, set in motion the trends towards alternative methods of medicine which have transformed that field in Britain today. As medical advisor to the De la Warr laboratories in Oxford, he undertook research into Biomagnetism and quantum physics their effects on the human aura and dark matter, producing the book by the same name in conjunction with George de la Warr. Through the years he has given more than 15,000 lectures and attracted people from all over the world to his Esoteric Science Festivals and International Summer Schools staged in America, Canada, England, Switzerland, Italy, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. His transformative experiences during the Second World War, when twice severely wounded, set the pattern for his life long investigations into the Powers Latent in Man. His extensive esoteric writings are said to be the largest collection in the world produced by a living author. He has written over 100 books, many of which have been translated into the 9 European languages at https://www.douglasbaker.com, and his list of downloadable MP3 audio lectures available at www.douglasbaker.org, include 500 live lectures given around the world and on a vast range of subjects. He has led the field in esoteric astrology, producing with a team, his magnum opus, a Dictionary of Astrology for the 21st Century in three volumes. This is in addition to the already existing 11 volume set of books on the same subject.

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Table of Contents

SHAKESPEARE -

THE TRUE AUTHORSHIP

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Shakespeare: The Bare Facts

THE TRUE AUTHOR

VENUS AND ADONIS

THE IDENTITY OF W.H.

A CLOSE THING

MISTER W.H.

THE DARK LADY

THE SONNETS and their Dedication

SHAKESPEARE -

THE TRUE AUTHORSHIP

by

Dr. Douglas M. Baker

B.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

First edition: 1976

This edition: 1994

Printed Edition ISBN 9780906006900

Copyright © 1994 D.M.Baker

`Little Elephant', High Road,

Essendon, Herts,

ENGLAND.

This is the only authorised eBook of the printed edition.

© Copyright Dr. Douglas M. Baker 2011

eBook ISBN 9781625690180

Published by Baker eBooks Publishing

Many audio lectures and some of the images and charts used here can be downloaded in higher definition for free from our website https://www.douglasbaker.org.

This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form, binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

Dedicated to the Memory

of

John Richardson

(A karmic debt repaid)

ART CREDITS:

Cover: National Portrait Gallery, London.

Anne Hathaway's Cottage, plate I: The Trustees, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Portrait, Sir Philip Sydney, plate V: Hall i' th' Wood Museum, Bolton, Lancashire.

Portrait, Henry Wriothesley, Third Earl of Southampton, plate VI: by kind permission of The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry.

Portrait, Mistress Mary Fitton, plate VII: by kind permission of F.H.M. FitzRoy, Newdegate.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

This work makes no attempt to hide the fact that a completely fresh approach has been used to unlock the mysteries surrounding the authorship of the so-called Shakespearean Plays and THE SONNETS. All that is asked of the reader is that new evidence, scanty as it may seem, be given an examination with an open mind. A hundred years ago no one could have dreamed up carbon dating for classifying ancient texts and other objects. Today, uncertain though it's results may sometimes be, carbon dating is accepted almost without argument.

The author, something of an authority on the paranormal for forty years, has used deep meditation to probe events in and around Stratford some 450 years ago. The results were assisted through a karmic link with one of the actual participants in the scenario of that time and place.

This procedure should not seem so strange. More than half the world's population accepts karma as the basis for divine justice and reincarnation as the mechanism by which that justice is achieved.

In North America archaeological searches have been conducted with some success where these have been directed through clairvoyant perception. This should not be surprising when we remember that Henry Schliemann uncovered the remains of Troy through being aware that he had once lived in the area of Troy. The great chemist Kekule acknowledged that he had unravelled the formula for the benzene molecule while in deep reverie.

Schliemann and Kekule used unconventional methods of unfolding the truth. We are entering an era in which meditation, previously restricted to the orient, is becoming part of the westerner's way of life. It is greatly sought after and its effects are physiological as well as psychological, as researchers in many universities have noted. Meditation can produce changes in states of awareness, relaxation of the muscular system and energisation of the central nervous system. Few investigators would deny that meditation allows other means of perception than those obtained through the normal sensory pathways. Are we to rule out such unconventional means of research? Conventional methods up till now have been unfruitful. There is no sign that they will emerge from their backwaters.

The content of The Sonnets, is clearly not fiction. They are the outpouring of a soul at its creative best. They bear testimony to the nature of their author and to those closest to him. If they are read with both academic understanding as well as self-searching sincerity and with all the available historical data in mind, it soon becomes obvious that the author of The Sonnets was not Will Shakespeare.

To make The Sonnets fit into the authorship of Shakespeare you must cut out parts of them that contradict absolutely, Shakespeare's known traits. It would be like the man who based the measurements of a pyramid on a certain theory and then was caught chipping parts of the pyramid away to make the measurements fit!

The subject needs to be approached with sincerity and honesty. If there are lines in The Sonnets that seem to be mumbo-jumbo, we should admit it and not lead each other off into the quagmires of conjecture and pure nonsense. Whole passages fall into this category. Who was the youth? Everyone presumes that it was some rich patron. No wealth alone, or patronage could call forth such soul-searching as we perceive in almost every line of The Sonnets.

Instead we find `authorities' on the `Shakespearean' material digging around for patrons, reversing dedication initials to suit their theories, facts distorted and twisted, all to make The Sonnets and The Plays fit the bogus authorship. The `The Dark Lady'? There is a perfect explanation for the way in which she is described and without having to resort to silly contradictions. Whoever heard of a serious writer of sonnets describing the foul breath of his lover?

No! We need to employ whatever methods are available, so long as they serve to confirm, to check, to add to or deny, the text until the full truth is reached. Personal feelings, preconceived ideas, bias towards heterosexuality or homosexuality, and, in this instance bisexuality, schools of thought, etc., should not enter into it. Investigators should be dispassionate, objective and detached in their search.

The passing years will underline the unique contribution which this book makes to the Shakespearean saga. Patient research into files and records of individuals very close to events and overlooked by current investigators, will confirm many of the statements shedding new light on the subject outlined here. If my readers are completely fair, they will bear in mind that whilst there has been four centuries of research done into the life of Will Shakespeare, research into the life of the true author has hardly begun.

Douglas M. Baker England,

B.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

August 1976.

Shakespeare: The Bare Facts

William Shakespeare was born in the typically English market town of Stratford in the county of Warwickshire. The population in that year of 1564 was about two thousand who were either engaged in agriculture or small industry. His father was John Shakespeare, a glove-maker who had married Mary Arden of Wilmcote, a village four miles to the west of Stratford. Their son William was born in April