Peter Dawkins

Peter Dawkins (born November 15, 1946 in England ) is an author, teacher and leader of workshops and worldwide "pilgrimages".

Life

Peter Dawkins, an architect , visited the King Edward's High School, Birmingham , and St Catharine's College of the University of Cambridge . In 1978 he became the founder and head of the Francis Bacon Research Trust , which publishes seminars and books on topics of the Renaissance ( Neoplatonism , Kabbalah , Freemasonry , Rosicrucians, etc.). In particular, he explores the relationship between Sir Francis Bacon and William Shakespeare in the time of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.

Together with the theater director Mark Rylance he leads workshops at Shakespeare's Globe Theater in London. Since 2004 he has offered Shakespeare seminars in the vicinity of Stratford-upon-Avon , combined with visits to the theater productions of the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, which are running at the same time .

He is also a pioneer in the rediscovery of " landscape temples " , " earth energies " and the "western tradition of geomancy ". He founded and directs the Zoence Academy , which teaches courses in Zoence (Zoe: Life and Science: Science ), a Western equivalent of the Chinese Feng Shui tradition .

Peter Dawkins is a co-founder of the Gatekeeper Trust , which studies and promotes understanding and healing through the human environment (architecture, gardens, landscape).

literature

German

• Zoence - The Rediscovery of Temple Science . Knaur, Munich, 1996, ISBN 3-42686-139-9 .
• Europe and the land of the Holy Grail . Oratio, 2002, ISBN 3-72140-700-8 .
• Truths from the source of eternal joy - the basic work of the western wisdom traditions . Sheema Media, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931560-16-4 .

English

• The Wisdom of Shakespeare Series . Foreword by Mark Rylance . IC Media Productions.
  • The Wisdom of Shakespeare in As You Like It . 1998, ISBN 0-95328-901-X .
  • The Wisdom of Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice . 1998, ISBN 0-95328-900-1 .
  • The Wisdom of Shakespeare in Julius Caesar . 1999, ISBN 0-95328-902-8 .
  • The Wisdom of Shakespeare in The Tempest . 2000, ISBN 0-9532890-3-6 .
  • The Wisdom of Shakespeare in Twelfth Night . 2002, ISBN 0-95328-904-4 .
• The Shakespeare Enigma . Foreword by Mark Rylance. Polair, 2004, ISBN 0-95453-894-3 .
• Zoence - the Science of Life Discovering the Sacred Spaces of Your Life . Wigmore Publications, 1995, ISBN 0-94698-208-2 . (Extended US version: Samuel Weiser, 1998, ISBN 1-57863-042-8 .)
• Building Paradise . FBRT, 2001, ISBN 0-86293-010-3 .
• Francis Bacon - Herald of the New Age . FBRT, 1997, ISBN 0-86293-009-X .
• with George Trevelyan : The Pattern of Initiation in the Evolution of Human Consciousness . FBRT, 1981, ISBN 0-86293-001-4 .
• Arcadia . FBRT, 1988, ISBN 0-86293-008-1 .
• The great vision . FBRT, 1985, ISBN 0-86293-007-3 .
• Dedication to the Light . FBRT, 1984, ISBN 0-86293-006-5 .
• The Virgin Ideal . FBRT, 1982, ISBN 0-86293-002-2 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Peter Dawkins in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website of Peter Dawkins (English)
• Francis Bacon Research Trust (English)