books.google.com - This is one of Bacon's most mysterious and prophetical works. References to the philosophy of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons are abundant. It is maintained that the New Atlantis was the blueprint for the founding of America. "This fable my lord devised, to the end that he might exhibit therein a model...http://books.google.com/books/about/New_Atlantis.html?id=vL8d2mjR4VIC&q=crosier&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareNew Atlantis[