“THE MYSTERY OF NOLAN’S CROSS: PLURA LATENT, QUAM PATENT: MORE IS HIDDEN THAN REVEALED”, PART 3

Daniel Spino
Sep 2
11 min read

Petter Amundsen first suggested that the Shakespeare Funerary Monument Inscription in Stratford Upon Avon, Great Britain appeared to have hidden information regarding Oak Island. The inscription begins, “Stay Passenger, Why Goest Thou By So Fast, Read If Thou Canst”. This sounds like a challenge that John Dee may have made. Although it was made some nine years after Dee died, it could not have been Dee. Amundsen also found hidden messages in the First Folio that showed a direct link with Oak Island. Some of the researchers in “The Oak Island Archeoastronomy Group” created by the late Chris Donah, of which the author is a member, worked on this line of research. In 2019, another member and our colleague, Christopher Morford, was working with “the Plaque” as we call it and made an important discovery. He found that a representation of Nolan’s Cross is hidden on the plaque with the outlying points spelling “BACON”. It also forms a Pythagorean triangle with what looks like a point of light coming down on the cross from above. Chris Donah took this cross and superimposed Nolan’s Cross on it and showed that it fit perfectly. This would indicate that Francis Bacon may have been the actual creator of Nolan's Cross based on the work of John Dee.

Amundsen found the above Pythagorean triangle with words and letters around it that suggest that the works attributed to Shakespeare were by the Rosie Cross, in other words, the Rosicrucians. Francis Bacon has long been suspected of being a member. This is the same type of clue that was left on the plaque. This suggests that perhaps Bacon was stating that he was a Rosicrucian and is showing Nolan’s Cross. So, upon further inspection of the Morford Cross on the plaque, the authors found another incredible discovery.

Located almost right in the middle of the plaque’s cross are the letters, H O, with the cross intersection between the letters. What are the odds that it would be in that exact spot? This seems to be strong evidence that H O was a planned feature and a clue to lead one to Nolan’s Cross. The questions become, why would Francis Bacon do this and why is it related to John Dee? Is that the only information hidden on the plaque? Those that have worked on the plaque know that there is certainly more. After further analysis, we found more clues that suggest there’s much more here than meets the eye.

Looking at the area of interest on the plaque, running along the spine of the cross you will notice what appears to be an “S” and a “Backwards S” in green. This appears more clearly when the cross is made into a black and white copy. This is extremely interesting because this same feature appears on the Frontispiece of the Monas Hieroglyphica. The S’s appear as ribbons and when combined form an “8”. One of Dee’s favorite numbers again. The S’s on the plaque guide the spine of the Cross. What are the odds?

In this area of interest on the plaque, we notice several things that were hidden all referring to Jesus Christ. Along with the HO in pink, which represents the Holy Trinity, we found the letters “IHC” in the form of another Pythagorean triangle. This refers to the famous monogram for Jesus Christ based on the first three letters of the Greek translation. The late researcher Chris Donah also identified two terms referring to Jesus Christ hidden around the Cross. The first is in orange being “ALPHA” and right next to it in purple is “OMEGA”. It should be noted that there is an S and no G in the letter grouping. In reverse and simple cipher systems that Francis Bacon used, G has the same value as S, which is 7. In cryptography they are interchangeable. “The Alpha and Omega” is a phrase that depicts Jesus Christ as saying, “I am the beginning and the end.” The second term Chris Donah found was “LAMB”. As in Jesus Christ being the “Lamb of God”. This triggered a memory for the authors about a possible connection involving the Money Pit. Reverend A.T. Kempton produced a story written in 1909 about Oak Island. In this story there is a very interesting account:

The author of this account was anonymous so we can’t say if it is 100% reliable, but it raises the question of whether this board was a depiction of a lamb and was it a clue to lead someone to Nolan’s Cross? The authors feel that many clues were misinterpreted in the history of the mystery, and this may have been one of them. Interestingly, the account then revealed the famous 90ft Stone Cipher:

The authors have investigated this inscription and thought it may have been created by Professor James Lietchi of Dalhousie College in the 1860’s. While that may still be the case, the symbols stuck out to us as being symbols directly connected to John Dee. Dee talks at length of circles, dots, and lines being the foundation of his work. As you look at the symbols you see all this coming though in a mathematical way. You see triangles, squares, and crosses, and other symbols that indicate a possible Dee link. This indicates there’s a real possibility that the stone not only existed, but this cipher, if not exact, may have been very close to the original. It should be noted that A.T. Kempton was a cousin of the Creighton’s, who were involved with Oak Island treasure hunting, and supposedly displayed the 90ft Stone at their book bindery in Halifax.

Another find from Chris Donah is perhaps the most perplexing. The words, “SO FAST” and “Y’s TOMBE” seem to be connected by the cross, this represents the arm from Cone C to Cone B on Nolan’s Cross. The reverse cipher value for “SO FAST” is 67, which in simple cipher stands for “FRANCIS”. When you combine “FRANCIS” with the letters from the cross and the last clue, it reads, “FRANCIS BACON’S TOMBE”. Which begs the question, where is Francis Bacon’s tomb? His burial site in Great Britain does not have a body in it. Chris also found that when you connect the six letters in both “SO FAST” and “Y’s TOMBE” in the same fashion that the O and B are connected in each word, this is what you see:

All the lines converge in one spot, at the junction of the arm and stem of the cross. That location on Oak Island would be the headstone found by Fred Nolan. Another Chris Donah find was a reflective “DEE” that connects to “SHAKESPEARE” that appears to form a sword or dagger. This made us think of the sword on the headstone. For the answer to where a tomb/vault could be located on Oak Island, we need to examine that headstone more closely. Remember that Fred dug up the stone and there was nothing beneath it. So, the location itself must not be the key. It must be something on the headstone itself that provides a clue.

In examining pictures, it’s clear that the stone is a representation of a human head. Based on the evidence, it seems possible that the stone could be a representation of the head of Jesus Christ. There are no other seemingly important features other than the sword/dagger carving on it. It has been noted in the past that the eyes of the stone appeared to be looking towards the Money Pit. The authors agree this is likely the original orientation of the headstone. If that is the case, then the positioning of the sword seems to be an important feature. We wondered if the stone was turned with the eyes looking towards the Money Pit, where would the sword point to?

We believe that the original orientation of the headstone would look something like this, with the eyes pointing from the headstone towards the original Money Pit location. The sword would be pointing down from the headstone while you are facing Cones D and E, very slightly to the left. The authors believe that the markers and boulders running down from the headstone along the spine of the cross, including the Daath location, have already been investigated. It appears that the sword would be pointing towards another specific area. The authors then began looking at the sword itself for more clues.

The Curse of Oak Island – The History Channel

On an episode of “The Curse of Oak Island”, Charles Barkhouse said that he saw the stone in the 1990s and it had weathered considerably, and the carving had faded. It appeared to be a sword with a handle, like a cutlass. The first photo depicts a more modern shot of the carving. The second photo is an enhanced, higher resolution of the original photo. What is shown is interesting. It looks like the end of the sword, and the handle are detached. The end of the sword appears to have fire or flame coming out of the end. The handle is in the classic D shape for a cutlass handle. This made us think of a flaming sword. One thing the authors have learned during our investigation is that the creator of Nolan’s Cross employed a lot of symbolism with its construction. In Genesis 3:24, it tells that after God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, he placed Cherubim there with a flaming sword to guard the Tree of Life, so no one could eat from it and live forever. In Kabbalah the “Path of the Flaming Sword” represents the order that the sephiroth were created. In Revelations, The Archangel Michael battles a dragon, who represents Satan. In many depictions Michael is shown with a flaming sword and pierces the heart of the dragon. This same imagery is connected with St. George, the patron saint of Britain.

St. George battles a dragon and pierces its heart in the same way that the Archangel Michael did in the bible. This also is illustrated in “The Fairy Queene” by Edmund Spenser, when the Red Crosse Knight had the same fight and pierced the dragon’s heart. It’s interesting that in three different plays from the works of Shakespeare, St. George is mentioned fighting the dragon. This is very important imagery for the Rosy Cross. Other imagery involving a sword and heart involves the masonic tradition of the sword pointing to the naked heart. There is also the sacred heart of Jesus that is inflamed and sometimes pierced in depictions. There’s also the pierced heart of Mary after the death of Jesus. It should be noted that in Peter Amundsen’s copy of Francis Bacon’s “Sylva Sylvarum”, there is a watermark with RC inside of a heart. Heart symbolism was very important to the Rosicrucians. The representation that resonated most with us was the Archangel Michael version because of something we saw related to John Dee.

The Frontispiece to, “The General and Rare Memorials pertayning to the Perfect Arte of Navigation” (1577) is an example of John Dee’s brilliance. In the title he includes the Latin phrase, “PLURA LATENT, QUAM PATENT: MORE IS HIDDEN THAN REVEALED”. Dee alerts us to keep our eyes open. The authors wondered if some of the things pictured in this drawing worked themselves into the Nolan’s Cross construction. Right at the top of the page is the Archangel Michael with his flamberge sword. This type of sword was depicted to show the illusion that it was on fire. The sun and moon, which are parts of the Monad, make their appearance. Ten stars are depicted, with 10 being one of Dee’s important numbers and associated with the Tetractys, which was a key component of the construction of Nolan’s Cross. Amazingly, a symbol from the metal sheathing found previously on Oak Island matches the symbol Dee used on his border of the print. Did it cover a box of clues that were supposed to be used to lead the seeker to Nolan’s Cross? Was one of them the Lead Cross, which some believe depicts the hand of God coming down from Heaven running down its stem?

The Meaning of the Monas Hieroglyphica- Egan

The illustration also depicts what looks like a woman riding a bull in the water on the side of the large ship. This appears to be Taurus symbolism associated with the Monad. In Greek Mythology, Zeus transformed himself into a white bull, seducing the Phoenician princess, Europa, and carrying her on his back across the sea to Crete. The event is memorialized in the Constellation Taurus, with the star cluster, Pleiades, representing the bull’s shoulder and the star Aldebaran representing its eye. The next image depicts Caerus, the Greek god of opportunity. It embodies the fleeting moment of opportunity and the idea of grabbing the lock of its hair before it slips away. Dee is suggesting that Queen Elizabeth do just that before the chance for colonization escapes. Notice that Caerus has its right foot on a tetrahedron, another main component in the construction of Nolan’s Cross. Notice the right arm of Caerus as it looks angled to form a “D”. Dee Researcher, Jim Egan believes that Dee uses the horizon in the picture to symbolize an “I”. In this, Dee is hiding his initials I.D. which stands for Ioannes Dee in Latin. Dee earlier openly put his initials on the frontispiece of Propaedeumata Aphoristica in 1558.

There is a carving on a stone on Joudrey’s Cove that has been dubbed, the CH Stone. The carving is unusual because it appears to have been done with the aid of a straight edge and compass. The authors recognize the shape looking very much like John Dee’s work. Is this actually an I.D. being depicted and not CH? What about the sword on the headstone? Is the detachment of the blade and handle an indication it is a disguised I.D. representing John Dee as well?

Back to the frontispiece, in the first picture we see something very unusual. It appears to be a piece of inverted grain. This is disguised by Dee to allude to Judges 12:6 in the Bible. The story centers on combatants trying to return to their homeland, but are stopped and asked to say shibboleth, which means grain. The reason is that the combatants and the victors pronounced the word differently so when the returning combatants mispronounced it, they were killed. The symbolism stands for a code name or word that was used to identify yourself. Interestingly, Freemasonry depicts this as one of their symbols. We believe that Dee is alluding to the fact that this planned colonization of the New World had a secret code name or phrase that was used to identify it. The second picture shows the top of the masts of the ships as Chi Rho’s, which are Christograms representing Jesus Christ. They also are symbols revered by Rosicrucians. In the upper right corner is the Tetragrammaton, with the name of God on it, “I AM THAT I AM”. This is interesting because it seems that “I AM” keeps appearing in our research. 21 was an often-repeated number in the Nolan’s Cross geometry, in Hebrew Gematria it stands for “I AM”.

This is interesting because the Tetragrammation is how God revealed his name to Moses in Exodus 3:14. A Pythagorean and Rosicrucian would see the connection with the mathematical term PI, 3.14. We also notice “I AM” is at the center of a directional wheel that Petter Amundsen found in the First Folio of the works of Shakespeare. This is in relation to celestial instructions Petter found leading to Mahone Bay and Oak Island. Back on the “Plaque”, the words “I AM” in blue, are cryptographically created when you substitute the “L” for “i”. In simple cipher “i” has the value of 9. In Latin, “i” is the 9^th letter of that alphabet. This technique was used by John Dee and Francis Bacon. Curiously, in another section of the “Navigation” frontispiece, you see a half of a skull. Skulls usually symbolized death. Is Dee alluding to the fact that even death will be in their new utopia, in an area that Verrazano called “Arcadia” on his map?