Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam of Verulam, Viscount Saint Alban (1561-1626), was not only a recognised genius but also a man of many parts—a renowned philosopher, poet, orator, author, essayist, cryptographer, courtier, lawyer, parliamentarian, statesman, intellectual reformer and master of the English tongue.

Baconian Ciphers

Numerical ciphers are those wherein each letter of the alphabet has an equivalent numerical value. These are derived from ancient Kabbalistic cipher method referred to as gematria... leading to the possibility of associating or substituting each word with another having the same value. Thereby an explanatory or alternative meaning to text can be found.

The same method was used when transcribing the New Testament in Greek.

This is a well known cipher system with which sacred texts (and Shakespeare) are analysed and layers upon layers of meaning are discovered that are otherwise concealed.