
historyMar 1, 20251:34:29pending
Inside Jefferson's Mind: A Founding Father's Hidden World
About this episode
What was Thomas Jefferson's role as a carrier of the hermetic tradition and hermetic wisdom in early America? The transmission of hermetic wisdom from Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Jefferson is an often overlooked aspect of American history – here it is illuminated. Through an exploration of Jefferson's life, influence, wisdom, and philosophical mind, Roger Weir seeks to provide insights that are commonly unknown or overlooked.
This is the third in a series of 13 presentations that explores Hermetic American history by focusing on a diverse group of hermetic figures spanning architecture, poetry, drama, religion, esoteric philosophy, and occultism. These presentations were delivered by Roger Weir in the spring of 1982 in Los Angeles, California.
Episode transcript - https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/transcripts/116
Discover more content related to this series
https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/hermetic-america-1982
Discover more presentations by Roger Weir
https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations
Learn more about the Shared Presence Foundation
https://sharedpresencefoundation.org
Check out our YouTube channel
Image credit: Detail from “Scene from James Fenimore Cooper’s ’The Last of the Mohicans’” by Thomas Cole (1827).
This is the third in a series of 13 presentations that explores Hermetic American history by focusing on a diverse group of hermetic figures spanning architecture, poetry, drama, religion, esoteric philosophy, and occultism. These presentations were delivered by Roger Weir in the spring of 1982 in Los Angeles, California.
Episode transcript - https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/transcripts/116
Discover more content related to this series
https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/hermetic-america-1982
Discover more presentations by Roger Weir
https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations
Learn more about the Shared Presence Foundation
https://sharedpresencefoundation.org
Check out our YouTube channel
Image credit: Detail from “Scene from James Fenimore Cooper’s ’The Last of the Mohicans’” by Thomas Cole (1827).
Get every episode summarized
Each time Hermetic American Spiritual Classics publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from Hermetic American Spiritual Classics

Alan Hovhaness & Morris Graves - Mysticism in Music and Art
Hermetic American Spiritual Classics
Aug 30, 20251:42:10pending

Black Elk
Hermetic American Spiritual Classics
Aug 30, 20251:25:05pending

Why William Faulkner and Andrew Wyeth Still Captivate America
Hermetic American Spiritual Classics
Aug 4, 20251:47:53pending

Henry Adams & Winslow Homer
Hermetic American Spiritual Classics
Jul 23, 20251:36:22pending