A. E. Waite Anatomy of Melancholy Catherine Albanese Chaco Canyon Comenius Cornelius Agrippa Cotton Mather de Soto Francis Bacon John Dee John Valentin Andreae John Winthrop the Younger Manly Hall Marsilio Ficino Marymount Mississippian culture Monas Hieroglyphica New Haven Orphic Hymns Paracelsus Robert Fludd Roger Williams rosicrucian Rosicrucian manifestos Stewart White Thomas Morton

America’s Mystical InheritancewithRonnie Pontiac

Ronnie Pontiac

Books Mentioned In This Interview

Ronnie Pontiac was the personal research assistance for Manly P. Hall at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles. He is author of American Metaphysical Religion: Esoteric and Mystical Traditions of the New World.

Here he focuses primarily on the colonial period of American history, emphasizing the influence of 17th century Rosicrucian tradition.

00:00:00 Introduction

00:14:47 Thomas Morton

00:26:50 Pre-colonial America

00:32:43 John Winthrop the Younger

00:43:43 Rosicrucians

00:58:58 Roger Williams

01:02:13 Conclusion

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(Recorded on May 14, 2023)

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Published on May 29, 2023

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