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Hermetic America - 20th Century America

Hermetic America - 20th Century America

By: Roger Weir
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 This series explores 20th century American history by focusing on a diverse group of figures spanning architecture, poetry, drama, religion, esoteric philosophy, and speculative fiction. Episodes will feature Frank Lloyd Wright, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, E. E. Cummings, Wallace Stevens, William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Theodore Roethke and Robinson Jeffers, Thomas Merton, Christ in Alexandria, Khigh Dhiegh, A. E. van Vogt.
This is a 12 presentation sub-series from a year-long examination of "Hermetic America" by Roger Weir. This presentation series was originally delivered in 1985 at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles.

More information about this series can be found at: https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/hermetic-america-twentieth-century-america

Information about Roger Weir can be found at: https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/resonance/person-roger-weir

Information about Shared Presence Foundation can be found at: https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/

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Episodes
  • A. E. van Vogt

    A. E. van Vogt
    Feb 7 2025
    This presentation discusses the life and legacy of A.E van Vogt. This is the twelfth in a series of 12 presentations that explores 20th century American history by focusing on a diverse group of figures spanning architecture, poetry, drama, religion, esoteric philosophy, and speculative fiction. These presentations were delivered by Roger Weir in the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles, California.

    The transcript for this presentation is available at: https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/transcripts/470

    More information about this series is available at: https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/hermetic-america-twentieth-century-america

    Discover more presentations by Roger Weir: https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations

    Learn more about the Shared Presence Foundation: https://sharedpresencefoundation.org​

    Image credit: detail from Blue and Green Music (1919-1921) by Georgia O'Keeffe.
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Khigh Dhiegh

    Khigh Dhiegh
    Jan 31 2025
    This presentation discusses the life and legacy of Khigh Dhiegh. This is the eleventh in a series of 12 presentations that explores 20th century American history by focusing on a diverse group of figures spanning architecture, poetry, drama, religion, esoteric philosophy, and speculative fiction. These presentations were delivered by Roger Weir in the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles, California.

    The transcript for this presentation is available at: https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/transcripts/468

    More information about this series is available at: https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/hermetic-america-twentieth-century-america

    Discover more presentations by Roger Weir: https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations

    Learn more about the Shared Presence Foundation: https://sharedpresencefoundation.org​

    Image credit: detail from Blue and Green Music (1919-1921) by Georgia O'Keeffe.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Black Elk

    Black Elk
    Jan 24 2025
    This presentation discusses the life and legacy of Black Elk. This is the tenth in a series of 12 presentations that explores 20th century American history by focusing on a diverse group of figures spanning architecture, poetry, drama, religion, esoteric philosophy, and speculative fiction. These presentations were delivered by Roger Weir in the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles, California.

    The transcript for this presentation is available at: https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/transcripts/466

    More information about this series is available at: https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/hermetic-america-twentieth-century-america

    Discover more presentations by Roger Weir: https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations

    Learn more about the Shared Presence Foundation: https://sharedpresencefoundation.org​

    Image credit: detail from Blue and Green Music (1919-1921) by Georgia O'Keeffe.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
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