Hermetic Tradition: Osiris to Franklin
By: Roger Weir
Language: en
Categories: History
In this 24-episode series, Roger Weir presents information concerning the history and hermetic tradition from Osiris in ancient Egypt to Ben Franklin and the American Revolution. This series was originally presented from January through June of 1986.Discover more content related to this series at https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations/hermetic-tradition-osiris-to-franklin Discover more presentations by Roger Weir at https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/presentations Learn more about Roger Weir at https://sharedpresencefoundation.org/resonance/person-roger-weir Learn more about the Shared Presence Foundation at https://sharedpresencefoundation.org
Episodes
Book of the Dead - Unas Continued
Dec 15, 2025This lecture explores the deepest roots of the Hermetic tradition by tracing it back not to late antiquity, but to the earliest written religious texts in human history: the Egyptian Pyramid Texts and the so-called “Book of the Dead.” Using the myth of Osiris, the role of Thoth (later Hermes), and the architecture and language of the Pyramid of Unas, the talk argues that the central spiritual task of humanity has always been learning how to “come forth” consciously—through both life and death—by contacting everlastingness. Language, ritual speech, hymns, and incantations are presented not as superstition but as the very str...
Duration: 00:52:36Pyramid of Unas
Dec 02, 2025In this lecture from the “Osiris to Benjamin Franklin — Hermetic Tradition” series, Roger Weir takes us deep into the worldview of ancient Egypt by exploring the symbolic and spiritual meaning behind the Pyramid of Unas. Unas — the final pharaoh of the 5th dynasty — and his pyramid serve not just as tomb and monument, but as a cosmic “body” designed to house his soul (ba) and vital force (ka) across eternity. For the ancient Egyptians, time and space were not fluid like our modern notion but compartmentalized; reality unfolded in discrete frames, much like the still-frames of a film. The pyramid, inscribed with...
Duration: 01:08:27Egyptian Beginnings: Thoth, Osiris, Isis
Nov 22, 2025The Hermetic tradition weaves a remarkable thread from the ancient Egyptian mysteries of Osiris to the experimental, enlightenment-driven mind of Benjamin Franklin. This lineage reflects humanity’s enduring search for wisdom—moving from symbolic rituals of death and rebirth, cosmic order, and divine intelligence in Egypt to the early American fascination with natural philosophy, alchemy, electricity, and personal transformation. By exploring how these seemingly distant worlds are connected through shared themes of knowledge, transcendence, and the unity of all things, we uncover a powerful narrative about how ancient spiritual insights subtly shaped the scientific and philosophical foundations of the modern age...
Duration: 00:53:20