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Ronnie Pontiac | Remembering Manly P. Hall, American Metaphysical Religion, & The Pagan Pilgrim
John Winthrop the Younger and Rosicrucian Alchemy in America
John Winthrop the Younger, son of the Boston governor, is highlighted as a "Christian Hermes" who brought John Dee’s alchemical library to the New World. Unlike his father, the younger Winthrop was a devoted alchemist who sought to implement Rosicrucian ideals in the Connecticut wilderness. He served as a physician, providing free medicine to the public, and established the region's first iron foundry, blending proto-science with mystical philosophy.