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Ronnie Pontiac | Remembering Manly P. Hall, American Metaphysical Religion, & The Pagan Pilgrim
Protecting the Pequot Tribe and the Christian Hermes
John Winthrop the Younger used his political influence to protect the Pequot tribe from the Mohegans and their Puritan supporters. He fought to restore the tribe's land and original names after they were subjected to atrocities. Upon his death, even the staunch Puritan Cotton Mather eulogized him as "Hermes Christianus," suggesting a complex relationship between early American Christianity and hermetic traditions that is often overlooked in modern history.