Transformational America

Roger Weir

The Shared Presence Foundation is pleased to present a series of lectures delivered by Roger Weir in 1985 about 4 important figures in American history. This series focuses on Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, William James, and John Dewey in a total of 13 lectures. read less
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Walt Whitman - Part 1
May 18 2023
Walt Whitman - Part 1
In this lecture about Walt Whitman - 1 of 3 - Roger Weir discusses the life and legacy of Whitman. This series was recorded from the summer through the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles. The presentations orginal title was Whitman's Civil War. For more information on Roger Weir, go to sharedpresencefoundation.org

Episodes

Walt Whitman - Part 1
May 18 2023
Walt Whitman - Part 1
In this lecture about Walt Whitman - 1 of 3 - Roger Weir discusses the life and legacy of Whitman. This series was recorded from the summer through the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles. The presentations orginal title was Whitman's Civil War. For more information on Roger Weir, go to sharedpresencefoundation.org
Walt Whitman - Part 2
May 25 2023
Walt Whitman - Part 2
In this lecture about Walt Whitman - 2 of 3 - Roger Weir discusses the life and legacy of Whitman. This series was recorded from the summer through the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles. The presentations orginal title was Whitman's Democratic Vistas: A Vision of Wholeness Reforged. For more information on Roger Weir, go to sharedpresencefoundation.org
Walt Whitman - Part 3
Jun 2 2023
Walt Whitman - Part 3
In this lecture about Walt Whitman - 3 of 3 - Roger Weir discusses the life and legacy of Whitman. This series was recorded from the summer through the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles. The presentations orginal title was Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass: The Cosmic Man of Universal Vision. For more information on Roger Weir, go to sharedpresencefoundation.org
Herman Melville - Part 1
Jun 10 2023
Herman Melville - Part 1
In this lecture about Herman Melville - 1 of 4 - Roger Weir discusses the life and legacy of Melville. This series was recorded from the summer through the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles. The presentations orginal title was Herman Melville's South Seas: Return to the Primitive Paradise. For more information on Roger Weir, go to sharedpresencefoundation.org
Herman Melville - Part 2
Jun 25 2023
Herman Melville - Part 2
In this lecture about Herman Melville - 2 of 4 - Roger Weir discusses the life and legacy of Melville. This series was recorded from the summer through the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles. The presentations orginal title was Herman Melville's Confidence Man: Satan as a River-boat Con-man. For more information on Roger Weir, go to sharedpresencefoundation.org
Herman Melville - Part 3
Jul 4 2023
Herman Melville - Part 3
In this lecture about Herman Melville - 3 of 4 - Roger Weir discusses the life and legacy of Melville. This series was recorded from the summer through the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles. The presentations orginal title was Herman Melville's Moby Dick: Pursuit of Nature as a Journey through Evil. For more information on Roger Weir, go to sharedpresencefoundation.org
Herman Melville - Part 4
Jul 9 2023
Herman Melville - Part 4
In this lecture about Herman Melville - 4 of 4 - Roger Weir discusses the life and legacy of Melville. This series was recorded from the summer through the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles. The presentations orginal title was Herman Melville's Clarel: Epic Poem of a Journey to the Holy Land. For more information on Roger Weir, go to sharedpresencefoundation.org
William James - Part 1
Jul 18 2023
William James - Part 1
In this lecture about William James - 1 of 3 - Roger Weir discusses the life and legacy of James. This series was recorded from the summer through the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles. The presentations orginal title was William James' Varieties of Religious Experience: Consciousness as a Multifaceted Integral. For more information on Roger Weir, go to sharedpresencefoundation.org
William James - Part 3
Aug 2 2023
William James - Part 3
In this lecture about William James - 3 of 3 - Roger Weir discusses the life and legacy of James. This series was recorded from the summer through the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles. The presentations orginal title was "William James' Pragmatism: The Integral Mind Free in Life Experience". For more information on Roger Weir, go to sharedpresencefoundation.org
John Dewey - Part 1
Aug 18 2023
John Dewey - Part 1
In this lecture about John Dewey - 1 of 3 - Roger Weir discusses the life and legacy of John. This series was recorded from the summer through the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles. The presentations orginal title was "John Dewey's Pragmatism:The Integral Mind Questing in Life-Action". For more information on Roger Weir, go to sharedpresencefoundation.org
John Dewey - Part 2
Sep 1 2023
John Dewey - Part 2
In this lecture about John Dewey - 2 of 3 - Roger Weir discusses the life and legacy of John. This series was recorded from the summer through the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles. The presentations orginal title was "John Dewey's Experience and Nature: The Influence of Taoism China". For more information on Roger Weir, go to sharedpresencefoundation.org
John Dewey - Part 3
Sep 17 2023
John Dewey - Part 3
In this lecture about John Dewey - 3 of 3 - Roger Weir discusses the life and legacy of John. This series was recorded from the summer through the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles. The presentations orginal title was "John Dewey's Education and Logic as "Inquiry" The American Democrat Free in the Republic". For more information on Roger Weir, go to sharedpresencefoundation.org
William James - Part 2
Nov 30 2023
William James - Part 2
In this lecture about William James - 2 of 3 - Roger Weir discusses the life and legacy of James. This series was recorded from the summer through the fall of 1985 in Los Angeles. The presentations orginal title was "William James' A Pluralistic Universe: Consciousness Expressed as a Matrix of Unbounded Ratios." For more information on Roger Weir, go to sharedpresencefoundation.org