America's Secret Destiny: Spiritual Vision and the Founding of a Nation

by Robert Hieronimus

Little-known facts, critical to our understanding of our nation's destiny as envisioned by its founders, fill this informative study of esoteric American history.

Genres: History

160 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1989

About the author

Robert R. Hieronimus, Ph.D. has been an acknowledged pioneer in the "New Paradigm" movement for over 45 years. After traveling with numerous rock and roll bands in the 1960s to share information about esoterica and design posters and album covers, Bob began a long career as a muralist and painter. His highly acclaimed occult and symbolic artcars and murals include the 2,700 square foot prophetic "Apocalypse" at the Johns Hopkins University, which led to Dr. Bob being called "one of this country's best muralists" (Forecast Magazine). Dr. Bob’s most famous Artcar, the Volkswagen bus known as “the Woodstock bus”, was photographed by the Associated Press and Rolling Stone at the original 1969 Woodstock, and is still seen today regularly reprinted in media all over the world. In 1969 Bob founded AUM, the first state approved school of esoteric studies in the country which granted certificates in the occult sciences, mystic arts and religious metaphysics. PBS documented his leadership and contributions in 1971 with the feature, "The Artist of Savitria" produced by Maryland Public Television and seen nationwide.

Dr. Bob received his Ph.D. from Saybrook Graduate School in 1981 for the doctoral thesis, An Historic Analysis of the Reverse of the American Great Seal and Its Relationship to the Ideology of Humanistic Psychology. His research on the Great Seal has been used in the speeches, literature, and libraries of the White House (1976, 1982), the State Department (1978), and the Department of Interior (1982). His Independence Hall speech on the Great Seal's bicentennial was published in the Congressional Record (1983, 1984), and his research was shared in a personal meeting with the late Egyptian President Anwar El-Sadat.

Dr. Bob has been a frequent guest on radio and television talk shows across the country since 1967 sharing his research in metaphysical symbolism, the founding fathers, America's Great Seal, UFOs and the paranormal, and even synchronistic methods for picking winning lottery numbers. Since January 1988 he has hosted 21st Century Radio®, featuring interviews with the leading experts in many alternative fields and mythological history. He has been featured in documentaries on the National Geographic, Discovery, and History Channels as well as on Syfy, Fox, BBC, FOX, Der Speigel, and Russian TV, and his books have been translated into German, French, Russian, Japanese, and Spanish.