Rosicrucian American Order Part 5: The Secret Vault, Johannes Kelpius & The Founding Fathers

Free The Rabbits

Joel Thomas

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.9 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 98 minutes

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89: Rosicrucian American Order Part 5: The Secret Vault, Johannes Kelpius & The Founding Fathers - Rosicrucianism is a spiritual and cultural movement influenced by Esoteric Christianity and Hermeticism that arose in early modern Europe in the early 17th century after the publication of several texts announcing to the world a new secret society. Rosicrucianism is symbolized by the Rose Cross or Rosy Cross. But what is its influence on the creation of the United States of America?

Joel is back with Part 5 of the Rosicrucian American Order series, and this time he traces the hidden blueprint of America itself. He begins in Virginia with Sir Francis Bacon’s vision of a New Atlantis and the mystery of the alleged Bruton Vault buried beneath Williamsburg. From coded tombstones and underground tunnels to Marie Bauer Hall’s explosive discoveries, Joel examines the evidence suggesting that Bacon’s writings — and perhaps the true origin story of America — were hidden in plain sight. Then he shifts to Pennsylvania and William Penn’s “Great Experiment,” exploring the Rosicrucian symbolism behind Philadelphia, the Blue Anchor Tavern landing, and the arrival of Johann Kelpius and the Wissahickon mystics awaiting the Revelation 12 sign. Finally, Joel connects the spiritual torch from Bacon to Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, and Paine — asking whether the American Republic was simply a political revolution… or the fulfillment of an esoteric plan centuries in the making. Was America founded for freedom alone? Or for something far more hidden?

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0:00.0	Merkel
0:02.3	Media
0:04.4	Media
0:04.4	Media. It's kind of simple, but it's not.
0:28.8	We try a million paths with loss.
0:31.6	Ackolades without the cost.
0:33.7	Fighting, just a fight.
0:35.5	I'm exhausted.
0:37.3	Look over everything in the shadow
0:39.0	start looking at people like they don't matter
0:41.4	I'm waking up to the fact
0:44.3	more than a little bit shallow
0:46.3	I'm lost in this home
0:52.3	but I don't want to
0:56.0	lost
0:59.0	I'm lost
1:00.0	I'm just trying to breathe breathe the ravages
1:11.6	Yeah
1:12.6	Breathe
1:15.6	The freedom freedom freedom love it
1:30.3	freedom
1:31.3	freedom
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