Exploring the religious history of New England, beginning with the first migrations of the Clovis people, to the journey of the pilgrims to Massachusetts and through the early colonial period, leading up to the beginning of King Philip’s War.

We examine the spiritual philosophies of both the Puritans as well as Native American Algonquin tribes of the region, comparing and contrasting them as it relates to their attitudes toward nature and what constitutes sacred space. The American wilderness was a complex symbol that embodied many different ideals for its inhabitants, through which spirits and gods shaped human destiny and communicated using signs and omens through the medium of the natural world. We hear from a variety of historical sources documenting Wampanoag traditions and their devotion to a mysterious dark deity called Hobbamock which haunted the local swamps and forests, whom the colonists believed to be the devil himself. Indeed, they saw America as the kingdom of Satan, and that they were being called to form bulwark against him by establishing a holy citadel in the wilderness continent.

In the discussion of sacred places, we examine the swamp as the source of native shamanic magical power and the colonists’ existential dread. Archeological discoveries of ancient megalithic sites confirm its religious significance going back to the earliest days of human habitation in North America.

This the first part of a series which will eventually lead us into the Bridgewater Triangle and its heart, the Hockomock Swamp. By doing this, I hope to not only shed light on the energies which may linger on in this paranormal hotspot, but also put its story into a broader context of humanity’s changing relationship with nature and our conception of the sacred.

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00:00 Intro
08:32 - First Migrations to North America
11:25- First European Contact/ The Great Mortality
16:56 - Puritans & the Wilderness
42:03 - Native American Spirituality
44:50 - Sacred Swamp
46:30 - Hobbamock “Devil”/ Shamanic Rites
1:09:11 - Escalation to War
1:15:24 - Outro

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