Background
Shear, Jonathan Son of Murray Jacob and Rose Bessy Shear.
Shear, Jonathan Son of Murray Jacob and Rose Bessy Shear.
Bachelor in Philosophy summa cum laude, Brandeis University, Waltham, 1962. Bachelor in Mathematics summa cum laude, Brandeis University, Waltham, 1962. Master of Arts in Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1966.
Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1971. Microsat Systems Canada Incorporated, Maharishi European Research University, Seelesberg, Switzerland, 1977.
Instructor philosophy San Francisco College Women, 1970—1971. Professor philosophy Maharishi International University, Fairfield, 1972—1983. Adjunct affiliated associate professor philosophy Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, since 1987.
Founding managing editor Journal Consciousness Studies, Exeter, England, since 1994. Chair, mysticism and esoterism, south-eastern division American Academy Religion, 1992—1995. Transcendental meditation teacher MVED, Fairfield, Iowa, since 1972.
Disciple, teacher Wu Style Taiji Wu Jian Quan Lineage, since 1999.
Member of American Philosophical Association.
Married Patricia Susanne Sopher. Children: Erik Shawn Jegermanis, Kurt Desmond Jegermanis.