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The Flowering of New England

What is transcendentalism?. It is described as a spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and factual reality and is only realized through the individual's intuition, not through the doctrines of established religions. . In other words

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The Flowering of New England

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    1. The Flowering of New England American Transcendentalism English IIIB

    2. What is transcendentalism? It is described as a spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and factual reality and is only realized through the individual's intuition, not through the doctrines of established religions.

    3. In other words Spirituality is achieved through communing with the world around us, not by sitting in a church pew.

    4. Why transcendentalism? The transcendentalist movement was a reactionary protest to intellectualism and Unitarianism.

    5. What is Unitarianism (of the 1800s)? God is a single personality, not the Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) Jesus was a prophet of God, not an incarnation or the son of God Believe science and religion can co-exist

    6. The transcendentalists believe God is present in and permeates all things: in man and in nature (Oversoul) God is discovered through reason and thought Intuition and individualism is the way to truth The Oversoul is a direct reference to Emersons The Oversoul, an essay on his belief in an omniscient, yet all inclusive God.The Oversoul is a direct reference to Emersons The Oversoul, an essay on his belief in an omniscient, yet all inclusive God.

    7. The Oversoul or All Seeing Eye of God

    8. The movement Began in 1836 Concentrated in New England, especially around Boston area Encompassed men and women and white and black Americans Ended in 1860 with the beginning of the Civil War

    10. Key Transcendentalists Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau Sarah Margaret Fuller Washington Irving (transition between Romanticism and Transcendentalism) Nathaniel Hawthorne Walt Whitman and many others

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