Thoreau & Emerson: Spirituality/Religion by ANSLEY DERONCERAY https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y By: Sam Menagias Ansley Deronceray en-us 2018-10-26 16:54:41 UTC 2025-04-21 18:08:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Spirit and Nature are One in the Same der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298612458 "Spiritual experiences are often triggered by solitude, community, or
immersion in Nature; frequently associated with experiences of transcendence."


]]> 2018-10-30 16:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298612458 And I think to myself... der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298621677 "...I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world"


]]> 2018-10-30 16:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298621677 Thoreau is self-reliant, not influenced by or dependent on others. He is close to nature & he understands, as many a civilized man does not, that God is in nature, and nature speaks to him and is his guide to a right and just way of life. men06383 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298622914 2018-10-30 16:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298622914 men06383 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298627706 Emerson spoke out about the whole process of Indian removal as a tribute to his late brother Charles, who had written a number of letters asking “Waldo” to take a stand against removal.]]> 2018-10-30 17:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298627706 men06383 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298628052 1832, Emerson met John Ridge in Boston and was impressed by the old chief's impassioned rhetoric and eloquence. In April 1838, just before the last group of Cherokees had embarked on what they called “The Trail of Tears” (in Cherokee,]]> 2018-10-30 17:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298628052 John Ridge men06383 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298630895 2018-10-30 17:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298630895 Emerson men06383 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298638252 2018-10-30 17:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298638252 der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298638910 2018-10-30 17:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/298638910 "Because transcendentalists believed religious truth could be known naturally, like any other truth, they tended to reject the idea of miraculous inspiration as unnecessary and to dismiss as false the claim made for the Bible that it had unique miraculous authority. " der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299231144 2018-11-01 02:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299231144 der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299231907 2018-11-01 02:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299231907 "The transcendentalists saw slavery as inherently wrong because it crushed the spiritual development of slaves. They protested against slavery in various ways and a few of them, most notably Parker, became leaders of the abolitionist movement. der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299232259 2018-11-01 03:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299232259 "Finally, the transcendentalists laid great value on the spiritual value of nature; Thoreau, particularly, is regarded as a principal forerunner of the modern environmental movement." der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299232525 2018-11-01 03:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299232525 der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299232708 2018-11-01 03:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299232708 der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299232868 2018-11-01 03:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299232868 der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299233691 2018-11-01 03:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299233691 der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299234337 2018-11-01 03:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299234337 Throughout much of his [Thoreau's] life he maintained a keen interest in Native Americans and Native American life and religion. In fact, he kept a series of notebooks, beginning in the 1850s, in which he made notes from his extensive reading about Native Americans der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299235913 2018-11-01 03:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299235913 Among the reasons Emerson had for regretting his failed message to Van Buren was that he himself believed that Native Americans were doomed to extinction. He did not see how Native Americans could survive against the onslaught of the superior white culture, and he did not believe they could fully adapt. der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299236211 2018-11-01 03:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299236211 der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299237013 2018-11-01 03:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299237013 der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299237280 2018-11-01 03:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299237280 der08711 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299237633 2018-11-01 03:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299237633 Thoreau men06383 https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299425433 2018-11-01 15:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/der08711/jrbpolv0bh6y/wish/299425433