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to move above and beyond the rigid rules and restraints offered in Christianity alone. Spirituality, as seen by transcendentalists, was far more extensive than anything that could ultimately be assigned
to the written word. One author notes, in relationship to Emersons thoughts on transcendentalism, "Emerson says that the Transcendentalist is someone who refuses to be tyrannized by the blatancy
of the facts. They find the source of spiritual certainty in the subtle intuition of the beyond" (Patterson). In addition, we note that the true "Transcendentalist did not go the
whole route with the East but honoured Nature and its Beauty, convinced that they mediated the Oversoul or God. They were not Nature worshippers but they were Nature admirers finding
more hope in the observation of a pond and its life than in the society they withdrew from" (Patterson). In order to better understand how this fits in with social
and spiritual thought, we see that the opposite is materialism and the materialists who "for all their credal orthodoxy, are really idolaters of nature itself" (Patterson). Emerson "Ralph
Waldo Emerson, the towering figure of his era, had a religious sense of mission. Although many accused him of subverting Christianity, he explained that, for him to be a good
minister, it was necessary to leave the church" (Chapter Three: The Romantic Period, 1820-1860: Essayists and Poets). His philosophies have often been deemed "contradictory, and it is true that he
consciously avoided building a logical intellectual system because such a rational system would have negated his Romantic belief in intuition and flexibility" (Chapter Three: The Romantic Period, 1820-1860: Essayists and
Poets). In two of his most famous essays, "Nature" and "Self-Reliance," we see his beliefs. One should understand, however, when examining these essays, that many people have argued over
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