Philosophies and Beliefs

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Philosophies and Beliefs

• Basic truths come from
• intuition
• non-conformity.
• Rejected society because it is corrupt.
• Intuition valued over intellectualism
• Intuition is all we need to
• figure out the great mysteries of life
• behold Gods spirit.
• One is born with knowledge and you need to
  meditate or turn to nature to obtain that
  knowledge.

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Philosophies and Beliefs

• Nature Self Knowledge
• Humans are born good
• All humans possess a spark of divine is within
• Church not required to be religious.
• Physical facts of the natural world are a
• doorway to the spiritual world.

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Key Traits

1. Simplicity/ not materialistic
2. Individualism
3. Self-reliance
4. Rosy, optimistic view of life
5. Imagination
6. Spontaneous feelings and intuition

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Major Transcendentalists
Who needs an organized church
when you can turn to nature
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
- Follow you OWN intuition and beliefs. -
Nature and Self-Reliance
-Live simply and disobey what you think are
unjust laws - Walden and Civil Disobedience
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- All individuals are related to both the natural
world and their inner selves. - Everything in
the world, including human beings, is a
reflection of the divine soul.