the Over-Soul

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essay metaphysical concept philosophical concept religious concept transcendentalist concept

The Over-Soul is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s transcendentalist concept of a universal, divine spiritual presence that unites all individual souls.

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Label Occurrences
The Over-Soul 8
the Over-Soul canonical 4
The Over-Soul (essay) 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf essay ⓘ
metaphysical concept ⓘ
philosophical concept ⓘ
religious concept ⓘ
transcendentalist concept ⓘ
articulatedIn Emerson's essays ⓘ
Emerson's lectures ⓘ
associatedWith Transcendentalism ⓘ
surface form: New England Transcendentalism
author Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
contrastedWith orthodox Christian theology ⓘ
coreIdea all souls participate in one universal soul ⓘ
intuition is a means of access to the divine ⓘ
moral insight comes from inner spiritual experience ⓘ
the divine is immanent in every person ⓘ
the individual self is an expression of a larger spiritual reality ⓘ
creator Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
describedIn the Over-Soul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: essay "The Over-Soul"
developedIn 19th century ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
emphasizes direct relationship between individual and divine ⓘ
inner spiritual experience ⓘ
self-reliance in spiritual matters ⓘ
unity of all beings ⓘ
firstPublishedIn 1841 ⓘ
hasNature divine presence ⓘ
impersonal spiritual principle ⓘ
universal spiritual presence ⓘ
hasTheme immediacy of the divine ⓘ
spiritual democracy of all souls ⓘ
unity of God, nature, and humanity ⓘ
influenced American philosophy ⓘ
American religious thought ⓘ
new thought ⓘ
surface form: New Thought movement

later spiritual individualism ⓘ
influencedBy Christian mysticism ⓘ
German idealism ⓘ
Hindu philosophy ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
languageOf English ⓘ
opposes materialism ⓘ
strict religious dogma ⓘ
partOf Transcendentalism ⓘ
publishedIn Essays: First Series ⓘ
surface form: "Essays: First Series"
relatedTo Transcendentalism ⓘ
surface form: American Transcendentalism

Unitarian thought ⓘ
idealism ⓘ
mysticism ⓘ
unites all individual souls ⓘ

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Transcendentalism → hasKeyConcept → the Over-Soul ⓘ
G. W. F. Hegel → notableIdea → the Over-Soul ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Spirit
Essays: First Series → hasPart → the Over-Soul ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Over-Soul
Essays: First Series → notableEssay → the Over-Soul ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Over-Soul
Essays: Second Series → hasPhilosophicalTheme → the Over-Soul ⓘ
Ralph → notableWork → the Over-Soul ⓘ
subject surface form: Ralph Waldo Emerson
this entity surface form: The Over-Soul
Ralph → notableIdea → the Over-Soul ⓘ
subject surface form: Ralph Waldo Emerson
the Over-Soul → describedIn → the Over-Soul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: essay "The Over-Soul"
chapter "Spirit" → relatedWork → the Over-Soul ⓘ
subject surface form: Spirit (chapter of Emerson's Nature)
this entity surface form: The Over-Soul (essay)
Nature (Emerson essay) → centralConcept → the Over-Soul ⓘ
Compensation → relatedWorkByAuthor → the Over-Soul ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Over-Soul
Spiritual Laws → relatedWorkByAuthor → the Over-Soul ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Over-Soul
Love → relatedWorkByAuthor → the Over-Soul ⓘ
subject surface form: Love (essay)
this entity surface form: The Over-Soul (essay)
Circles → relatedWorkByAuthor → the Over-Soul ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Over-Soul
Beauty → associatedWorkOfAuthor → the Over-Soul ⓘ
subject surface form: Beauty (essay)
this entity surface form: The Over-Soul (essay)
Experience → relatedWorkByAuthor → the Over-Soul ⓘ
subject surface form: Experience (essay)
this entity surface form: The Over-Soul
Emerson’s collected essays → includesWork → the Over-Soul ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Over-Soul