Over-Soul

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metaphysical concept philosophical concept religious concept transcendentalist concept

The Over-Soul is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s transcendentalist concept of a universal, divine spirit that unites all individual souls and forms the deeper, shared essence of human existence.

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Label	Occurrences
Over-Soul canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metaphysical concept ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ religious concept ⓘ transcendentalist concept ⓘ
coreIdea	all individual souls are united in a single universal soul ⓘ all people are connected through a shared spiritual reality ⓘ human beings share a common spiritual essence ⓘ intuition is a means of access to the universal spirit ⓘ the Over-Soul is beyond institutional religion and dogma NERFINISHED ⓘ the Over-Soul is impersonal yet intimately related to each person ⓘ the Over-Soul is present in nature and in human consciousness ⓘ the Over-Soul is the ground of truth, beauty, and goodness NERFINISHED ⓘ the Over-Soul is timeless and eternal ⓘ the Over-Soul transcends individual ego and personality ⓘ the deepest self of each person is identical with a universal spirit ⓘ the divine is immanent in every person ⓘ true morality arises from unity with the universal spirit ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ
creator	Ralph Waldo Emerson NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedInWork	The Over-Soul (essay) NERFINISHED ⓘ
field	American literature ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ
firstDescribed	1841 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	The Dial NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAspect	divine immanence ⓘ inner divinity of the self ⓘ spiritual monism ⓘ unity of all souls ⓘ
hasAuthor	Ralph Waldo Emerson NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasForm	divine spirit ⓘ universal mind ⓘ universal spirit ⓘ
influenced	American individualism ⓘ American religious thought ⓘ New England Transcendentalism NERFINISHED ⓘ later New Thought movements ⓘ
influencedBy	Christian mysticism ⓘ German Idealism NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindu philosophy ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Taylor Coleridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfExpression	English NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfMovement	American Transcendentalism NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	American philosophy ⓘ Transcendentalism NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept	Absolute Spirit NERFINISHED ⓘ Brahman ⓘ Universal Mind ⓘ World Soul ⓘ collective unconscious ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

chapter "Spirit" → relatedConcept → Over-Soul ⓘ

subject surface form: Spirit (chapter of Emerson's Nature)

chapter "Prospects" → relatedConcept → Over-Soul ⓘ

subject surface form: Prospects (chapter)