Tag Archives: transcendentalists

“Dismiss Whatever Insults Your Own Soul” – Walt Whitman

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Christopher Chase

Love the earth and sun and the animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your income and labor to others, Hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, Have patience and indulgence … Continue reading →

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Nature (1836) – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Christopher Chase

Excerpts from Emerson’s book “Nature,” published in 1836. Here we can find hints of how the seeds of modern ecological thinking, transpersonal psychology and nature spirituality were planted… “Our age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers. It writes biographies, … Continue reading →