Henry David Thoreau; Spiritual and Prophetic Writings by Tim Flinders

By Tim Flinders

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), embodied vintage good points of the yankee spirit-- nonconformity, the impulse to hunt renewal in nature, and the need to face enterprise by means of his convictions. well-known for his retreat to Walden Pond and his evening in penal complex (described in “The responsibility of Civil Disobedience”), he used to be a profoundly non secular guy, notwithstanding he remained unaffiliated with any geared up faith. He may perhaps good function a shopper saint for today’s “spiritual yet no longer non secular” seekers. Thoreau skilled mystical ecstasies in his early life; he a nearly monastic self-discipline of contemplation; he used to be an early pioneer within the exploration of Hinduism and japanese faith, which he built-in together with his deep immersion in nature and his hugely subtle social moral sense. This anthology, which focuses particular realization on Thoreau’s religious and prophetic writings, attracts on his voluminous journals, correspondence, essays, and decisions from Walden and his different key works.

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