Natural Abundance Ralph Waldo Emerson's Guide to Prosperity

by Miller, Ruth L.; Emerson, Ralph Waldo

• ISBN13: 9781582702858
• ISBN10: 1582702853
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-29
• Publisher: Atria Books/Beyond Words

Summary

Ralph Waldo Emersonrs"s powerful guidelines for creating an abundantly fulfilling life are waiting to be discovered. Dr. Ruth Miller in her clear, easy to read style cuts through the fog of Emersonrs"s difficult language and reveals the original ideas that inspired Charles F. Haanel, Wallace D. Wattles, the teachers of The Secret, and the New Thought movement.

Author Biography

Ruth L. Miller was ordained in the New Thought tradition and became the pastor of the Lifeways Center in Portland, Oregon, then interim assistant at Unity of Beaverton. She is currently serving New Thought and Unitarian-Universalist churches in Oregon, Washington, and California. She earned a doctorate in systems science from Portland State University integrating intuition and analysis in impact assessment and decision-making. Her MS in cybernetic systems from San Jose State University was earned with a thesis integrating intuitive methods in systems planning. Her certificate in environmental studies is from Long Beach State University and a BA in anthropology with a minor in American Literature was earned at the University of New Mexico. For more information, please visit RuthLMillerPhD.com.

 

Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leading proponent of the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-nineteenth century. He was ordained as a Unitarian minister at Harvard Divinity School but served for only three years before developing his own spiritual philosophy based on individualism and intuition. His essay Nature is arguably his best-known work and was both groundbreaking and highly controversial when it was first published. Emerson also wrote poetry and lectured widely across the US.

Table of Contents

Note from the Publisher	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Interpretations: Modernized for the Twenty-First Century Reader
On Nature's Riches, Beauty, and Laws	p. 5
Spiritual Laws	p. 15
Life in Accord with Our True Nature	p. 15
Nature Provides for Us	p. 30
The Law of Compensation	p. 39
Humanity and the Over-Soul	p. 57
The Need for Self-Reliance	p. 73
Society's Limitations	p. 73
Living from the Source Within	p. 86
Conclusion to Interpretations	p. 103
Original Essays: As Emerson and Nature Originally Expressed
Nature	p. 109
Spiritual Laws	p. 127
Compensation	p. 149
The Over-Soul	p. 171
Self-Reliance	p. 191
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