John Muir and the Botanical Oversoul
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3600542 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Russell Powell (0000-0002-7315-1884, Princeton Theological Seminary, corresponding author), Russell C Powell (0009-0001-0936-5968) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 92 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel10020092 |
| OpenAlex | W2911845250 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
The relation of influence between Ralph Waldo Emerson and John Muir helps to illuminate Muir's characteristic brand of nature religion, namely his mysticism. This relation is especially clear, I argue, in both Emerson and Muir's writing on their mystical affinities for plant life. Applying Harold Bloom's renowned theory of literary influence, I draw lessons from Emerson and Muir's mystical writings to highlight the ways in which Muir acquired from Emerson the plant-related vocabularies and practices that came to mediate his nature-inspired mysticism and also how Muir can be said to have surpassed Emerson's own mystical example, thus opening new vistas of consciousness in human-plant relations in the nineteenth-century American religious experience
Art · Consciousness · Epistemology · Literature · Mysticism · Theology · Animal and Plant Science Education · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies · Computer Science · Philosophy · Plant and animal studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |