# The Varieties of Spiritual Experience ![rw-book-cover](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Ph3I1srfL._SY160.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: [[David B. Yaden and Andrew Newberg]] - Full Title: The Varieties of Spiritual Experience - Category: #books ## Highlights - We also posted a website called The Varieties Corpus (https:www.VarietiesCorpus.com), where you can share your experience and read about other contemporary experiences. ([Location 193](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0B88MYSYW&location=193)) - Tags: [[favorite]] - Transcendentalism. Transcendentalism was a syncretic blending of Judeo-Christianity with mostly Hindu-based traditions such as Vedanta, which became popular among New England intellectuals for a time. According to one Emerson historian, his emphasis in Transcendentalism could be summarized as: “The purpose of life was spiritual transformation and direct experience of divine power, here and now on earth” (Gordon, 2007, p. 16). ([Location 377](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0B88MYSYW&location=377))