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The publication of Emerson's 1836 essay ''[[Nature (book)|Nature]]'' is usually taken to be the watershed moment at which Transcendentalism became a major cultural movement. Emerson wrote in his essay "[[The American Scholar]]": "We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds ... A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the [[Divinity|Divine]] [[Soul]] which also inspires all men." Emerson closed the essay by calling for a revolution in human consciousness to emerge from the new idealist philosophy:   

The publication of Emerson's 1836 essay ''[[Nature (book)|Nature]]'' is usually taken to be the watershed moment at which Transcendentalism became a major cultural movement. Emerson wrote in his essay "[[The American Scholar]]": "We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds ... A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the [[Divinity|Divine]] [[Soul]] which also inspires all men." Emerson closed the essay by calling for a revolution in human consciousness to emerge from the new idealist philosophy:   

{{Quotation| So shall we come to look at the world with new eyes. It shall answer the endless inquiry of the intellect, — What is truth? and of the affections, — What is good? by yielding itself passive to the educated Will. ... Build, therefore, your own world. As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold its great proportions. A correspondent revolution in things will attend the influx of the spirit.}}

:"So shall we come to look at the world with new eyes. It shall answer the endless inquiry of the intellect, — What is truth? and of the affections, — What is good? by yielding itself passive to the educated Will. ... Build, therefore, your own world. As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold its great proportions. A correspondent revolution in things will attend the influx of the spirit."

In the same year, Transcendentalism became a coherent movement with the founding of the [[Transcendental Club]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], on [[September 8]], [[1836]], by prominent New England intellectuals including [[George Putnam]], [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], and [[Frederick Henry Hedge]]. From 1840, the group published frequently in their journal ''[[The Dial]]'', along with other venues. The movement was originally termed "Transcendentalists" as a [[wikt:pejorative|pejorative]] term, suggesting their position was beyond sanity and reason.<ref>Loving, Jerome. ''Walt Whitman: The Song of Himself''. University of California Press, 1999. ISBN 0520226879. p. 185</ref>

In the same year, Transcendentalism became a coherent movement with the founding of the [[Transcendental Club]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], on [[September 8]], [[1836]], by prominent New England intellectuals including [[George Putnam]], [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], and [[Frederick Henry Hedge]]. From 1840, the group published frequently in their journal ''[[The Dial]]'', along with other venues. The movement was originally termed "Transcendentalists" as a [[wikt:pejorative|pejorative]] term, suggesting their position was beyond sanity and reason.<ref>Loving, Jerome. ''Walt Whitman: The Song of Himself''. University of California Press, 1999. ISBN 0520226879. p. 185</ref>