walden
... Walden is replete with seemingly obscure observations concerning everything in reach. ... Purity is not denial in Walden, but rather “a necessity of the perception and joy for which [Thoreau] lived” (Paul 259). ... Walden teaches that pure virtue was a condition of reading “the hieroglyphics of Nature” (Paul 259). ... Walden teaches that holy life is to awake and arise to God’s Nature. ... Thoreau’s Walden, a prophet’s scripture on holiness, is both an account and a guide to holy living. ... The Magic Circle of Walden.