Home›Sources›Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Brahma," The Atlantic Monthly, November 1857SourcesRalph Waldo Emerson, "Brahma," The Atlantic Monthly, November 1857Primary TextCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Brahma," The Atlantic Monthly, November 1857." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/emerson-brahma-atlantic-monthly-1857.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Brahma," The Atlantic Monthly, November 1857. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/emerson-brahma-atlantic-monthly-1857Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-ralph-waldo-emerson-brahma-the-atlantic, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Brahma," The Atlantic Monthly, November 1857}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/emerson-brahma-atlantic-monthly-1857}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXEmerson's four-quatrain poem Brahma, spoken in the voice of the Hindu god of creation and addressing the illusory nature of dualities such as life and death, published in the inaugural issue of The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 1, Number 1, November 1857. Drew on Emerson's reading of the Bhagavad Gita and Vedic texts; contemporary newspapers widely mocked it as impenetrable before it became one of his most anthologized works.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (13 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedRalph Waldo EmersonPublisherWell-attestedThe Atlantic MonthlyURLWell-attestedhttps://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Atlantic_Monthly/Volume_1/Number_1/BrahmaSource TypeWell-attestedprimary-textAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Tier 1: the original literary publication itself, reproduced faithfully as a transcribed public-domain text from the original 1857 magazine, not a secondary commentary.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithBrahma, Deities Well-attested This source names Brahma directly: "Emerson's four-quatrain poem Brahma, spoken in the voice of the Hindu god of creation and addressing the illusory nature of dualities such as life and death, published in the inaugural issue of The..."Source Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Brahma," The Atlantic Monthly, November 1857Ralph Waldo Emersontier 1SourcesRalph Waldo Emerson, "Brahma," The Atlantic Monthly, November 1857tier 1Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Atlantic MonthlyView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (13 claims)This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected.Disposition By TopicSources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.Articles, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected.Historical Figures, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.Well-attested11ArticlesBrahma, and the Persian ReadingHistorical FiguresRalph Waldo EmersonSourcesRalph Waldo Emerson, "Brahma," The Atlantic Monthly, November 1857Holds1SourcesRalph Waldo Emerson, "Brahma," The Atlantic Monthly, November 1857Connected1ArticlesBrahma, and the Persian ReadingComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year