We can feel the divine presence within us with the help of our own intuition. Intuition is, for Emerson, like religion, matter of actual, present personal experience. Spiritualism to Emerson is the consciousness of God and not the concept given by religion. According to Emerson, the ‘intuitive’ power of man is the most important factor to feel the divine presence within us. Intuition enables the observer to see through the remoteness or ambiguity of words and things to the unifying source of all in the universe thought. So, through this intuition we can feel the ‘soul’ or ‘spirit’ present within us. In all the chapters of the thesis, the various aspects of Emerson’s life and works and also his ideas have been discussed. This ideas and thoughts were regarded to his eleven essays have been discussed in detail. In the first chapter of the thesis, the accounts of Emerson’s life and works have been discussed. The introduction brings out the relationship between his life and works. This chapter discusses the emergence of Emerson as Transcendentalist writer and thinker. Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on 25th May, 1803 in Boston. His father was Reverend William Emerson and mother, Ruth Haskins Emerson. He was the second child of eight children. His father died when he was only eight years old and he was brought up by his mother and aunt, Mary Moody.