Louisa May Alcott wasn´t Buddhist, but there were elements in Buddhist philosophy that she appreciated and intertwined with her own Christian faith. In a letter to her friend Maggie Lukens Louisa writes “I like the simple beliefs of the Buddhist, that peaceful life should be in everyone´s reach”.
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Louisa believed in reincarnation, and that she had lived multiple lives and would continue living many lives. Louisa often envied her sister’s marriages and she writes that in her next life she is going to get her “award”, a husband and a family because she had done so many sacrifices in her life that she “deserves it”.
Louisa was born into New England´s transcendentalist movement. It was a Christian movement, but often the transcendentalist faced mockery and was even called heretics because of their beliefs. When Louisa was young, her father was actually accused of being Buddhist.
The transcendentalist had a very pantheistic belief about the world. They believed that God was present everywhere and that nature was his highest achievement and that nature was God´s manifestation.
Louisa believed in Jesus but to her, he represented more of the practical side of Christianity and she believed that good…
