Walt Whitman's religious vision anchored in the heart of leaves of grass as seen through the poem Song of Myself Whitman's poetry of leaves of grass is particularly powerful. It was written at a time when Walt Whitman's personal religious perspective was that he himself was a prophet, as his first poem "Song of Myself" states. This poem appears in Whitman's first book, Leaves of Grass. Whitman said, “I am divine and I make holy water whatever I touch or am touched by; / The perfume of these armpits is a finer perfume than prayer; /This head is more than churches, bibles or beliefs” (39). The poet's deistic belief taught him an appreciation and affection for this perspective of God and nature. Whitman renounced Christianity. Additionally, he reiterates in his writings that he is equal to God, the creator. He declares: “Neither do I understand who can be more wonderful than me” (66). In this verse, Walt Whitman knows the concept of God. He cannot, however, understand how God can be better than Whitman, because he is God the role model for every person. Whitman sees some visible characteristics of God in humanity. He believes that the world is wonderful and has meaning. The writer began to consider himself a prophet while he was in the civil war and saw people dying. Later, Whitman's brother became ill, and his mother died soon after. He believed that priests are limited to particular teachings because they preach what is written in the Bible while his interpretation of his own faith is deistic and powerful beyond measure. He believes according to the verse: I have heard what the speakers said….the speech of the beginning and the end, But I speak neither of the beginning nor of the end (22). Whitman speaks indirectly about religion but at the same time attempts to weaken the concept of understanding of the universe on the part of religious authority. Whitman's fundamental religious principle is life and growth. Both of these exist in the present moment. Whitman also thinks that we could do without worrying too much about the nature of God. However, he also finds this concept useful in his efforts to show that divinity is