Walt Whitman's religious vision set in the heart of Leaves of Grass seen through the poem Song of Myself The poem in Whitman's Leaves of Grass is particularly powerful. It was written in a time when Walt Whitman's personal religious perspective was that he himself was a prophet, as stated in his first poem "Song of Myself". This poem appears in Whitman's first book Leaves of Grass. Whitman says: “Divine am I and am without, and make holy water whatever I touch or by which I am touched; / The perfume of these armpits is a finer aroma than prayer; /This head is more than churches, bibles, or creeds” (39). The poet's deistic faith taught him with appreciation and affection for this perspective of God and nature. Whitman renounced Christianity. Furthermore, he reiterates in his writings that he is equal to God, the creator. He states: “I don't even understand who could be more wonderful than me” (66). In this verse, Walt Whitman knows the concept of God. However, he is unable to grasp how God can be better than Whitman, because God is the model of every person. Whitman perceives some visible characteristics of God in humanity. He believes that the world is beautiful and has meaning. The writer began to imagine himself as a prophet when he was in the civil war and saw people dying. Later, Whitman's brother fell ill and his mother died shortly thereafter. 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 which is powerful beyond measure. He believes according to the verse: I heard what the speakers said….the discourse of the beginning and the end, but I do not speak of the beginning or the end (22). Whitman speaks indirectly about religion but, at the same time, attempts to weaken the concept of religious authority's understanding of the universe. Whitman's fundamental religious principle is life and growth. Both exist in the present moment. Whitman also thinks that we could do without worrying so much about the nature of God. However, he also finds the concept useful in his effort to prove that divinity exists