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Shared beliefs, values, norms, ideas, institutions, and organizations that create a common identity among a group of people is referred to as: culture. An item believed to have acquired transcendent or magical qualities connecting humans with the divine is known as: totem.
The Latin verb scandere means to climb, so transcend has the basic meaning of climbing so high that you cross some boundary. A transcendent experience is one that takes you out of yourself and convinces you of a larger life or existence; in this sense, it means something close to spiritual. The American writers and thinkers known as the Transcendentalists, including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, believed in the unity of all creation, the basic goodness of humankind, and the superiority of spiritual vision over mere logic.