Definitions of "soul"

Too many definitions of "soul".

Definitions of soul on the Web:


the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
person: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
deep feeling or emotion
the human embodiment of something; "the soul of honor"
a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

The soul according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is the ethereal substance — spirit (Hebrew:rooah or nefesh) — particular to a unique living being. Such traditions often consider the soul both immortal and innately aware of its immortal nature, as well as the true basis for sentience in each living being.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul

the term is used in two senses: it indicates the ego and the spirit-body. In ancient writings man is described as a triune being: body, soul and spirit. According to this the soul is just as much an envelope, animated by the spirit, as the physical body is an envelope for the soul. At death the soul withdraws and continues to function in the spiritual world. Astral body and soul are almost equivalent terms. ...
http://www.spiritwritings.com/channelingglossary.html

Carl Jung's Anima and Animus. Refers to an inner personality, the complement of the outer Personality and Persona, functioning as a mediator between the Ego and the inner world. Anima is the masculine soul and represents the feminine nature within; Animus is the feminine soul, and represents the masculine nature within. ...
http://www.elore.com/Astrology/Glossary/psychology.htm

the Second Octave of Being. It is also called the Higher Self, the Transpersonal Self, the Planetary Soul, or Atma. It is the ensouling entity of the Planetary Realm up to the Monad.
http://www.mudrashram.com/glossarypage.html

The soul is an immortal and spiritual body of light, the essence of which is Satchidananda and Parasivam, eternal, uncreated and identical with God Siva. The soul animates life and reincarnates again and again until all necessary karmas are created and resolved and its essential unity with God Siva is realized. The soul is the atman of the Vedas.
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/virtue/SVGlossary.html

The immaterial, immortal part of man; spirit, mind or heart; essence; vital principle; a person
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/mhhglo.htm

person, as in: Not a soul was in the office when I arrived this morning.
http://www.business-words.com/dictionary/S.html

From the Greek word "psuche" -- breath. This word has a variety of meanings, including: the seat of personality, the individual or person themselves, the immaterial component of a human, etc. Among Christians, dichotomists believe that a person is composed of a body and soul; trichotomists believe that a person consists of a body, soul, and spirit. Both argue their cases from biblical passages.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/gl_s1.htm

The spiritual life force or essence, carrying an individual's personality and consciousness of all actions.
http://www.wrexhamparaskeptics.4t.com/definitions.htm

Basically, all that a human person is ...except for the physical body. Used in Scripture as synonymous with "spirit" in regards to humans. The body perishes, but the soul is immortal. As such, it contains all elements of personality, memory, and non-material individuality.
http://www.datarat.net/DR/Lex-S.html

That underlying foundation of human existence which is the true self as pure consciousness. The conserving agency of life and afterlife which preserves the lessons learned through various incarnations, for the purpose of gaining greater enlightenment.
http://www.eoni.com/~visionquest/library/glossary.html

The Soul, as an energy centre, or as a spiritual vehicle hasn't been precisely defined, but it is many times interchanged with what is called the Ego. For the time being, I am treating both as being the same thing, so the reader should refer to the description of Ego given in this Glossary.
http://www.innerlab.com/atmanet/index.cfm

The moral or spiritual part of man as related to God, considered as surviving death and liable to joy or misery in a future state
http://www.innvista.com/culture/religion/diction.htm

the expression of integration
http://www.soul-dynamics.com/glossary

The part of man that makes him different than the animals, the part that lives forever.
http://www.godonthe.net/dictionary/s.html

Here the word is used to indicate the personal identity of a living being, its feelings, thoughts, impulses, memories, and sense of self.
http://www.geocities.com/hiera_mysteria/logos.html

Hard to define, due to it's many concepts in the understanding of what a soul can be. One way to define this word is as follows: A life force of an individual, as distinguished from the individual's physical body and sometimes spirit.
http://www.csgr.us/terminology.html

The Soul is the Essence of self, the part of self that exist after death, and during after life separate from the physical vessel, also the soul exists with the spirit and body in a trinity during life.
dewarlorx.com/shamanterms.htm

The spiritual component of the human being. According to Plato, the soul is a spiritual principle of thought that should govern human choice and action. According to Aristotle, each living thing is composed of "matter and form," the soul is the human "form," the organizing principle that shapes the chaos of matter into a human creature rather than some other kind. ...
alpha.fdu.edu/~jbecker/nature/natureglossary.html

A unifying self organising field of loving creative energy in identity. Spontaneous individualistic expression of the deeper aspects of Being. Human soul; planetary soul; plant soul; Indefinable; paradoxical; heat-felt; deep; "The body is in the soul."
members.iinet.net.au/~rstack1/millennium/concepts.htm