04-25-2024, 07:15 AM
The animating factor could be spirit but once it is 'plugged in' to a physical vessel it is then referred as 'soul' which kind of reminds me of the old Hermetic axiom: as above so below or as within so without(but that's a little different), so it would be the "spirit" from "above" manifesting as a "soul" below, and it can also be observed that "soul" is a homophone of 'sole' meaning 'at the foot'.
I'm thinking that this "animating" principle would be the same for all incarnations, but it would be the union of the spiritual and the material(vessel) where the diversity of the vessels involved would coalesce with the spiritual element to form a complete and distinct entity or soul.
An analogy might be how electricity(electrons) can be used to animate mechanical or electronic devices from the very simple to the very complex, but this 'flow of electrons' would remain a constant and unchanging factor.
I'm thinking that this "animating" principle would be the same for all incarnations, but it would be the union of the spiritual and the material(vessel) where the diversity of the vessels involved would coalesce with the spiritual element to form a complete and distinct entity or soul.
An analogy might be how electricity(electrons) can be used to animate mechanical or electronic devices from the very simple to the very complex, but this 'flow of electrons' would remain a constant and unchanging factor.
