| animism |
the doctrine that the soul is the essential principle animating the universe. [1/3 definitions] |
| atman |
in Hinduism, the individual soul striving for enlightenment; breath of life. [2 definitions] |
| boogaloo |
a popular dance done to soul and rock 'n' roll music in the 1960s. |
| Caspar Milquetoast |
a timid, easily dominated character in the early twentieth-century comic strip The Timid Soul by H. T. Webster. [1/2 definitions] |
| creationism |
the theological doctrine that each human soul is created out of nothing for each individual born. [1/2 definitions] |
| disembody |
to take away or free (the soul or spirit) from the body. |
| dybbuk |
in Jewish folklore, the soul of a dead person that enters the body of a living person and controls his or her actions. |
| French kiss |
a kiss in which the partners' tongues enter each other's mouths; soul kiss. |
| Inner Light |
the guiding force of God that Quakers believe exists in every human soul. |
| inward |
into the mind, spirit, soul, or the like. [1/9 definitions] |
| Jainism |
a dualistic Hindu religion founded in India in the sixth century B.C., emphasizing asceticism, teaching transmigration of the soul, and regarding the worship of the gods as spiritually unimportant. |
| Last Judgment |
in Christianity, the end of the world and the judging of each individual soul by God. |
| metempsychosis |
the transmigration of the soul of a dead person or animal into the living body of another. |
| Mohandas Gandhi |
Indian spiritual and political leader and reformer, also known by the title Mahatma ("Great Soul") (b.1869--d.1948). |
| Neoplatonism |
a philosophical school and doctrine founded by Plotinus in the third century A.D. that asserts that all existence flows from a single source, with which the soul seeks to unite. |
| perdition |
the loss of the soul for eternity; damnation. [1/3 definitions] |
| predestination |
the belief that one's future, esp. the fate of one's soul, is already decreed by God and is unchangeable. [1/3 definitions] |
| psyche |
the human soul or spirit. [1/3 definitions] |
| psychic |
of or relating to the human mind or soul. [1/4 definitions] |
| purification |
the process of cleansing the soul, making one's spirit clean before one's god or gods. [1/2 definitions] |
| soul |
popular music that developed out of rhythm and blues and was written, recorded, and performed by Black musicians, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s; soul music. [1/8 definitions] |