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. |
Hinduism |
the main religion of India, which has many gods that are part of the same supreme being. Hinduism has a strict system of social classes and a belief that the soul can be born again after death into a different body. |
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 and making one's spirit clean before one's god or gods. [1/2 definitions] |