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soul

(Encyclopedia) soul, the vital, immaterial, life principle, generally conceived as existing within humans and sometimes within all living things, inanimate objects, and the universe as a whole.…

world soul

(Encyclopedia) world soul, Lat. anima mundi, in philosophy, term denoting a universal spirit or soul that functions as an organizing principle. While many early Greek philosophers saw the world as of…

Soul Food

Director/Writer: George Tillman, Jr.Director of Photography:Paul ElliottEditor:John CarterMusic:Wendy Melvoin and Lisa ColemanProduction Designer:Maxine ShepardProducers:Tracey E. Edmonds and…

Soul, David

(David Solberg) actorBirthplace: ChicagoBorn: 8/28/43

Brewer's: Soul

The Moslems fancy that it is necessary, when a man is bow-strung, to relax the rope a little before death occurs to let the soul escape. The Greeks and Romans seemed to think that the soul…

Lost Souls

Director:Janusz KaminskiWriter:Pierce GardnerNew Line Cinema; R; 102 minutesRelease:10/00Cast:Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, Philip Baker Hall Y2K apocalypse worries came and went, leaving us…

Mountains

Mountains exist on all the continents of the earth. Many of the world's mountains lie in two great belts. The Circum-Pacific chain, often called the Ring of Fire, runs from the west coast of…

reincarnation

(Encyclopedia) reincarnationreincarnationrēˌĭnkärnāˈshən [key] [Lat.,=taking on flesh again], occupation by the soul of a new body after the death of the former body. Beliefs vary as to whether the…

transmigration of souls

(Encyclopedia) transmigration of souls or metempsychosistransmigration of soulsmətĕmˌsəkōˈsĭs [key] [Gr.,=change of soul], a belief common to many cultures, in which the soul passes from one body to…