Spirit

The English word spirit (from Latin spiritus "breath") has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance. It is distinguished from Latin anima, "soul." In Greek, this distinction exists between pneuma (πνευμα), "breath, motile air, spirit," and psyche (psykhē, ψυχη), "soul."

In the Theosophical literature "spirit" usually refers to ātman or sometimes to the dual Monad ātma-buddhi and less frequently even the higher triad ātma-buddhi-manas.