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'''Animal Soul''' is a term that in [[Theosophy]] is | '''Animal Soul''' is a term that in [[Theosophy]] is sometimes applied to the [[fourth principle]] in human beings ([[kāma]]), and in other occasions it refers to the incarnated ray of [[fifth principle]], the lower [[manas]] or lower mind, which in most people act in close association with [[kāma]]. | ||
In December 1881 [[H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote about the "animal soul" as being the "[[kama-rupa]]" of a living man,<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1968), 347</ref> while in January 1882, [[T. Subba Row]] speaks of it as the "physical intelligence."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1968), 407</ref> | In December 1881 [[H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote about the "animal soul" as being the "[[kama-rupa]]" of a living man,<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1968), 347</ref> while in January 1882, [[T. Subba Row]] speaks of it as the "physical intelligence."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. III (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1968), 407</ref> | ||
Revision as of 20:42, 28 March 2012
Animal Soul is a term that in Theosophy is sometimes applied to the fourth principle in human beings (kāma), and in other occasions it refers to the incarnated ray of fifth principle, the lower manas or lower mind, which in most people act in close association with kāma.
In December 1881 H. P. Blavatsky wrote about the "animal soul" as being the "kama-rupa" of a living man,[1] while in January 1882, T. Subba Row speaks of it as the "physical intelligence."[2]
In 1883 A. P. Sinnett describes the presence of three "souls" in human beings as follows:[3]
4. Animal Soul. . . . . . Kama Rupa.
5. Human Soul. . . . . . Manas.
6. Spiritual Soul. . . . . Buddhi.
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. III (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1968), 347
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. III (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1968), 407
- ↑ Alfred Percy Sinnett, Esoteric Buddhism (London: The Theosophical House LTD, 1972), 19