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	==Online resources==		==Online resources==
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	*[~~http~~://www.theosophy.ph/~~encyclo~~/~~index.php?title=Spirit#~~ Spirit] ~~at Theosopedia~~		*[https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/spirit Spirit] in Theosophy World

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	The [[Theosophy\|Theosophical]] teachings postulate that Spirit is a primary manifestation, along with [[matter]]. Although they appear as opposite to our perception, they are simply two aspects of the [[Absolute]]. [[Koot Hoomi\| Mahatma K.H.]] wrote:		The [[Theosophy\|Theosophical]] teachings postulate that Spirit is a primary manifestation, along with [[matter]]. Although they appear as opposite to our perception, they are simply two aspects of the [[Absolute]]. [[Koot Hoomi\| Mahatma K.H.]] wrote:

	<blockquote>The conception of matter and spirit as entirely distinct, and both [[Eternity\|eternal]] could certainly never have entered my head, however little I may know of them, for it is one of the elementary and fundamental doctrines of [[Occultism]] that the two are one, and are distinct but in their respective manifestations, and only in the limited perceptions of the world of senses.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ~~???~~.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The conception of matter and spirit as entirely distinct, and both [[Eternity\|eternal]] could certainly never have entered my head, however little I may know of them, for it is one of the elementary and fundamental doctrines of [[Occultism]] that the two are one, and are distinct but in their respective manifestations, and only in the limited perceptions of the world of senses.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 282.</ref></blockquote>

	<blockquote>What is "Spirit" pure and impersonal ''per se''? . . . Such a Spirit is a nonentity, a pure abstraction, an absolute blank to our senses — even to the most spiritual. It becomes something only in union with matter — hence it is always something since matter is infinite and indestructible and non-existent without Spirit which, in matter is Life. Separated from matter it becomes the absolute negation of life and being, whereas matter is inseparable from it.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 93b (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 315-316.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>What is "Spirit" pure and impersonal ''per se''? . . . Such a Spirit is a nonentity, a pure abstraction, an absolute blank to our senses — even to the most spiritual. It becomes something only in union with matter — hence it is always something since matter is infinite and indestructible and non-existent without Spirit which, in matter is Life. Separated from matter it becomes the absolute negation of life and being, whereas matter is inseparable from it.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 93b (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 315-316.</ref></blockquote>

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	[[es:Espíritu ~~Planetario~~]]		[[es:Espíritu]]

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	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]]."		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 [[Theosophy\|Theosophical]] view, spirit is a manifestation of the One Principle beyond the range and reach of thought, the [[Absolute]].

	~~In the~~ [[Theosophy\|Theosophical]] ~~view, spirit~~ is a manifestation ~~of the One Principle beyond the range and reach of thought~~, ~~the~~ [[~~Absolute~~]]. ~~Spirit~~, ~~as well as~~ [[~~matter~~]]~~, are just aspects of this Principle, though they appear to our perception as being different~~. [[Koot Hoomi\| Mahatma K.H.]] wrote:		== General description ==

			The [[Theosophy\|Theosophical]] teachings postulate that Spirit is a primary manifestation, along with [[matter]]. Although they appear as opposite to our perception, they are simply two aspects of the [[Absolute]]. [[Koot Hoomi\| Mahatma K.H.]] wrote:

	<blockquote>The conception of matter and spirit as entirely distinct, and both [[Eternity\|eternal]] could certainly never have entered my head, however little I may know of them, for it is one of the elementary and fundamental doctrines of [[Occultism]] that the two are one, and are distinct but in their respective manifestations, and only in the limited perceptions of the world of senses.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The conception of matter and spirit as entirely distinct, and both [[Eternity\|eternal]] could certainly never have entered my head, however little I may know of them, for it is one of the elementary and fundamental doctrines of [[Occultism]] that the two are one, and are distinct but in their respective manifestations, and only in the limited perceptions of the world of senses.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>
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	<blockquote>In the book of [[Tibetan Buddhist canon#Tantras\|Kiu-te]], Spirit is called the ultimate sublimation of [[matter]], and matter the crystallization of spirit. And no better illustration could be afforded than in the very simple phenomenon of ice, water, vapour and the final dispersion of the latter, the phenomenon being reversed in its consecutive manifestations and called the Spirit falling into generation or matter.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>In the book of [[Tibetan Buddhist canon#Tantras\|Kiu-te]], Spirit is called the ultimate sublimation of [[matter]], and matter the crystallization of spirit. And no better illustration could be afforded than in the very simple phenomenon of ice, water, vapour and the final dispersion of the latter, the phenomenon being reversed in its consecutive manifestations and called the Spirit falling into generation or matter.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>

	~~== General description ==~~		<blockquote>Spirit, [[life]] and [[matter]], are not natural principles existing independently of each other, but the effects of combinations produced by eternal [[motion]] in [[Space]].<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 93b (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 317.</ref></blockquote>

	In ~~the [[Theosophy\|~~Theosophical]] literature "spirit" usually refers to ''[[ātman]]'' or sometimes to the [[Monad#The dual Monad\|dual Monad]] ''ātma-buddhi'' and less frequently even the [[Monad#The triple Monad\|higher triad]] ''ātma-buddhi-manas''. Below, some definitions:		In Theosophical literature "spirit" usually refers to ''[[ātman]]'' or sometimes to the [[Monad#The dual Monad\|dual Monad]] ''ātma-buddhi'' and less frequently even the [[Monad#The triple Monad\|higher triad]] ''ātma-buddhi-manas''. Below, some definitions:

	<blockquote>Spirit (in the sense of the Absolute, and therefore, indivisible ALL), or Atma. As this can neither be located nor limited in philosophy, being simply that which is in Eternity, and which cannot be absent from even the tiniest geometrical or mathematical point of the universe of matter or substance, it ought not to be called, in truth, a "human" principle at all. Rather, and at best, it is in Metaphysics, that point in space which the human Monad and its vehicle man occupy for the period of every life. Now that point is as imaginary as man himself, and in reality is an illusion, a maya.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Key to Theosophy'', (London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1987), 119.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Spirit (in the sense of the Absolute, and therefore, indivisible ALL), or Atma. As this can neither be located nor limited in philosophy, being simply that which is in Eternity, and which cannot be absent from even the tiniest geometrical or mathematical point of the universe of matter or substance, it ought not to be called, in truth, a "human" principle at all. Rather, and at best, it is in Metaphysics, that point in space which the human Monad and its vehicle man occupy for the period of every life. Now that point is as imaginary as man himself, and in reality is an illusion, a maya.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Key to Theosophy'', (London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1987), 119.</ref></blockquote>
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	<blockquote>Spirit or LIFE is indivisible. And when we speak of the seventh principle it is neither quality nor quantity nor yet form that are meant, but rather the space occupied in that ocean of spirit.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr. ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 44 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 121.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Spirit or LIFE is indivisible. And when we speak of the seventh principle it is neither quality nor quantity nor yet form that are meant, but rather the space occupied in that ocean of spirit.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr. ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 44 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 121.</ref></blockquote>

	<blockquote>Spirit, ~~[[life]] and [[matter]]~~, ~~are not natural principles existing independently~~ of each ~~other, but~~ the ~~effects~~ of ~~combinations produced by eternal [[motion]] in [[Space]]~~.<ref>~~Vicente Hao Chin, Jr.~~, ''The ~~Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence~~'' ~~No. 93b~~ (~~Quezon City~~: Theosophical Publishing House, ~~1993~~), ~~317~~.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Spirit, in short, is no entity in the sense of having form; for, as Buddhist philosophy has it, where there is a form, there is a cause for pain and suffering. But each individual spirit--this individuality lasting only throughout the manvantaric life-cycle-may be described as a centre of consciousness, a self-sentient and self-conscious Centre; a state, not a conditioned individual.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 306.</ref></blockquote>

	== Difference between Soul and Spirit ==		== Difference between Soul and Spirit ==

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	<blockquote>Spirit or LIFE is indivisible. And when we speak of the seventh principle it is neither quality nor quantity nor yet form that are meant, but rather the space occupied in that ocean of spirit.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr. ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 44 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 121.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Spirit or LIFE is indivisible. And when we speak of the seventh principle it is neither quality nor quantity nor yet form that are meant, but rather the space occupied in that ocean of spirit.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr. ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 44 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 121.</ref></blockquote>

			<blockquote>Spirit, [[life]] and [[matter]], are not natural principles existing independently of each other, but the effects of combinations produced by eternal [[motion]] in [[Space]].<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 93b (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 317.</ref></blockquote>

	== Difference between Soul and Spirit ==		== Difference between Soul and Spirit ==

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	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]]."		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 [[Theosophy\|Theosophical]] view, spirit is a manifestation of the One Principle beyond the range and reach of thought, the [[Absolute]]. Spirit, as well as [[matter]], are just aspects of this Principle, though they appear to our perception as being different. ~~In [[Mahatma Letter No. 90#Page 16\|one of his letters]],~~ [[Koot Hoomi\| Mahatma K.H.]] wrote ~~to [[A. O. Hume]]~~:		In the [[Theosophy\|Theosophical]] view, spirit is a manifestation of the One Principle beyond the range and reach of thought, the [[Absolute]]. Spirit, as well as [[matter]], are just aspects of this Principle, though they appear to our perception as being different. [[Koot Hoomi\| Mahatma K.H.]] wrote:

	<blockquote>The conception of matter and spirit as entirely distinct, and both [[Eternity\|eternal]] could certainly never have entered my head, however little I may know of them, for it is one of the elementary and fundamental doctrines of [[Occultism]] that the two are one, and are distinct but in their respective manifestations, and only in the limited perceptions of the world of senses.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The conception of matter and spirit as entirely distinct, and both [[Eternity\|eternal]] could certainly never have entered my head, however little I may know of them, for it is one of the elementary and fundamental doctrines of [[Occultism]] that the two are one, and are distinct but in their respective manifestations, and only in the limited perceptions of the world of senses.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>

			<blockquote>What is "Spirit" pure and impersonal ''per se''? . . . Such a Spirit is a nonentity, a pure abstraction, an absolute blank to our senses — even to the most spiritual. It becomes something only in union with matter — hence it is always something since matter is infinite and indestructible and non-existent without Spirit which, in matter is Life. Separated from matter it becomes the absolute negation of life and being, whereas matter is inseparable from it.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 93b (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 315-316.</ref></blockquote>

	<blockquote>In the book of [[Tibetan Buddhist canon#Tantras\|Kiu-te]], Spirit is called the ultimate sublimation of [[matter]], and matter the crystallization of spirit. And no better illustration could be afforded than in the very simple phenomenon of ice, water, vapour and the final dispersion of the latter, the phenomenon being reversed in its consecutive manifestations and called the Spirit falling into generation or matter.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>In the book of [[Tibetan Buddhist canon#Tantras\|Kiu-te]], Spirit is called the ultimate sublimation of [[matter]], and matter the crystallization of spirit. And no better illustration could be afforded than in the very simple phenomenon of ice, water, vapour and the final dispersion of the latter, the phenomenon being reversed in its consecutive manifestations and called the Spirit falling into generation or matter.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>

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	<blockquote>The conception of matter and spirit as entirely distinct, and both [[Eternity\|eternal]] could certainly never have entered my head, however little I may know of them, for it is one of the elementary and fundamental doctrines of [[Occultism]] that the two are one, and are distinct but in their respective manifestations, and only in the limited perceptions of the world of senses.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The conception of matter and spirit as entirely distinct, and both [[Eternity\|eternal]] could certainly never have entered my head, however little I may know of them, for it is one of the elementary and fundamental doctrines of [[Occultism]] that the two are one, and are distinct but in their respective manifestations, and only in the limited perceptions of the world of senses.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>

			<blockquote>In the book of [[Tibetan Buddhist canon#Tantras\|Kiu-te]], Spirit is called the ultimate sublimation of [[matter]], and matter the crystallization of spirit. And no better illustration could be afforded than in the very simple phenomenon of ice, water, vapour and the final dispersion of the latter, the phenomenon being reversed in its consecutive manifestations and called the Spirit falling into generation or matter.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>

	== General description ==		== General description ==

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	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]]."		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 [[Theosophy\|Theosophical]] view, spirit is a manifestation of the One Principle beyond the range and reach of thought, the [[Absolute]]. Spirit, as well as [[matter]], are just aspects of this Principle, though they appear to our perception as being different. In [[Mahatma Letter No. 90#Page 16\|one of his letters]], [[Koot Hoomi\| Mahatma K.H.]] wrote to [[A. O. Hume]]:

			<blockquote>The conception of matter and spirit as entirely distinct, and both [[Eternity\|eternal]] could certainly never have entered my head, however little I may know of them, for it is one of the elementary and fundamental doctrines of [[Occultism]] that the two are one, and are distinct but in their respective manifestations, and only in the limited perceptions of the world of senses.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 90 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>

	== General description ==		== General description ==

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	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]]."		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]]."

			== General description ==

	In the [[Theosophy\|Theosophical]] literature "spirit" usually refers to ''[[ātman]]'' or sometimes to the [[Monad#The dual Monad\|dual Monad]] ''ātma-buddhi'' and less frequently even the [[Monad#The triple Monad\|higher triad]] ''ātma-buddhi-manas''. Below, some definitions:		In the [[Theosophy\|Theosophical]] literature "spirit" usually refers to ''[[ātman]]'' or sometimes to the [[Monad#The dual Monad\|dual Monad]] ''ātma-buddhi'' and less frequently even the [[Monad#The triple Monad\|higher triad]] ''ātma-buddhi-manas''. Below, some definitions: