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This term 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]]. | This term 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 | In October 1881 [[A. O. Hume]] defines the animal soul as the combination of the "astral body ([[Liṅga-śarīra]]), the "astral shape" ([[Kāmarūpa]]), and the "animal or physical intelligence"[[Manas#Lower manas|Lower manas]]. Some of the [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']] are based on this classification. | ||
In December 1881 [[H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote about the "animal soul" as being the "[[Kāmarūpa|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> | |||
After Sinnett's publication of the [[Esoteric Buddhism (book)|''Esoteric Buddhism'']] in 1883 the animal soul is generally regarded as the fourth principle, kāma. | |||
== Human soul == | == Human soul == | ||
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Soul is a word used to translate the Greek term (ψυχή psychē), meaning "life, spirit, consciousness". The Greek verb from which the word derives means "to cool, to blow" and therefore refers to the vital breath, the animating principle in humans and other animals (the Latin term being anima from which the word "animal" is derived.
In the Theosophical literature human beings are described as being composed of seven principles, three of which are regarded as "souls." In 1883 A. P. Sinnett described them as follows:[1]
4. Animal Soul. . . . . . Kama Rupa.
5. Human Soul. . . . . . Manas.
6. Spiritual Soul. . . . . Buddhi.
Animal soul
This term 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 October 1881 A. O. Hume defines the animal soul as the combination of the "astral body (Liṅga-śarīra), the "astral shape" (Kāmarūpa), and the "animal or physical intelligence"Lower manas. Some of the The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett are based on this classification.
In December 1881 H. P. Blavatsky wrote about the "animal soul" as being the "kama-rupa" of a living man,[2] while in January 1882, T. Subba Row speaks of it as the "physical intelligence."[3]
After Sinnett's publication of the Esoteric Buddhism in 1883 the animal soul is generally regarded as the fourth principle, kāma.
Human soul
Spiritual soul
Notes
- ↑ Alfred Percy Sinnett, Esoteric Buddhism (London: The Theosophical House LTD, 1972), 19
- ↑ 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
Further reading
- Soul at Theosopedia