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'''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]].
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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 1883 [[A. P. Sinnett]] describes the presence of three "souls" in human beings as follows:<ref>Alfred Percy Sinnett, ''Esoteric Buddhism'' (London: The Theosophical House LTD, 1972), 19</ref>
 
4.  Animal Soul. . . . . .  Kama Rupa.
 
5.  Human Soul. . . . . .  Manas.
 
6.  Spiritual Soul. . . . . Buddhi.
 
 
== Notes ==
 
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