The soul or atman, credited with the ability to enliven the body, was located by ancient anatomists and philosophers in the lungs or heart, in the pineal gland (Descartes), and generally in the brain.
The brain is the mind, the gut is the body, and the heart is the soul. These three “control centers” are connected via the nervous system, and their interaction results in our overall state of being.
soul, in religion and philosophy, the immaterial aspect or essence of a human being, that which confers individuality and humanity, often considered to be synonymous with the mind or the self.
The Catholic conception of the afterlife teaches that after the body dies, the soul is judged, the righteous and free of sin enter Heaven. However, those who die in unrepented mortal sin go to hell.
No matter what a person's preference is, from the Christian perspective, cremation does not prevent one from going to Heaven.
The Platonic soul consists of three parts: the logos, or logistikon (mind, nous, or reason) the thymos, or thumetikon (emotion, spiritedness, or masculine) the eros, or epithumetikon (appetitive, desire, or feminine)
Your soul speaks of your inner-life in relation to your own experience: your mind, heart, will, and imagination. It also includes your thoughts, desires, passions, and dreams. But your spirit speaks of the same inner-life in relation to God: your faith, hope, love, character, and perseverance.
Aristotle distinguishes in the De anima three main kinds of souls (the nutritive, the sensitive-locomotive, and the rational) corresponding to plants, animals, and human beings.
The second part of the soul is called thymoeides, and this is usually thought of as the most spirited of the three parts. It is this part of the soul that causes people to experience strong emotions, particularly anger and temper.
The soul's purpose usually involves opening up to the realization that we are all one with each other and that we must learn how to help others and humankind. We are given many chances to become one with our higher selves and realize what love and life are all about and how we can become all that we are meant to be.
the Soul, which says that a human soul was made up of five parts: Heart, Shadow, Name, Soul and Spark.
According to Genesis 2:7 God did not make a body and put a soul into it like a letter into an envelope of dust; rather he formed man's body from the dust, then, by breathing divine breath into it, he made the body of dust live, i.e. the dust did not embody a soul, but it became a soul – a whole creature.
The Bible teaches that we consist of body, soul and spirit: “May your whole spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus” (I Thessalonians 5:23). Our material bodies are evident, but our souls and spirits are less distinguishable.
For the majority of Christian denominations, the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and is Almighty God. As such he is personal and also fully God, co-equal and co-eternal with God the Father and Son of God.
This (the Soul) cannot be destroyed by weapons, fire cannot burn it, water cannot wet it & air cannot dry it. Soul is immortal & is unaffected by all means.
However, what's important here is not the substance of the brain itself, but rather the patterns contained in it (which could also be contained in other types of substance) since this is what constitute the essence of the human soul. Therefore, the human soul is not a kind of energy, but rather a kind of information.
The Soul has 7 innate qualities inherited from the Supreme soul (God). They are Purity, Peace, Love, Joy, Bliss, Powers and Knowledge. Let us explore and live these virtues.
In the time of Aristotle, it was widely believed that the human soul entered the forming body at 40 days (male embryos) or 90 days (female embryos), and quickening was an indication of the presence of a soul.
Decomposition begins several minutes after death with a process called autolysis, or self-digestion. Soon after the heart stops beating, cells become deprived of oxygen, and their acidity increases as the toxic by-products of chemical reactions begin to accumulate inside them.
Other traditions hold that the soul passes out through the nose, eyes, and mouth. Some believe it is better still if it leaves through the anterior fontanel, an opening in the skull that normally closes during early childhood.
Plato's theory of the soul divides the soul into three parts. There is an appetitive part, Epithymetikon, that deals with bodily desires, a spirited part, Thymoeides, that deals with more reflective passions, and the rational part, Logistikon, that deals with thinking and truth.