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== H. P. Blavatsky == | == [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Soul}}'''. The '''yuch''', or ''nephesh'' of the ''Bible''; the vital principle, or the breath of life, which every animal, down to the infusoria, shares with man. In the translated Bible it stands indifferently for ''life'', blood and soul. “ Let us not kill his ''nephesh'' ”, says the original text: “let us not kill ''him'' ”, translate the Christians (''Genesis ''xxxvii. 21), and so on. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Soul}}'''. The '''yuch''', or ''nephesh'' of the ''Bible''; the vital principle, or the breath of life, which every animal, down to the infusoria, shares with man. In the translated Bible it stands indifferently for ''life'', blood and soul. “ Let us not kill his ''nephesh'' ”, says the original text: “let us not kill ''him'' ”, translate the Christians (''Genesis ''xxxvii. 21), and so on. | ||
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H. P. Blavatsky
Soul. The yuch, or nephesh of the Bible; the vital principle, or the breath of life, which every animal, down to the infusoria, shares with man. In the translated Bible it stands indifferently for life, blood and soul. “ Let us not kill his nephesh ”, says the original text: “let us not kill him ”, translate the Christians (Genesis xxxvii. 21), and so on.
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Soul