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soul
soul the vital, immaterial, life principle, generally conceived as existing within humans and sometimes within all living things, inanimate objects, and the universe as a whole. Religion and philosophy have long been concerned with the nature of the soul in their attempts to understand existence... Read more |
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De La Soul
De La Soul Rap group For the Record… Loved by Reviewers Changed Thematic Direction Began Trilogy with Mosaic Thump Selected discography Sources De La Soul Read more |
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Charon
Charon in Greek mythology, an old man who ferried the souls of the dead across the Rivers Styx and Acheron to Hades; he received a fee of one obol for each soul.... Read more |
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transmigration of souls
transmigration of souls or metempsychosis [Gr.,=change of soul], a belief common to many cultures, in which the soul passes from one body to another, either human, animal, or inanimate. The Australian aborigines believe that an infant is a reincarnation of deceased ancestors and that the soul... Read more |
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Lucretius
Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) , c.99 BC-c.55 BC, Roman poet and philosopher. Little is known about his life. A chronicle of St. Jerome speaks of the loss of his reason through taking a love potion. It states that in sane intervals he had written books that were later emended by Cicero. The... Read more |
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predestination
predestination in theology, doctrine that asserts that God predestines from eternity the salvation of certain souls. So-called double predestination, as in Calvinism , is the added assertion that God also foreordains certain souls to damnation. Predestination is posited on the basis of God's... Read more |
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reincarnation
reincarnation [Lat.,=taking on flesh again], occupation by the soul of a new body after the death of the former body. Beliefs vary as to whether the soul assumes the new body immediately or only after an interval of disembodiment. Although some religions teach that it may inhabit a higher or... Read more |
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Musiq
Musiq 1977– Singer Soul Immersion Music IQ Aijustvanaseing Juslisen Selected discography Source Mix soul, funk, jazz, hip hop, and gospel, and the result is award winning singer Musiq, whose meteoric rise could almost be a fairy tale. A player in the recent musical explosion of neo-soul, the... Read more |
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sacrament
sacrament [Lat.,=something holy], an outward sign of something sacred. In Christianity, a sacrament is commonly defined as having been instituted by Jesus and consisting of a visible sign of invisible grace. Christianity is divided as to the number and operation of sacraments. The traditional view... Read more |
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Psyche
Psyche , in Greek mythology, personification of the human soul. She was so lovely that Eros (Cupid), the god of love, fell in love with her. He swept her off to a beautiful, isolated castle but forbade her to look at him since he was a god. When she disobeyed, he abandoned her, but she ceaselessly... Read more |
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