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| + | [[Image:Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is part of the [[mysticism]] series. | ||
| + | <br><small>Illustration to the ''[[Speculum Sophicum Rhodostauroticum]]'' ([[1618]]) by [[Teophilus Schweighardt Constantiens]]</small>]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Henri Robin and a Specter, 1863 by Eugène Thiébault.jpg|thumb|left|200px| | ||
| + | This page '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is part of the [[supernatural]] series | ||
| + | <br><small>Illustration: [[Henri Robin]] and a [[Specter]], [[1863]] by [[Eugène Thiébault]] | ||
| + | </small>]] | ||
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| - | The English word "'''spirit'''" comes from the [[Latin]] "''spiritus''" ("breath"). | + | The English word '''''spirit''''' (from [[Latin]] ''[[spiritus]]'' "[[breath]]") has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance [[mind-body dualism|contrasted with the material body]]. The word spirit is often used metaphysically to refer to the [[consciousness]] or [[personality]]. |
| + | The notions of a person's "spirit" and "soul" often also overlap, as both contrast with [[body]] and both are understood as surviving the bodily death in religion and occultism, and "spirit" can also have the sense of "[[ghost]]", i.e. a manifestation of the spirit of a deceased person. | ||
| - | # The undying [[essence]] of a human. The [[soul]]. | + | The term may also refer to any incorporeal or immaterial being, such as [[demon]]s or [[deity|deities]], in Christianity specifically the [[Holy Spirit]] (though with a capital "S") experienced by the disciples at Pentecost. |
| - | # A [[supernatural]] being, often but not exclusively without physical form; [[ghost]], [[fairy]], [[angel]]. | + | ==Namesakes== |
| - | # [[Enthusiasm]]. | + | *'' [[Bertalda, Assailed by Spirits]]'' |
| - | #: ''School '''spirit''' is at an all-time high.'' | + | == See also == |
| - | # The manner or style of something. | + | |
| - | #: ''In the '''spirit''' of forgiveness, we didn't press charges.'' | + | <div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2"> |
| - | # A volatile liquid, such as [[alcohol]]. The plural form [[spirits]] is a generic term for all alcoholic beverages. | + | * [[Angel]] |
| + | * [[Astral projection]] | ||
| + | * [[Ba (Egyptian soul)]] | ||
| + | * [[Brahman]] | ||
| + | * [[Cryptid]] | ||
| + | * [[Cryptozoology]] | ||
| + | * [[Daemon (mythology)]] | ||
| + | * [[Deva (Hinduism)|Deva]] | ||
| + | * [[Ghost]] | ||
| + | * [[Egyptian soul|Ka]] | ||
| + | * [[Legendary creature]] | ||
| + | * [[List of legendary creatures]] | ||
| + | * [[Monster]] | ||
| + | * [[Pneuma]] and [[Pneumatology]] | ||
| + | * [[Prana]] | ||
| + | * [[Qi]] | ||
| + | * [[Soul]] | ||
| + | * [[Spiritism]] | ||
| + | * [[Spirituality]] | ||
| + | * [[Spirit world (spiritualism)|Spiritual world]] | ||
| + | </div> | ||
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The English word spirit (from Latin spiritus "breath") has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body. The word spirit is often used metaphysically to refer to the consciousness or personality. The notions of a person's "spirit" and "soul" often also overlap, as both contrast with body and both are understood as surviving the bodily death in religion and occultism, and "spirit" can also have the sense of "ghost", i.e. a manifestation of the spirit of a deceased person.
The term may also refer to any incorporeal or immaterial being, such as demons or deities, in Christianity specifically the Holy Spirit (though with a capital "S") experienced by the disciples at Pentecost.
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