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little weapon. ([personal profile] 23rd) wrote in [community profile] askandanswer2014-10-09 05:41 pm

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In which organ is the soul located?
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[personal profile] peratic 2014-10-10 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
Descartes believed it was the pineal gland — epiphysis cerebri. He called it the principal seat of the soul. In theosophy, it's considered the third eye.

Most people probably wouldn't associate the soul with any organ at all.
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[personal profile] peratic 2014-10-11 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Asking that question is a good start.

It isn't a physical thing, the soul. It's not something you can find with your eyes or hands.
exterrorist: (how much shit will I get into)

[personal profile] exterrorist 2014-10-10 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Uh, there's no... scientific consensus about that. They can't really decide what a soul is or if it exists, let alone where to locate it in the body.
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[personal profile] exterrorist 2014-10-10 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe? People can't know that shit for sure. It's either a religious thing or it's people yelling about empathy or humanity or something.
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[personal profile] exterrorist 2014-10-10 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
... okay, but you got out again?
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[personal profile] exterrorist 2014-10-10 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
... okay. Well. If you've been to hell and then got out again you're already more of an expert on soul stuff than 90% of the people who'll try to tell you shit about it, so — but it's probably. Not attached to an organ of any kind, is all.
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[personal profile] wontturntofoam 2014-10-10 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Legs.

[He imagines.]
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[personal profile] wontturntofoam 2014-10-10 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
It is the legs. Perhaps yours is gone now. Do you suppose there's any way to tell?
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[personal profile] wontturntofoam 2014-10-10 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
I have always thought the toes, since those parts come first and surely humans are born with souls, but I could be mistaken.
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[personal profile] lych_o_learning 2014-10-10 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lichtenstein is reading a book while he listens and answers without lifting his head.]

The soul is not in any one organ. It does not have any physical aspect, thus cannot be found 'located' in the material world. It has a connection to a person's mind, where it will be found strongest, but not exclusively. It can be stretched and wander free of the material body it is linked to. Usually, however, it sticks... around and within a person's body on another plane.