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[23rd]

In which organ is the soul located?

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[peratic]

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.

[23rd]

I have looked there. I did not find it.

How do you know if you have one?

[peratic]

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]

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.

[23rd]

But it's important to have one.

[exterrorist]

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.

[23rd]

I was told that if you do not have one, you go to hell. I have been there before.

[exterrorist]

... okay, but you got out again?

[23rd]

Yes. I am hard to kill.

[exterrorist]

... 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.

[wontturntofoam]

Legs.

[He imagines.]

[23rd]

I do not think so. Mine have been removed on several occasions.

[wontturntofoam]

It is the legs. Perhaps yours is gone now. Do you suppose there's any way to tell?

[23rd]

Where in the legs?

[wontturntofoam]

I have always thought the toes, since those parts come first and surely humans are born with souls, but I could be mistaken.

[lych_o_learning]

[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.