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{{short description|Range of beliefs that a person has two or more kinds of souls}}Soul dualism, also called dualistic pluralism or multiple souls, is a range of beliefs that a person has two or more kinds of souls. In many cases, one of the souls is associated with body functions ("body soul") and the other one can leave the body ("free soul" or "wandering soul").BOOK, Peter, Jackson, Peter, Jackson, Horizons of Shamanism, Preface, Stockholm University Press, 2016, xiv-xvii, 978-91-7635-024-9,weblink WEB, Hoppál, Mihály,weblink Nature worship in Siberian shamanism, ENCYCLOPEDIA, Great Basin Indian, 2007, Encyclopædia Britannica, March 28, 2007,weblink dmy-all, {{sfn|Hoppál|1975|p=225}}{{sfn|Hoppál|1994|p=13}}{{sfn|Diószegi|1962|p=27}} Sometimes the plethora of soul types can be even more complex.{{sfn|Merkur|1985}}WEB,weblink Conceptions of soul in old-Estonian religion, 4, Kulmar, Tarmo, Sometimes, a shaman's "free soul" may be held to be able to undertake a spirit journey.

Examples

Austronesia

{{See also|Aitu|Anito|Atua}}The belief in soul dualism found throughout most Austronesian shamanistic traditions. The reconstructed Proto-Austronesian word for the "body soul" is *nawa ("breath", "life", or "vital spirit"). It is located somewhere in the abdominal cavity, often in the liver or the heart (Proto-Austronesian *qaCay).BOOK, Michael L., Tan, Revisiting Usog, Pasma, Kulam, University of the Philippines Press, 2008, 9789715425704,weblink BOOK, Clifford Sather, James J. Fox, Expressions of Austronesian Thought and Emotions, A work of love: Awareness and expressions of emotion in a Borneo healing ritual, ANU Press, 2018, 57–63, 9781760461928,weblink The "free soul" is located in the head. Its names are usually derived from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu ("ghost", "spirit [of the dead]"), which also apply to other non-human nature spirits. The "free soul" is also referred to in names that literally mean "twin" or "double", from Proto-Austronesian *duSa ("two").BOOK, Jose Vidamor B., Yu, Inculturation of Filipino-Chinese Culture Mentality, 3, Editrice Pontifica Universita Gregoriana, Interreligious and Intercultural Investigations, 2000, 148–149, 9788876528484,weblink DICTIONARY, Robert Blust, Stephen Trussel, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary, *du,weblink 7 July 2018, A virtuous person is said to be one whose souls are in harmony with each other, while an evil person is one whose souls are in conflict.JOURNAL, Leonardo N. Mercado, 1991, Soul and Spirit in Filipino Thought, Philippine Studies, 39, 3, 287–302, 42633258, The "free soul" is said to leave the body and journey to the spirit world during trance-like states, sleep, delirium, death, and insanity. WEB,weblink Twin Flame Marriage - A Sacred Event Blessed By The Universe, Daley, Amy, The duality is also seen in the healing traditions of Austronesian shamans, where illnesses are regarded as a "soul loss" and thus to heal the sick, one must "return" the "free soul" (which may have been stolen by an evil spirit or got lost in the spirit world) into the body. If the "free soul" can not be returned, the afflicted person dies or goes permanently insane.JOURNAL, Zeus A. Salazar, 2007, Faith healing in the Philippines: An historical perspective, Asian Studies, 43, 2v, 1–15,weblink In some ethnic groups, there can also be more than two souls. Among the Tagbanwa, a person is said to have six souls - the "free soul" (which is regarded as the "true" soul) and five secondary souls with various functions.

China

File: 性命圭旨 魂魄圖.png|thumb|The Hun and Po Souls 魂魄圖, 1615 Xingming guizhiXingming guizhiTraditional Chinese culture differentiates two hun and po spirits or souls, which correlate with yang and yin respectively. Within this soul dualism, every human has both an ethereal hun (Wikt:魂|魂) "spiritual soul; spirit; mood" that leaves the body after death and a substantive po (Wikt:魄|魄) "physical soul; spirit; vigor" that remains with the corpse. Chinese traditions differ over the number of hun and po souls in a person, for example, Taoism has the sanhunqipo 三魂七魄 "three hun and seven po".

Inuit

Several Inuit groups believe that a person has more than one type of soul. One is associated with respiration, the other can accompany the body as a shadow. Soul concepts of different Inuit groups are diverse; they are not alike.{{sfn|Kleivan|Sonne|1985|pp=17–18}} In some cases, it is connected to shamanistic beliefs among the various Inuit groups.{{sfn|Merkur|1985|pp=61, 222–223, 226, 240}} Also Caribou Inuit groups believed in several types of souls.{{sfn|Gabus|1970|p=211}}

Kongo

In traditional Bakongo religion, every Kongo person has a "dual soul-mind," called mwèla-ngindu that allows them to exist in the physical world (Nseke) and the spiritual world of the ancestors (Mpémba).Asante, Molefi Kete; Mazama, Ama (2009). Encyclopedia of African Religion. SAGE Publications. pp. 120–124, 165–166, 361. {{ISBN|978-1-4129-3636-1}} The rotation of the sun marks the different seasons of a Kongo person's life as they transition between the four moments of life: conception (musoni), birth (kala), maturity (tukula), and death (luvemba).Luyaluka, Kiatezua Lubanzadio (2017). "The Spiral as the Basic Semiotic of the Kongo Religion, the Bukongo". Journal of Black Studies. 48 (1): 91–112. {{doi|10.1177/0021934716678984}}. {{ISSN|0021-9347}} {{JSTOR|26174215}} {{S2CID|152037988}}. The right side of the body is also believed to be male, while the left side is believed to be female, creating an additional layer to the dual identity of Kongo people.

Uralic peoples

The concept of more kinds of souls can be found also in the mythologies of several Uralic peoples.{{sfn|Hoppál|1975|p=225}}{{sfn|Fodor|2005|p=16–17}} See notion of shadow-soul (being able to depart freely the body), e.g. {{ill|íz|hu|Íz (mitológia)}} in Hungarian folk beliefs.{{sfn|Fodor|2005|p=16–17}}{{sfn|Dienes|1975|p=83}} The concept of a dualistic shadow-soul called itse, related to the Hungarian conception, is also part of Finnish and other Finnic mythologies. The Estonian soul concept has been approached by several authors, some of them using rather complex frameworks.

See also

• Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul, divided into five or more parts
• Body swap
• Dualism in cosmology
• History of the location of the soul
• Mind–body dualism
• Soulcatcher
• Soul loss
• Tripartite (theology)

References

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Sources

• BOOK, Dienes, István, Hajdú, Péter, Uráli népek / Nyelvrokonaink kultúrája és hagyományai, 1975, Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, hu, 963-13-0900-2, 77–108, A honfoglaló magyarok és Å‘si hiedelmeik, book title means “Uralic peoples / Culture and traditions of our linguistic relatives”; the chapter means “The Hungarians at the time of entering the Carpathian Basin, and their ancient beliefs”,
• BOOK, Diószegi, Vilmos, Samanizmus, Gondolat, Élet és Tudomány Kiskönyvtár, Budapest, 1962,weblink
• BOOK, Fodor, István, Az Å‘si magyar vallásról, 11–34, Molnár, Ádám, Csodaszarvas. Őstörténet, vallás és néphagyomány. Vol. I, Molnár Kiadó, Budapest, 2005, 963-218-200-6, hu, The chapter title means: “About the ancient Hungarian religion”; the book title means: “Miracle deer. Ancient history, religion and folklore tradition”,
• BOOK, Gabus, Jean, A karibu eszkimók, Gondolat Kiadó, Budapest, 1970, hu, Translation of the original: BOOK, Gabus, Jean, Vie et coutumes des Esquimaux Caribous, Libraire Payot Lausanne, 1944, It describes the life of Caribou Eskimo and Padlermiut groups.
• BOOK, Hoppál, Mihály, Hajdú, Péter, Uráli népek. Nyelvrokonaink kultúrája és hagyományai, 1975, Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, hu, 963-13-0900-2, 211–233, Az uráli népek hiedelemvilága és a samanizmus, The book title means: “Uralic peoples / Culture and traditions of our linguistic relatives”; the chapter title means “The belief system of Uralic peoples and the shamanism”,
• BOOK, Hoppál, Mihály, Sámánok. Lelkek és jelképek, Helikon Kiadó, Budapest, 1994, 963-208-298-2, “Shamans / Souls and symbols”,
• BOOK, Kleivan, Inge, Sonne, B., Eskimos. Greenland and Canada, Iconography of religions, Arctic peoples, section VIII, fascicle 2, Institute of Religious Iconography, State University Groningen, via E.J. Brill, Leiden, The Netherland), 1985, 90-04-07160-1,
• BOOK, Merkur, Daniel, Becoming Half Hidden / Shamanism and Initiation among the Inuit, Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis / Stockholm Studies in Comparative Religion, Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm, 1985, 91-22-00752-0,
• BOOK, Johansen, Ulla, Sámánfilozófia: változó lélekképzetek Tuvában, 135–156, Molnár, Ádám, Csodaszarvas. Őstörténet, vallás és néphagyomány, I, Molnár Kiadó, Budapest, 2005, 963-218-200-6, hu, The chapter title means: “Shamanic philosophy: soul concepts in Tuva, changing in time”; the book title means: “Miracle deer. Ancient history, religion and folklore tradition”,
• BOOK, Oosten, Jarich G., Cosmological Cycles and the Constituents of the Person, 85–101, S. A. Mousalimas, Arctic Ecology and Identity, ISTOR Books 8, Akadémiai Kiadó, International Society for Trans-Oceanic Research, Budapest, HU; Los Angeles, CA, 1997, 963-05-6629-X,

External links

• WEB,weblink Conceptions of soul in old-Estonian religion, 4, Kulmar, Tarmo, (also in References section)
• ENCYCLOPEDIA, Great Basin Indian, 2007, Encyclopædia Britannica, March 28, 2007,weblink dmy-all,

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