Soul dualism

Short description: Range of beliefs that a person has two or more kinds of souls

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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").[1][2][3][4][5][6] Sometimes the plethora of soul types can be even more complex.[7][8] Sometimes, a shaman's "free soul" may be held to be able to undertake a spirit journey.

## Contents

* 1 Examples
* 1.1 Austronesia
* 1.2 China
* 1.3 Inuit
* 1.4 Kongo
* 1.5 Uralic peoples
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 Sources
* 5 External links

## Examples

### Austronesia

See also: Religion:Aitu, Anito, and 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 (Proto-Austronesian *qaCay), or the heart.[9][10] 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").[11][12] 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.[13]

The "free soul" is said to leave the body and journey to the spirit world during trance-like states, sleep, delirium, death, and insanity. [14] 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.[15]

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.[9]

### China

The Hun and Po Souls 魂魄圖, 1615 Xingming guizhi

Traditional 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 魂 "spiritual soul; spirit; mood" that leaves the body after death and a substantive po 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.[16] In some cases, it is connected to shamanistic beliefs among the various Inuit groups.[17] Also Caribou Inuit groups believed in several types of souls.[18]

### 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).[19] 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).[19][20] 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.[20]

### Uralic peoples

The concept of more kinds of souls can be found also in the mythologies of several Uralic peoples.[4][21] See notion of shadow-soul (being able to depart freely the body), e.g. íz (hu) in Hungarian folk beliefs.[21][22] 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.[8]

## 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

1. ↑ Jackson, Peter (2016). "Preface". in Jackson, Peter. Horizons of Shamanism. Stockholm University Press. pp. xiv-xvii. ISBN 978-91-7635-024-9. https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/32054/619233.pdf?sequence=1.
2. ↑ Hoppál, Mihály. "Nature worship in Siberian shamanism". http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol4/hoppal.htm.
3. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-57681. Retrieved March 28, 2007.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hoppál 1975, p. 225.
5. ↑ Hoppál 1994, p. 13.
6. ↑ Diószegi 1962, p. 27.
7. ↑ Merkur 1985.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Kulmar, Tarmo. "Conceptions of soul in old-Estonian religion". http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol4/hing.htm.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Tan, Michael L. (2008). Revisiting Usog, Pasma, Kulam. University of the Philippines Press. ISBN 9789715425704. https://books.google.com/books?id=EktzHrfup1UC.
10. ↑ Clifford Sather (2018). "A work of love: Awareness and expressions of emotion in a Borneo healing ritual". in James J. Fox. Expressions of Austronesian Thought and Emotions. ANU Press. pp. 57–63. ISBN 9781760461928. https://books.google.com/books?id=wAxfDwAAQBAJ.
11. ↑ Yu, Jose Vidamor B. (2000). Inculturation of Filipino-Chinese Culture Mentality. Interreligious and Intercultural Investigations. 3. Editrice Pontifica Universita Gregoriana. pp. 148–149. ISBN 9788876528484. https://books.google.com/books?id=c4WqAOKb5c8C.
12. ↑ Robert Blust; Stephen Trussel. "ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - Cognate Sets - D". ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - Cognate Sets - D. http://www.trussel2.com/acd/acd-s_d.htm#30339. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
13. ↑ Leonardo N. Mercado (1991). "Soul and Spirit in Filipino Thought". Philippine Studies 39 (3): 287–302.
14. ↑ Daley, Amy. "Twin Flame Marriage - A Sacred Event Blessed By The Universe". https://joynumber.com/twin-flame-marriage/.
15. ↑ Zeus A. Salazar (2007). "Faith healing in the Philippines: An historical perspective". Asian Studies 43 (2v): 1–15. http://asj.upd.edu.ph/mediabox/archive/ASJ-43-02-2007/Faith Healing in the Philippines Zeus Salazar.pdf.
16. ↑ Kleivan & Sonne 1985, pp. 17–18.
17. ↑ Merkur 1985, pp. 61, 222–223, 226, 240.
18. ↑ Gabus 1970, p. 211.
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Asante, Molefi Kete; Mazama, Ama (2009). Encyclopedia of African Religion. SAGE Publications. pp. 120–124, 165–166, 361. ISBN 978-1-4129-3636-1
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 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.
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Fodor 2005, p. 16–17.
22. ↑ Dienes 1975, p. 83.

## Sources

* Dienes, István (1975). "A honfoglaló magyarok és ősi hiedelmeik". in Hajdú, Péter (in hu). Uráli népek / Nyelvrokonaink kultúrája és hagyományai. Budapest: Corvina Kiadó. pp. 77–108. ISBN 963-13-0900-2.
* Diószegi, Vilmos (1962). Samanizmus. Élet és Tudomány Kiskönyvtár. Budapest: Gondolat. http://mek.oszk.hu/01600/01639.
* Fodor, István (2005). "Az ősi magyar vallásról". in Molnár, Ádám (in hu). Csodaszarvas. Őstörténet, vallás és néphagyomány. Vol. I. Budapest: Molnár Kiadó. pp. 11–34. ISBN 963-218-200-6.
* Gabus, Jean (1970) (in hu). A karibu eszkimók. Budapest: Gondolat Kiadó. Translation of the original: Gabus, Jean (1944). Vie et coutumes des Esquimaux Caribous. Libraire Payot Lausanne. It describes the life of Caribou Eskimo and Padlermiut groups.
* Hoppál, Mihály (1975). "Az uráli népek hiedelemvilága és a samanizmus". in Hajdú, Péter (in hu). Uráli népek. Nyelvrokonaink kultúrája és hagyományai. Budapest: Corvina Kiadó. pp. 211–233. ISBN 963-13-0900-2.
* Hoppál, Mihály (1994). Sámánok. Lelkek és jelképek. Budapest: Helikon Kiadó. ISBN 963-208-298-2.
* Kleivan, Inge; Sonne, B. (1985). "Arctic peoples". Eskimos. Greenland and Canada. Iconography of religions. Leiden, The Netherland): State University Groningen, via E.J. Brill. section VIII, fascicle 2. ISBN 90-04-07160-1.
* Merkur, Daniel (1985). Becoming Half Hidden / Shamanism and Initiation among the Inuit. Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis / Stockholm Studies in Comparative Religion. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell. ISBN 91-22-00752-0.
* Johansen, Ulla (2005). "Sámánfilozófia: változó lélekképzetek Tuvában". in Molnár, Ádám (in hu). Csodaszarvas. Őstörténet, vallás és néphagyomány. I. Budapest: Molnár Kiadó. pp. 135–156. ISBN 963-218-200-6.
* Oosten, Jarich G. (1997). "Cosmological Cycles and the Constituents of the Person". in S. A. Mousalimas. Arctic Ecology and Identity. ISTOR Books 8. Budapest, HU; Los Angeles, CA: Akadémiai Kiadó. pp. 85–101. ISBN 963-05-6629-X.

## External links

* Kulmar, Tarmo. "Conceptions of soul in old-Estonian religion". http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol4/hing.htm. (also in References section)
* Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-57681. Retrieved March 28, 2007.

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