Sublime

living members of all species, including humans, have souls, or lifelong personal spirits. The soul is defined as the spiritual essence of the individual required for that individual to be alive. Thus it is present from conception or birth until death, although the degree to which it is present may vary. Upon death, the soul continues to exist, as

Gospa

Inspiratus is the creative wind, the divine breath. And to be inspired? To be inspired is to be breathed upon.

He had seen Kelsier’s spirit. The Survivor had returned and had shown himself to Spook.

The shaman, for instance, will often have an animal familiar, that is to say, the spirit of some animal species that will be his support and his teacher.

Spirits, hmm. The eternal in us, in me. An eternal principle, with its own mind, but we give it life and body… hmm. The tribal aspect is important, whether America, Africa, or wherever. I suddenly think of Black Elk’s dream of a new tribal ritual to renew the spirit of his family.

A blessing upon my tallest grass. A blessing upon my faithful friends.

La Llorona