Soul dualism
Feb. 20th, 2020 08:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hungryghostsFinally found the word for it!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_dualism
We really want to dig into this topic more when we have the mental ability to. The part about the body soul intrigues us a lot, as we've had a similar concept for a while. Our body has its own mood/wants/impulses that are not ours, but end up *becoming* ours by virtue of fronting? To say nothing of the beast of the unconscious mind.
And that part on Chinese traditions considering multiple souls of each type to exist? VERY intriguing. We'd known for a while that some Chinese traditions believed in a "body soul" and a "ghost soul," but we hadn't known that some believed in a single vessel housing multiple of each!
Also, man, are we ever more so cheesed off at plural exclusionists, especially that one that compared non-trauma systems to the Confederacy. =/ There's no shortage of sources indicating that plurality, in the most basic sense of "more than one," was known and maybe even somewhat normalized across a lot of different cultures. Yet here they are insisting that one very specific, very clinical, and tbh very white-American-dominated concept is the ONLY valid interpretation... and it's the people who say otherwise who are the racists???
It's absolute nonsense, and as someone who's already resentful about their culture being exploited and then "Westernized," I will NEVER not be sore at this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_dualism
Soul dualism 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"). Sometimes the plethora of soul types can be even more complex. Sometimes, a shaman's "free soul" may be held to be able to undertake a spirit journey.
We really want to dig into this topic more when we have the mental ability to. The part about the body soul intrigues us a lot, as we've had a similar concept for a while. Our body has its own mood/wants/impulses that are not ours, but end up *becoming* ours by virtue of fronting? To say nothing of the beast of the unconscious mind.
And that part on Chinese traditions considering multiple souls of each type to exist? VERY intriguing. We'd known for a while that some Chinese traditions believed in a "body soul" and a "ghost soul," but we hadn't known that some believed in a single vessel housing multiple of each!
Also, man, are we ever more so cheesed off at plural exclusionists, especially that one that compared non-trauma systems to the Confederacy. =/ There's no shortage of sources indicating that plurality, in the most basic sense of "more than one," was known and maybe even somewhat normalized across a lot of different cultures. Yet here they are insisting that one very specific, very clinical, and tbh very white-American-dominated concept is the ONLY valid interpretation... and it's the people who say otherwise who are the racists???
It's absolute nonsense, and as someone who's already resentful about their culture being exploited and then "Westernized," I will NEVER not be sore at this.
