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When We Start Making Distinctions Between Soul And Spirit, We're In Very, Very Murky Waters. There Is The Whole Issue Of The English Language, Which Has A Rather Limited Vocabulary When It Comes To Psychological Descriptions, Not To Speak Of Spiritual Descriptions. We're Good Mythically - The English Language Is Superb For Myth. But We're Not Very Good For Psychology Or Spirituality.

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When We Start Making Distinctions Between Soul And Spirit, We're In Very, Very Murky Waters. There Is The Whole Issue Of The English Language, Which Has A Rather Limited Vocabulary When It Comes To Psychological Descriptions, Not To Speak Of Spiritual Descriptions. We're Good Mythically - The English Language Is Superb For Myth. But We're Not Very Good For Psychology Or Spirituality.

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