Soul

===Spirituality, New Age, and new religions===

====Brahma Kumaris====
In [[Brahma Kumaris]], human souls are believed to be incorporeal and [[eternity|eternal]]. God is considered to be the Supreme Soul, with maximum degrees of spiritual qualities, such as peace, love and purity.<ref name="Ramsay_Possession">{{cite thesis
| last = Ramsay
| first = Tamasin
| author-link=Tamasin Ramsay
|date=Sep 2010
| title = Custodians of Purity An Ethnography of the Brahma Kumaris
| url=https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Custodians_of_purity_an_ethnography_of_the_Brahma_Kumaris/4546132
| publisher= Monash University
| page=105
}}</ref>

====Theosophy====
In [[Helena Blavatsky]]'s [[Theosophy (Blavatskian)|Theosophy]], the soul is the field of our psychological activity (thinking, emotions, memory, desires, will, and so on) as well as of the so-called paranormal or [[psychic]] phenomena (extrasensory perception, out-of-body experiences, etc.). However, the soul is not the highest, but a middle dimension of human beings. Higher than the soul is the spirit, which is considered to be the real self; the source of everything we call "good"—happiness, wisdom, love, compassion, harmony, peace, etc. While the spirit is eternal and incorruptible, the soul is not. The soul acts as a link between the material body and the spiritual self, and therefore shares some characteristics of both. The soul can be attracted either towards the spiritual or towards the material realm, being thus the "battlefield" of good and evil. It is only when the soul is attracted towards the spiritual and merges with the Self that it becomes eternal and divine.

====Anthroposophy====
[[Rudolf Steiner]] claimed classical [[trichotomy (philosophy)|trichotomic]] stages of soul development, which interpenetrated one another in consciousness:<ref>{{cite book|translator-last=Creeger|translator-first=Catherine E.|first=Rudolf|last=Steiner|title=Theosophy: an introduction to the spiritual processes in human life and in the cosmos|url=https://archive.org/details/theosophyintrodu00stei|url-access=limited|year=1994|publisher=Anthroposophic Press|location=Hudson, NY|isbn=978-0-88010-373-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/theosophyintrodu00stei/page/n74 42]–46|edition=3rd}}</ref>
* The "sentient soul", centering on sensations, drives, and passions, with strong [[conatus|conative]] (will) and emotional components;
* The "intellectual" or "mind soul", internalizing and reflecting on outer experience, with strong affective (feeling) and cognitive (thinking) components; and
* The "consciousness soul", in search of universal, objective truths.

====Miscellaneous====
In [[Surat Shabd Yoga|Surat Shabda Yoga]], the soul is considered to be an exact replica and spark of the Divine. The purpose of Surat Shabd Yoga is to realize one's True Self as soul (Self-Realisation), True Essence (Spirit-Realisation) and True Divinity (God-Realisation) while living in the physical body.

Similarly, the spiritual teacher [[Meher Baba]] held that "Atma, or the soul, is in reality identical with Paramatma the Oversoul – which is one, infinite, and eternal...[and] [t]he sole purpose of creation is for the soul to enjoy the infinite state of the Oversoul consciously."<ref>[[Meher Baba|Baba, Meher]]. (1987). ''Discourses''. Myrtle Beach, SC: Sheriar Press. p. 222. {{ISBN|978-1-880619-09-4}}.</ref>

[[Eckankar]], founded by [[Paul Twitchell]] in 1965, defines Soul as the true self; the inner, most sacred part of each person.<ref>Klemp, H. (2009). The call of soul. Minneapolis, MN: Eckankar</ref>

[[George Gurdjieff|G.I. Gurdjieff]] taught that humans are not born with immortal souls but could develop them through certain efforts.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gurdjieff |first=George Ivanovitch |author-link=George Gurdjieff |title=Life is real only then, when 'I am'|date=25 February 1999|isbn=978-0-14-019585-9|location=London|publisher=Arkana|oclc=41073474}}</ref>