world soul, n.All

The World soul (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a projection of the unconscious, since nothing could give objective proof of the world's animation.

The World soul (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the world-soul, the divine life indwelling in the world, the pneuma that moved over the waters and was caught in the body of creation; in alchemy it is the feminine half of Mercurius.

The World soul (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the only one, which Wittgenstein preferred to call my soul and through which he conceived the souls of others.

The World soul (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠fructified by the intellect and made drunk as if with nectar: what the intellect conceives, the world-soul brings to birth in reality.

World soul (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the spirit of the world, which Penotus said Mercurius is, "become body within the earth," a blend of spirit and matter inconceivable to the modern mind.