A spirit or spiritual being is a non-corporeal entity found in many Religion, sometimes used interchangeably with faith, is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the practices and institutions associated with such belief. ...religions and belief systems throughout the world. The word has many connections to the concept of the This page is about the core essence of a being. ...soul, with the difference that a spirit is not necessarily linked to a Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ...human or other corporeal being.

As the lowest level the only quality necessary of a spirit is that it is some kind of active force that is either invisible, or visible but immaterial, like the wind. In this sense a spirit does not necessarily have traits of personality, as do more specific kinds of spirit: This page is about the core essence of a being. ...soul or This article is about the paranormal. ...ghost or GEnie was an online service created by General Electric. ...djinn. Hence words in English (spirit), Latin (spiritus), and Greek (pneumon) are all synonyms for 'air.'

In many belief systems, spirits are on the same plane of existence as " This article focuses on the monotheistic concept of a singular God. ...gods", though of much lesser magnitude. For example, Alternate meanings: See Zeus Web Server Statue of Zeus The Greek sculptor Phidias created the 12_m (40_ft) tall Statue of Zeus in about 435 bc. ...Zeus was a god, and any given The DRYAD Numeral Cipher/Authentication System (KTC 1400 D) is a simple, paper cryptographic system currently in use by the U.S. military for authentication and for encryption of short, numerical messages. ...dryad was likewise accounted as a spirit in Greek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods and goddesses and ancient heroes and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral_poetic tradition. ...Greek mythology.

Many nature religions, such as Animism is the belief that personalized supernatural beings (or souls) inhabit all objects and govern their existence. ...animism, believe that everything found in nature has a personification, a spirit. These spirits may be prayed to, or in other ways coerced, in order to gain more favourable conditions. In such religions, Magic (also called magick to distinguish it from stage magic) is a supposed way of influencing the world through supernatural, mystical, or paranormal means. ...magic is an integral part of reality, in effect the ability to communicate with the spirits.

Historically, spirits have been ascribed any number of powers, both over nature and over humans. Often a spirit's power is said to be linked with its purpose in creation.

In some parts of the world, spirits are believed to be able to Possession is having some degree of control over something else. ...possess humans and control their behaviour.

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