perispirit

English

Etymology

peri- +‎ spirit

In Allan Kardec's 1857 book The Spirits Book (Le Livre des Esprits in original French), the term is defined with a direct analogy to perisperm (“layer of nutritive tissue that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms”).

Noun

perispirit (plural perispirits)

1. (spiritualism) A layer of an abstract, ethereal material that is said to serve as the bond between one's spirit and physical body.

Derived terms

• perispiritic, perispritic

Translations

bond between spirit and body

• Portuguese: perispírito m

See also

• soul