A very well known philosopher Emile Durkheim wrote a book, "The Elementary forms of religigous life". In it he is dicussing the concept of the soul through through the eyes of the romans, clan tribes, and native americans. This quote I found interesting.
"There is something objective at the basis of different ideas-whethere the Roman genius, the individual totem, or the ancestor of the Alcheringa. this is why they have survived in disparate forms until our own day. It is if we really had two souls: one that is inside us, or rather is us; the other that is above us, whose function is to control and assist us."
Heh really... you don't say... what a theory
Maybe there were just smarter back then...
P.S. This book was written in 1912, good description of a lower and inner, eh?
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