It is possible to imagine a definition of the word ‘soul’ which would give it utility beyond the realms of religious faith. It might refer to a combination of personality, behavioural traits, memories, tastes, aspirations and perhaps other attributes that uniquely define an individual. Very often, but with less poetic effect, the words ‘self’ or ‘being’ could be substituted without loss of meaning. What is confidently predicted by Alphomism is that there are no ethereal entities nor blobs of ectoplasm which mysteriously inhabit bodies, giving them life, and which then float off to some other place at physical death. BACK