oversoul

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o·ver·soul

O0193700 (ō′vər-sōl′)n. In the transcendentalism of Ralph Waldo Emerson, a spiritual essence or vital force in the universe in which all souls participate and that therefore transcends individual consciousness.

oversoul

(ˈəʊvəˌsəʊl) n (Philosophy) philosophy the universal divine essence

o•ver•soul

(ˈoʊ vərˌsoʊl)

n. (esp. in transcendentalism) a supreme reality or mind. [1841, Amer.; coined by Ralph Waldo Emerson]