Spirit
Scherner's term for the more ordered, reflective faculty that recedes in sleep, distinguished throughout the text from the freer, image-weaving Soul it leaves behind.
From Discoveries in the Realm of the Soul.
In Symbols of the Psyche
- The Animus: The masculine image in the psyche of a woman.
- The Father: Law, order, and spirit, and their hardening.
- The Wise Old Man: Spirit in the form of a knowing elder.
- Violet: Where the spectrum passes beyond sight.
- The Wind: Spirit that blows where it will.
- Breath: Spirit, which is breath and wind.
- The Prison: Bound in the dark, awaiting release.