Soul

The soul is the theoretical connecting point between the body and the spirit. It is the part that stretches at death and snaps, releasing the spirit from the body and leaving it, if an undying spirit, to fall asleep. The soul is the aura, the will, the mutable spiritual portion of a person, the extendable magical part of them. It is what grows to increase a person's grasp of magic, following the mind's growth upon initially learning. Practicing magic nurtures this growth. Thus, the stronger the soul/aura, the greater the defense and the capacity to resist spells and spirits. Growing the soul also increases the length of time before a person's spirit is unrecoverable by magical resurrection. The body can be toughened magically as well, but the soul is the spiritual defense.
Creatures lower on the Great Chain of Being can have souls, and sentient beasts often do, but they do not have spirits.
The scholarly term for the connecting roun (substance) between the body, the spirit, and magic is aeram.
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