The Soul

The soul (Älorin: amos) is the quintessence and centre of any and all beings, as well as the culmination of their self. Throughout Avon the soul is believed to be absolutely sacred and is elevated above the spirit and body, as it is believed to be the very keystone of existence. Souls are given by Älori, as part of the Oath of the One, to every being who lives and who could ever live, including shadows, the Devils and the Void. The soul is eternal and an infinite source of divinity, who may be invoked to perform wonders, such as miracles and sorcery. The soul is also called the "divine spark" because it yields divinity and also for how it sparks life with creatures, giving them light and life from within.

The power of the soul - its divinity - is used to ascend one's faculties to excellence. Depending on one's capacity for centering, one gains powers both bright and dark.

The soul is used to create wonders by means of its divinity. This is sometimes described as "burning" the soul, for divinity is a golden flame. How exactly one becomes able to use the soul has proven to require abstraction to describe, yet, possessing a clear centre seems key, as are truthful faith, hope will and wishes. In order to wield them, many beings find their souls by searching within their own, private sanctum, as in a place uniquely sacred to them.

It remains a mystery how much of one's conscious being is part of the soul. Upon death, when the body is so annihilated it can no longer keep the soul, it becomes lost to the world and will be drawn to the Sun and Heaven, or, if unable to soar to there because of weighty sin, will linger and be claimed by Hell. The soul presumably carries the personalities and memories of the dead to their next life and in some instances, when a being is reborn on Avon, they may repossess such recollections.

Through the ages many have sought to claim ownership of the souls of others and abuse them and their own for power, often with dire results. Examples of this are the rulers of ancient Shanadera, the apostles of Utlemot as well as the ancient oracles of Awensaz.

Scriptures
Here follows scripts detailing the nature of the soul.
 * At the centre of all of us there is the soul, whose power is divinity, and divinity yearns to make us powerful.