The Blues Brothers sang of soul in the R & B classic “I’m a Soul Man.” If you Google the word “soul” lots of stuff comes up. Theologians and philosophers have contemplated the nature and definition of soul for thousands of years. Think about it. You use the word soul all of the time. You have a sense of what you mean when you use it but what does it really mean? Perhaps there is no word and concept so widely used, yet so vaguely defined.
The word psyche means soul. Therefore, the word psychology means the study of the soul. I’m a clinical psychologist. By definition then I am one who studies the soul. Continue reading »
