The soul (from the other-rus. Dѹsha) (Greek ψυχή, lat. Anima) - a complex concept of philosophy, religion and psychology. According to many idealistic, dualistic philosophical directions and religious groups, the soul - an immortal substance, an immaterial essence, which expresses the divine nature of man, giving rise to and determine the life, the ability to feel, thought, consciousness, feeling and will, opposed to the body