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oversoul

American  
[oh-ver-sohl] / ˈoʊ vərˌsoʊl /

noun

Philosophy.
  1. (especially in transcendentalism) a supreme reality or mind; the spiritual unity of all being.


Etymology

Origin of oversoul

An Americanism dating back to 1841–44; over- + soul


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Crosslegged under an umbrel umbershoot he thrones an Aztec logos, functioning on astral levels, their oversoul, mahamahatma.

From Ulysses by James Joyce

There is no social "oversoul" which transcends individual minds, and there is no social "consciousness" which stands outside of and above the consciousnesses of individuals.

From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson

He had started upon this elopement in a vein of fine romance, immensely proud of his wickedness, and really as much in love as an artificial oversoul can be, with Jessie.

From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The true self is a principle in you superior to both these natural characters, a kind of oversoul, as Emerson puts it.

From The Essentials of Spirituality by Felix Adler

The club was a funny mixture of rabbis and weedy old ladies, the "oversoul" and oysters.

From Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals by Louisa May Alcott

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