spirit  

The English word spirit has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substanc The word spirit is often used metaphysically to refer to theor. The notions of a person's spirit and often also overlap, as both contrast with  and both are understood as surviving the bodily death in religion and occultism and "spirit" can also have the sense of , i.e. a manifestation of the spirit of a deceased person.

The term may also refer to any incorporeal or immaterial being, such as  or, in Christianity specifically the holy spirit experienced by the disciples at Pentecost.