What are the different theories about the soul?
Why do we have so many questions about the body, soul, life, and death?
How does Kabbalah define the soul? What can we reveal through the soul?
Does Kabbalah teach about reincarnation? Why do we reincarnate?
Theories about the soul can be categorized as follows:
1) Faith - There is nothing but the immortal soul, and the body is only its robe. The soul animates the body, provides all of its skills, abilities.
2) Dualism - The body is perfect, it exists and does everything without the soul. Still, the foundation of man is the soul, and the body is the product, the continuation of the soul.
3) Negation - There is no soul. The body is like a machine stretching from the periphery to the center. When something from the outside acts on the body, the brain gives a command on how to react. The purpose is to distance the body from suffering and bring it closer to pleasures.
The person does not choose actions, thoughts, desires, but is under the complete control o