About spirits¶
I suggest the following definitions.
Spirits have no body, they exist only in the invisible world. Spirits are not directly visible, but we can observe their effects.
- spirit¶
An idea that exists (grows, lives) in more than one human heart.
Spirits propagate (are shared) using a medium.
- medium¶
Something capable of storing and representing (symbolizing) a spirit.
Most modern spirits use written texts as their medium. In that case we can also call them a shared idea. Besides these we also have unwritten laws.
A spirit that is formulated as a written text.
Every corporation is a shared idea, formulated by a legally binding definition.
Every religion is a shared idea formulated by its Holy Scripture
- unwritten law¶
A spirit that is not formulated as a written text.
It is obviously difficult to write about unwritten laws.
- inspiration¶
A thought about a concrete situation, an answer to a question, perceived by a human as coming from outside of his brain.
- divine inspiration¶
An inspiration coming from God and perceived as such by that human. Some texts say that the Word of God came to an individual human.