Chapter II: The Soul 10

NATURE OF THE SOUL. Universal belief in an interior
something, 18; its basis, 19; from observation of breath,
21; of shadow, 22; of blood, 23; Its form a sublimated
double of the corporeal man, 24; or of an animal, 25; The
seat of the soul, 26; Localization of qualities, 27;
Consequences of the soul's leaving the body, 29; The hidden
soul, 31.

ORIGIN OF THE SOUL. Not investigated by savages, 32;
Creation of man, 33; Theories of birth, 34; Divine origin of
the soul, 36; Mysteriousness of death, 38.

POLYPSYCHISM. Early views of the number and functions of
souls, 39; Civilized views, 43.

FUTURE OF THE SOUL. Belief in its death, 46; This belief
transient, 51-53; Dwelling-place of the surviving soul in
human beings, beasts, plants, or inanimate objects, 55-59;
or near its earthly abode, 60-63; or in some remote place in
earth, sea, or sky, 64-66; or in an underground world,
67-69; Occupations of the dead, 70; Retribution in the
Underworld, 71; Nonmoral distinctions, 72-75; Moral
retribution, savage, 76-78; Civilized, 79-80; Local
separation of the good from the bad, 81; Reward and
punishment, Hindu, 82; Egyptian, 83; Greek, 84; Jewish and
Christian, 85, 86; Purgatory, 87; Resurrection, 88-90.

POWERS OF THE SEPARATED SOUL. Prayers for the dead, 95, 96.

GENESIS OF SPIRITS. Functions of spirits (souls of nonhuman
objects), 97-100.