oversoul means A supreme reality or mind; the spiritual unity of all being.
oversoul is pronounced /ˈəʊvəˌsəʊl/.
Why “oversoul” is a great word
A supreme reality or mind, representing the spiritual unity of all being. From the English prefix over- ("above, beyond") + soul ("spiritual principle"), coined in 1841 by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Unlike an "individual soul" (discrete and personal) or a "deity" (personified and separate), the oversoul is the vast, impersonal wellspring of all consciousness. It is the deep clarity of a mountain lake containing every ripple, the shared silence in a forest before dawn, and the single note from which a symphony is built—the recognition that consciousness wears many masks but plays only one role, and that to be utterly alone is, somehow, to be in company with everything.
noun
- A supreme reality or mind; the spiritual unity of all being.