{"id":16538,"date":"2026-01-27T15:31:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16538"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:31:31","slug":"the-animate-soul-the-kabbalah-experience","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/the-animate-soul-the-kabbalah-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"The Animate Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Q: Science has already succeeded in cloning the biological body, but what about the soul?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: The soul has no connection with our corporeal body. Our physical body can exist as a biological, \u201canimate\u201d body, with an enlivening force called the \u201canimate soul.\u201d But that has nothing to do with the Upper Soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We do not ask ourselves why there are cows, chickens, or cats, and what kind of soul dwells in them. 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