Why the cover photo? As spirits are invisible it was difficult trying to find a representative photograph. As for the title - as is my want I often play on words, but whilst I originally wrote spirit with a capital S I thought it may be seen as irreverent* so changed it to lower case. My intention for this small offering is to consider what spirits are, where they are, what they are not, finishing with the most important spirit - the Holy Spirit. *https://www.vocabulary.com says, 'The adjective holy comes from the Old English word hālig and is related to the German word heilig, meaning "blessed." There is a relationship between holy and whole, and the religious sense probably developed from keeping believers spiritually whole - and pure.' So perhaps not irreverent at all!In conversations and in my studying, I often become a little confused as to what spirit is being talked of, thus my perhaps feeble attempt at differentiating between the various uses of the word. This is not a comprehensive academic approach but does cover many misconceptions or perhaps issues some have not even contemplated. Certain aspects will, as is usual in my books, possibly be controversial, but all I ask is that people think for themselves and not simply rely on their favourite minister, author, or tradition. The three main elements to this book are areas that I have pondered over the years, some of which I have discussed in my Home from Home (HFH - which looks at how people can wrongly look at issues in a very safe, comfortable, don't-upset-the apple-cart manner) series and have included some of my findings in this book. Whilst spirits are synonymous with angels (as there are no other types of spirit - apart from the alcoholic version) I attempt to cover the spirit (singular) that is part of us, that returns to God, and of course the Holy Spirit.
Why the cover photo? As spirits are invisible it was difficult trying to find a representative photograph. As for the title - as is my want I often play on words, but whilst I originally wrote spirit with a capital S I thought it may be seen as irreverent* so changed it to lower case. My intention for this small offering is to consider what spirits are, where they are, what they are not, finishing with the most important spirit - the Holy Spirit. *https://www.vocabulary.com says, 'The adjective holy comes from the Old English word hālig and is related to the German word heilig, meaning "blessed." There is a relationship between holy and whole, and the religious sense probably developed from keeping believers spiritually whole - and pure.' So perhaps not irreverent at all!In conversations and in my studying, I often become a little confused as to what spirit is being talked of, thus my perhaps feeble attempt at differentiating between the various uses of the word. This is not a comprehensive academic approach but does cover many misconceptions or perhaps issues some have not even contemplated. Certain aspects will, as is usual in my books, possibly be controversial, but all I ask is that people think for themselves and not simply rely on their favourite minister, author, or tradition. The three main elements to this book are areas that I have pondered over the years, some of which I have discussed in my Home from Home (HFH - which looks at how people can wrongly look at issues in a very safe, comfortable, don't-upset-the apple-cart manner) series and have included some of my findings in this book. Whilst spirits are synonymous with angels (as there are no other types of spirit - apart from the alcoholic version) I attempt to cover the spirit (singular) that is part of us, that returns to God, and of course the Holy Spirit.
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