The Myth of the Soul

The soul, that had issuing from the divine principle, remained tranquil according to her own nature. This doctrine explains the myths of ancient philosophers. If the soul could not become evil, there would be no meaning in the periodical descents and a sense of the soul. The chastisements she undergoes and the migration into the bodies other than human bodies, that is animal ones. We have just explained that when the body participates in the soul, the soul does not somehow go beyond herself to enter into the body. It is on the contrary the body which enters into the soul on participating in life.