Meanings of spiritual essences in anglès

These may be either spirits of the dead or spiritual essences that never animated mortal men.

He had been indulging in fanciful speculations on spiritual essences until, like Swedenborg, he had an ideal world of his own around him.

On the contrary, they often think themselves pinks of purity-incarnationsof carnations-impersonationsof moss-roses-the spiritual essences of lilies, "imparadised in form of that sweet flesh."

"In that both have to do with spiritual essences being infused into bodies that are in essence mechanical," Daniel said agreeably.