“So long as we believe that soul can sin or that immortal Soul is in mortal body, we can never understand the Science of being” (S & H, p. 311: 19-22, Citation #6).
“Soul is the substance, Life, and intelligence of man, which is individualized but not in matter” (S & H, p. 477:22-24 – Citation #4).
“Until Science and Health was published the soul was supposed to be something located somewhere in the material body. . . . The writer remembers hearing two zealous church members discussing its location, the one contending that it was in the brain, the other in the heart. . . . doctors were agreed that if the soul existed in man, its location and functions would surely have been revealed by the scalpel or microscope, and as there was no material evidence of its existence, it was reasonable to conclude that it did not exist. . . . In striking contrast with all mere opinion on the subject is the inspired declaration of our text-book, that Soul is divine, – that ‘God and Soul are one, and this one never belongs to a limited mind or to a limited body’ (Science & Health, p. 335).” (CSS, “The ‘Science of Soul’” – 8/17/1907, Annie M. Knott)
Christ Jesus: “Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul” (Matt. 10:28).
“Soul is sinless, not to be found in the body” (S & H, p. 288:22-23).
From Martha Wilcox, Association Address of 1923, “Seven Synonyms”:
• A false sense of Soul is most prevalent throughout the world
• Nearly everybody believes that Soul is a reality in mortal body
• Mrs. Eddy says that this prevalent false sense of Soul as confined in the body, is the cause of all sin, disease and death
• This false sense of Soul. . . . is the basis for animal magnetism and mental malpractice. All experiences of separation, loss, and poverty, are the result of the greatest of all superstitions – this false sense of Soul in a mortal body
• . . .neither God, nor any part of God is in the material body, nor in any of His expressions. There is nothing but His infinite Soul, and so there is nothing for Him to be in.