THE PERISPIRIT

Definition | Formation | Nature |
Union w/ Physical Body | Functions

Functions of the Perispirit

Part 2 of 5: Mold for the Physical Body & Form for the Discarnate Spirit

The "directive idea" for the organization and development of the physical body is held in the vital fluid, which is united with the perispirit upon reincarnation in a physical body.  Gabrielle Dellane writes¹, "The perispirit, through its impregnation or transfusion with this vital fluid, and in becoming intimately tied with it, materializes sufficiently enough to become the director or regulator, the support for the vital energy modified by heredity.  It is thanks to this vital fluid that the type of individual is formed, developed, conserved, and then destroyed…." 

Through this process, the perispirit contains, fluidically, the cells, organs, and instruments that condense on the material body. The human form then becomes a reflection of the perispirit, whereby we say that it is the perispirit that determines its form or outline, size, and other physical aspects, as well as the illnesses to which it is predisposed and other predetermined physical modifications, in accordance with the inheritance that the spirit has accumulated in its various reincarnations².

In this function, the perispirit, again through the action of the vital principle³, also maintains the integrity of the physical body and its cells that undergo a continuous renovation.

With reference to the discarnate spirit, the perispirit continues to give form to the spirit, allowing it to conserve the human appearance with which it identifies.

¹ "A Evolucão Animica" (The Spiritual Evolution)
² see Instrument of Cause and Effect (to follow in part 4 of 5)
³ which is what reaches all the bodily organs and gives them life