Where is the soul of man? Sooner or later everyone thinks over this question. Someone violently denies its presence, someone considers people to be carriers of the soul, clad in mortal shell. Of course, the question is complex, because the substance we are discussing is invisible, which means that it is difficult to scientific research. However, inquiring minds do not give up. Let's try to turn to verified facts.
Easy weighing
At all times, scientists have tried to answer the question of where a person’s soul is, in different ways. Experienced doctors claim that there are no visible signs of having one. True, there was a doctor who wanted to refute his colleagues. And to do this by conventional weighing. The experience of Duncan McDougall showed that the weight of people before death and immediately after it is different. The doctor even announced the difference in weight - 21 grams. She was attributed to the substance flying away from the body. The doctor decided that he was able to find out how much the soul weighs. However, other researchers disappointed him. They immediately found a logical explanation for the unusual phenomenon: dehydration after death affects the body weight. So the lost grams are not at all a spiritual substance, but ordinary moisture.
Mystical events
The experiments of Duncan McDougall prompted other scientists to search for a place where the soul is located in humans. But impartial researchers were always interrupted by mysticism. For example, in the 1960s an amazing story happened in the city of Pushkino. A worker worked at the cemetery, who was going to erect a marble tombstone on the grave. Late in the evening, he returned to the churchyard to make sure that the stone slab does not get stuck between the fences. To his surprise, steam rose above the grave. It seemed that the deceased smokes. The next morning, anxious relatives arrived at the burial place. It was the fortieth day, and everyone was ready for something unusual. The invited priest interpreted the observed phenomenon in his own way. He said that on the fortieth day the soul leaves our world. Most likely, some things keep her on the ground, and she asks for help. The wife of the deceased remembered that he did not have time to dig up the cellar of his mother in a distant village. The woman swore over the grave that she would certainly fulfill the promise. The steam immediately stopped coming out. The people around were stunned. There was a feeling that the deceased heard them. Such events are very confusing for scientists. What to do with eyewitness accounts that contradict reason and logic?
Wonders of the electromagnetic field
However, the empirical approach is also bearing fruit. Even in the Soviet Union, relevant experiments were carried out. In 1949, the scientist Semyon Kirlian made an extraordinary discovery. He was able to establish that human organs shine when placed in an electromagnetic field. The public was told about this fact only 15 years later. Enthusiasts immediately began to photograph the dead. As a result, people learned amazing things. It turns out that within three days the internal energy of the deceased is either activated or decreased. Moreover, in suicides, this process occurs with a larger amplitude. The followers of Cyrilian believe that they can determine where the soul of a living person is. But so far they have not been able to do this.
Slow attenuation
In St. Petersburg, they have long been working on the study of the information and energy field of a person. Initially, the devices were supposed to diagnose the state of internal organs and systems of the acting organism. Scientists have found that the glow of the energy field varies depending on the condition of the patient. The shape, color, intensity, etc. varies. An attempt to calculate the mathematical regularity of the attenuation of a person’s energy field led to unexpected results. It turned out that the body glows for some time after death. This can last up to three days. Moreover, the natural death is accompanied by a gradual weakening for two days, sudden death - a bright flash and a sharp decline, and suicide - a sudden change in intensity, which over time does not stabilize. Scientists have come to the conclusion that people have some kind of “information frame”. It is likely that this is exactly the place where the human soul is located.
The reservoir of the soul
No one knows where the soul is. The more people have assumptions. Where is it located? In the heart, chest, brain, or other human organ? Since ancient times, this question has been exciting for inquiring minds. The Slavs sought an invisible substance in the lungs or solar plexus. No wonder she was called "soul", which is consonant with the word "breathe". Life goes on while a person absorbs air. So, the most valuable is in our breasts. In addition, the subject of our conversation was considered an independent part. For example, frightened, the Slavs said that they had "a soul in their heels." The Chinese considered reason to be the abode of the spirit, and the ancient Babylonians considered ears. There are many options, let's try to consider some of them.
Part of the brain
In the 17th century, the first scientific theory was put forward about where the soul is. The great philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes called it the reservoir of the pineal gland. This is the only unpaired part of the brain in our head. Interestingly, in children under the age of six, it resembles an eyeball with a lens inside. A careful study of it reveals elements similar to photoreceptors and nerve cells. However, the older a person becomes, the more this part of the brain will atrophy.
Researchers have found that some retain the pineal gland in its original form even in adulthood. Such people are called psychics. Their intuition is very developed, they see what is hidden from the rest. So, does the human soul dwell in the head? Researchers at the University of Washington partially confirmed this theory. They made an encephalogram for terminally ill people and found that death causes brain activity similar to a powerful explosion. Electrical impulses are overwhelming, which means that a large amount of energy comes out of the body. Maybe this suggests that the spirit leaves the mortal body?
Heart and soul
It is impossible to imagine a person without a heart. Scientists have found that the physical cells of this vital organ are destroyed only on the fortieth day. And, as we all know well, in many religions it is believed that the soul only flies away to the other world on the 40th day. So, maybe this fact is decisive in order to understand why the soul is needed and where it lives?
In 2012, German scientists, known for their pedantry, undertook to find out exactly where the soul is. They gathered a group of people experiencing strong emotions - jealousy, unrequited love, longing for a loved one. The slightest nuances in the readings were taken into account. The Germans did not establish the truth, but realized that almost all subjects without exception feel pain in the chest. It is where the lymph nodes and the solar plexus are. Apparently, the lymphatic system has been assigned functions hitherto unknown to us - control over the state of mind and human qualities. This causes aching chest pain. Not all researchers agree with this statement. But what about the “soul in the heels left”? Is a certain substance with a fright moving down the lymphatic system to the lower extremities? It’s worth considering.
Ubiquitous blood
Americans are convinced that the reservoir of the soul is blood. The people to whom it was transfused change externally and internally. Their height may increase, gait will change, and the shape of the face will change. For example, the military doctor Alexander Litvin suffered a blood transfusion. Donors were different people. And over time, the body of our hero began to change. He grew up by 4 centimeters, recovered by 5 kilograms, he had other people's memories, even his earlobes changed their shape. Can the psychological and physical qualities of a donor pass along with blood to a person? So the soul lives in blood?
Organ transplant
In the United States, there have been long-standing observations of citizens who donated body parts. The elderly, who received younger organs, were especially closely examined. Scientists were shocked when they realized that patients began to change character traits. Some researchers have concluded that human tissue is intelligent and has its own disposition. That is, the organs begin to somehow transform a foreign environment, so their carriers begin to behave differently. People feel a surge of strength and energy, they have new hobbies and a different circle of acquaintances. What is it? Is it possible that together with a particle of an organism a person receives a fraction of someone else's soul?
Conclusion
Surely we will never know how much the soul weighs. Moreover, its severity and volume vary depending on the owner. Well-known resuscitator Artyom Lugovoi claims that DNA can be a container of the soul. This is a high-energy structure, which with a single set of chromosomes makes us completely different. And this means that every cell of our body can be filled with soul. Then how does she get out of the body? There are many more questions than answers. And this means that ahead of mankind is waiting for a lot of exciting new discoveries.