He had obtained books on soul studies early on, but this semester had barely given him any time to study them. That was one of the most frustrating things.
There had been far too much to do this semester. Both werewolf Reversal and the Happiness Charm had taken up a great deal of his time.
Still, Will had no regrets—these two lines of research would become important cornerstones of his future path. Neither could be avoided.
They had been part of the plan all along.
Now, at last, he could spare a little time to study the soul.
The book in Will's hands, "The wizard's soul," was one of the introductory texts on soul studies.
Written in 1893, it brought together European wizards' basic understanding of soul studies and their preliminary research at the time.
It was not particularly long, but its contents were quite important.
Since ancient times, soul studies had been a subject that wizards and Muggles alike researched. Unlike charms, potions, Transfiguration, or ritual studies, it did not lend itself to relatively direct observation.
Because of the soul's peculiar nature, wizards had always known very little about it, and the vast majority never ventured into soul studies at all.
After all, it was an obscure, difficult school of magic, far more dangerous than the others.
[What is the soul? The soul is a wizard's spiritual essence, almost the most important component of a wizard.]
[The wizard sages of ancient Greece each had their own views.
Socrates believed that the soul was a wizard's "true self."
What truly mattered in a person was not the body, but the soul.
Because ghosts existed, Socrates believed the soul was immortal, and death merely freed it from the confines of the body to pursue true wisdom and truth.]
Reading this, Will