Matter is a term contrary to soul. But nonsoul is its contradictory. Whatever is not soul is nonsoul.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as popularly understood, does not exist, and is, in fact, philosophically inconceivable.
Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal.
Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.
Thing, body, matter, are nothing apart from the combinations of the elements, - the colours, sounds, and so forth - nothing apart from their so-called attributes.
There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes. We cannot see it, but when our bodies are purified, we shall see that it is all matter.
The soul, in its power, is present in some way in the entire universe, because it apprehends substances which are not included in the body in which it lives, although they are related to it.
What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.
Soul, soul is nothing. Can you see it, smell it, touch it? No.
The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.
Matter is, in its constituent elements, the same as spirit; existence is one, however manifold in its phenomena; life is one, however multiform in its evolution.