Nafs al-kulliyah (an-Nafs al-kulliyah)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: The Universal Soul, which includes all individual souls

Long Description: Corresponds to the Guarded Tablet and is the complement of the Spirit (ar-Rūḥ) or the First Intellect (al-‘Aql al-awwal) ; analogous to the Psyche of Plotinus.

Sources: Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt)