The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Souls and Ghosts.
Mira:
--- Quote ---Wandering around in the spiritual world as a shade after dead is dangerous but it is still an option before you go on to the next stage. You still have free will and you can still affect your future and make choices. But your soul needs spiritual power to express itself in the spirit world and at the end Harry had lost almost all of that.
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In my opinion your free will is severely limited. You might want to return to life, but in most cases that isn't going to happen. There seems to be some serious limitations as to who can chose what.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on January 12, 2020, 01:23:33 PM --- In my opinion your free will is severely limited. You might want to return to life, but in most cases that isn't going to happen. There seems to be some serious limitations as to who can chose what.
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We are all severely limited in the expression of our free will, some even more than others. But the fundamental choices are still there. You can for example choose to prey upon others or help protect others. Most of those others are ghosts and not souls but does that really matter?
morriswalters:
@Yuillegan
Yeah, the quote source was just a fun fact. No particular relevance.
@Arjen
But it just begs the question. The ghost isn't Sir Stuart and it doesn't have a soul. God deals with souls.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on January 12, 2020, 01:37:51 PM ---@Yuillegan
Yeah, the quote source was just a fun fact. No particular relevance.
@Arjen
But it just begs the question. The ghost isn't Sir Stuart and it doesn't have a soul. God deals with souls.
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I am not so sure about that. I would say Uriel's interest is a strong indication that Sir Stuart had a soul. He stayed to protect his family (morty). Magical talent is often inherited. He had a stronger presence than most ghosts. It is quite possible that he had the same talents as morty and a strong will to stay behind. That would be enough in my opinion.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Arjan on January 12, 2020, 01:29:21 PM ---We are all severely limited in the expression of our free will, some even more than others. But the fundamental choices are still there. You can for example choose to prey upon others or help protect others. Most of those others are ghosts and not souls but does that really matter?
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Ghosts cannot really prey upon anyone nor protect for that matter, when Molly was in trouble
all Harry could do was plea with Uriel to help her, he, himself was powerless no matter what he'd chose to do. As Uriel said, in the end souls will be judged on what they did in life. They might chose to wait for that judgement like Captain Murphy, that is pretty much the extent of his choices.
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