The outermost is the merely material body, of which we are so directly cognizant.

This encases a second, more spiritual, but yet not wholly free from earthly affinities.
This contains another, still more refined; till finally, inside of all is that immaterial something which they conceive to constitute the soul.

This eventual residuum exemplifies the Franciscan notion of pure substance, for it is a thing delightfully devoid of any attributes whatever.
We may, perhaps, not be aware of the existence of such an elaborate set of encasings to our own heart of hearts, nor of a something so very indefinite within, but the most casual glance at any religion will reveal its truth as regards the soul of a belief.

We recognize the fact outwardly in the buildings erected to celebrate its worship.

Not among the Jews alone was the holy of holies kept veiled, to temper the divine radiance to man's benighted understanding.