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,It was established that Jimmy died from Lucifer, the show specifically showed that death in the episode it was revealed.
It is possible for a human to use Enochian magic to gain angel-like abilities, but the cost of this is that each time a piece of their soul is burned away until it is completely gone. However, if even a sliver of soul still exists, that sliver will go onto whatever the person's final destination may be.<ref name="twelve10">[[12.10 Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets]]</ref><ref name="fourteen08">[[14.08 Byzantium]]</ref>
[[Anubis]], an Egyptian [[deities|deity]] used as a judge by [[Heaven]] following the departure of [[God]], reveals that a soul's final destination is not chosen by Death, the reapers or even God himself. Instead, a soul's final destination is chosen by the person themselves and their actions in life. Anubis will "weigh" the soul and determine where it will go, though their final destination can be changed by something such as a final selfless sacrificial act.<ref name="fourteen08" /> However, the claim Anubis made about God not deciding where a soul goes upon death is disproved when it's revealed that [[Chuck]] caused [[Kevin]] to go to Hell instead of Heaven and changing the rules by making it impossible for souls from Hell to go to Heaven.<ref name="fifteen02" />
During his time working with Dumah, it's revealed that Jack can transform humans into angels by forging human souls into angelic grace with ease.<ref name="fourteen19">[[14.19 Jack in the Box]]</ref>
Despite lore stating that God can restore souls that have been completely lost,<ref name="fourteen17" /> He later claims that it is beyond even His power, which is proven to be another lie when Jack's brief visit to the [[Garden of Eden]] restores his soul.<ref name="fourteen20" /><ref name="fifteen13" />
==After Death==
Most spirits are transported by [[reaper]]s after death to the next destination. Those who refuse to move on can become [[ghost]]s or [[Vengeful Spirits|vengeful spirits]]<ref name="two01">[[2.01 In My Time of Dying]]</ref>
===[[Hell]]===
[[Demons]] are formed in [[Hell]] by the corruption of a human soul over time. [[Lucifer]] made [[Lilith]] into the first demon in order to mock [[God]]'s creation of humanity.<ref name="four21">[[4.21 When the Levee Breaks]]</ref> While in Hell, [[Dean]] eventually broke under [[Alastair]]'s torture and started torturing souls himself, and so likely would have been transformed without [[Heaven]]'s intervention.<ref name="four10">[[4.10 Heaven and Hell]]</ref> [[Angel Lore|Angels]] are able to rescue souls from Hell, though this generally requires a massive incursion,<ref name="four01">[[4.01 Lazarus Rising]]</ref> but a human can rescue a soul as well if they can sneak into and out of [[Hell]] with said soul.<ref name="eight19" />
When the demons of Hell prove reluctant to abandon their loyalty to Crowley, [[Abaddon]] decides to create her own demons by taking souls from still living humans, in order to create her own demonic army to take Hell.<ref name="nine17" />
[[Father Max Thompson]] developed a way to wash away the corruption a demon endures during its time in Hell and restores their humanity through [[Demon Cure|a ritual]] of purified or sanctified blood.<ref name="eight22" >[[8.22 Clip Show]]</ref><ref name="eight23" >[[8.23 Sacrifice]]</ref><ref name="ten03" >[[10.03 Soul Survivor]]</ref>
Most souls cannot leave their own allotted space, although Ash worked out a way to move between them freely.<ref name="five16">[[5.16 Dark Side of the Moon]]</ref> [[Bobby Singer]] was able to find his Heaven's escape hatch and wander the halls of Heaven where the angels perform their maintenance duties on the individual Heavens. Jack Kline's nature as a [[Nephilim]], allowed him to realize something was wrong in his personal Heaven and exit it when the [[Cosmic Entity]] from [[the Empty]] invaded to retrieve Jack. ===[[Purgatory]]===
[[Purgatory]] is a spiritual realm where the souls of supernatural creatures such as [[vampires]] and [[Shapeshifter|shapeshifters]] go after they die. This place is not connected with [[Heaven]] or [[Hell]], though [[Crowley]] and the rogue [[reaper]] [[Ajay]] have said that it is Hell adjacent. After resurrecting [[Samuel Campbell]], Crowley has him tracking down high-ranking creatures, specifically [[Alpha]]s, so that he can question them about the location of Purgatory, which he wants for "development purposes." Though in truth, Crowley and [[Castiel]] had joined forces to find Purgatory in order to get the souls, which would aid Castiel in his war against [[Raphael]]. When [[Dean]] kills [[Leviathan]] leader [[Dick Roman]], both he and Castiel get transported there without dying due to their proximity to Dick Roman when he was stabbed with the righteous bone of a mortal.
Lily was able to use this same magic to cure [[Jack Kline]]'s condition after his [[resurrection]]. Like with Lily, using Enochian magic burned away a piece of Jack's soul, but Lily stated that it won't be anything he will miss as long as its only used to sustain his body.<ref name="fourteen08" /> In a desperate moment, Jack was able to use the magic keeping him alive to tap into the power of his soul like Lily did. When Jack used this power to disintegrate five attacking [[monsters]], it manifested in a manner similar to Jack using his powers while he still had his grace. Like with Lily's use of Enochian magic, Jack burned away another piece of his soul to accomplish this feat.<ref name="fourteen10" /> On another occasion, Jack was able to use the power of his soul to [[exorcism|exorcise]] the [[archangel]] [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]] out of [[Rowena]] and destroy him, leaving behind only Michael's [[grace]] which Jack consumed to restore his original powers.<ref name="fourteen14" /> However, doing so burned away a great deal of Jack's soul, possibly all of it.<ref name="fourteen15" />
The demon [[Belphegor]] attempted to use [[Lilith's Crook]] to absorb all the demons and [[Hell Ghosts]] that escaped from [[Portal|the rupture]] Chuck created. He wanted to make himself akin to a god and eventually take over Hell, Heaven, and Earth. While the horn manages to absorb a large number of ghosts, Castiel manages to make his way to Belphegor and kill him, destroying the crook in the process. Rowena manages to use a spell from the ''Book of the Damned'' to absorb all the souls into her body and imprison them in Hell along with herself.
==Characters' Souls==
Sam ws eventually reunited with his soul when Dean approached [[Death]] for help.<ref name="six11" /> Death himself liberated it from Hell and personally delivered it back to Sam's body, despite his protests. Death installed it with the promise that a wall would be erected in Sam's mind which will prevent him from remembering his torment in Hell, but advises him to not "scratch away at it" lest the wall collapse and his memories come flooding back -- though he suggests that this may happen over time regardless. Castiel says of the soul's condition once it is returned that it feels like it has been skinned alive.<ref name="six12">[[6.12 Like a Virgin]]</ref>
As Castiel got closer to accessing [[Purgatory]], he plead with the Winchesters not to fight against him, but they refused. Castiel touched Sam's forehead, which cracked the mental barrier that was planted there by Death, saying, "I'll fix him when this is all over." The breaking of the wall in Sam's mind caused him to have a breakdown; and become trapped inside his mind with the memories of what he did when he was soulless and what happened to him in Hell. Sam managed to overcome this long enough to make his way to help Dean and Bobby in their efforts to stop Castiel. However, Sam began hallucinating [[HaluciferHallucifer|Lucifer]] and slowly went insane until Castiel transferred the madness into his own mind, solving Sam's problems but driving Castiel insane instead. According to Castiel, Sam's hallucinations of Lucifer are an "aftertaste" of his time in Hell and simply projections of his own mind.
* [http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/09/09/supernatural-dvd-sneak-peek/ Jared, Jensen and Kripke talk about Sam and his soul.]
===Jimmy's Soul===
Initially, the soul of [[Jimmy Novak]] remained in his body, but was rendered dormant after [[Castiel]] took Jimmy as a [[vessel]]. When Jimmy regained control of his body, he compared the experience to being strapped to a comet, unaware of most of Castiel's actions while in control apart from bits and pieces of recollection. He eventually consented to let Castiel use him as a vessel again after Castiel possessed his daughter [[Claire]], but after his body was disintegrated in a confrontation with [[MichaelLucifer]], his soul passed on as the body could only retain a soul if it also retained a certain structural integrity. Jimmy's soul is now in [[Heaven]] where he has been reunited with [[Amelia Novak|his wife]] after her own death, indicating that they could be soulmates.
===Amelia's Soul===
After being captured by the [[Grigori]] [[Tamiel]], [[Amelia Novak]]'s soul was fed upon by the angel while she was in a dream state where she was in her perfect [[Heaven]] of being reunited with her missing husband [[Jimmy Novak]]. As a result of the feedings, she was left in a weakened state and even a fully restored [[Castiel]] couldn't heal her. Tamiel also indicated that she would eventually die of it. It is unknown if this is true or not as Tamiel killed her with his [[angel sword]] and Amelia's soul reunited with Jimmy in Heaven, her ability to share a Heaven with him indicating that they could are be soulmates.
===Donatello's Soul===
It's later revealed that Jack burned away a great deal of his soul in the process, leaving him mostly, if not completely, [[soulless]]. However, Castiel expresses a belief that Jack still has some of his soul left, but he doesn't know how much.<ref name="fourteen15">[[14.15 Peace of Mind]]</ref> Castiel later admits that Jack's soul is completely gone, something that he knew since witnessing Jack kill the snake [[Felix]].<ref name="fourteen17">[[14.17 Game Night]]</ref><ref name="fourteen18">[[14.18 Absence]]</ref> Though Castiel sought [[God]]'s help to restore Jack's soul,<ref name="fourteen17" /> [[Chuck]] claimed that He couldn't as souls are complicated, even for Him. The veracity of Chuck's claim could not be confirmed nor denied. After his death, Jack ended up in [[the Empty]] where he was greeted by the [[Cosmic Entity|Entity]] and [[Billie]].<ref name="fourteen20">[[14.20 Moriah]]</ref>
Following Jack's resurrection by Billie, he initially remains soulless.<ref name="fifteen12">[[15.12 Galaxy Brain]]</ref> However, his soul is later restored after Jack visits the [[Garden of Eden]] through [[the Occultum]].<ref name="fifteen13">[[15.13 Destiny's Child]]</ref>
===Eileen Leahy's Soul===
After being killed by a [[hellhound]] controlled by [[Arthur Ketch]],<ref name="twelve21">[[12.21 There's Something About Mary]]</ref> Eileen's soul was dragged to [[Hell]].<ref name="fifteen06">[[15.06 Golden Time]]</ref> When [[God]] unleashed all of the souls of Hell upon the Earth,<ref name="fourteen20" /> Eileen's soul escaped as well and quickly fled the area in time to avoid the magical barrier established by [[Belphegor]] that contained all of the escaped souls.<ref name="fifteen01">[[15.01 Back and to the Future]]</ref> Left as a [[ghost]], Eileen eventually managed to reach out to the Winchesters in hopes of getting into Heaven with their help, but they had learned that souls that had been condemned to Hell could not get into Heaven.<ref name="fifteen02">[[15.02 Raising Hell]]</ref> Instead, while looking for [[Rowena]]'s journals to discover how to make a Soul Catcher, Sam discovered a [[resurrection]] spell Rowena had been creating that could bring the dead back by turning spirit to flesh. Sam was able to use this spell to resurrect Eileen.<ref name="fifteen06" />
==Souls in Religion and Lore==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul Wikipedia entry] on souls.
==TriviaExternal Links=='''Meta'''<div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;"> *[https://zazreil.livejournal.com/17387.html Heaven and Hell: Powering the Clockwork a Revelation from Episode 6.4] by zazreil (October 2010); [http://archive.today/vR5J0 archive link]*Supernatural - What am I, without my soul? by shadowkat67 (November 2011); [https://archiveofourown.org/collections/March_Meta_Matters_Challenge/works/22422877 AO3 link]* [https://lurea.tumblr.com/post/35133391649/i-dont-have-a-soul-to-sell Angels and Souls: Don’t have a soul to sell?] by lurea (November 2012); [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029134851/http://lurea.tumblr.com/post/35133391649/i-dont-have-a-soul-to-sell archive link]*[https://outpastthemoat.tumblr.com/post/42866752371 Soul, spirit, body: The "human tripartite division of self in Supernatural] by outpastthemoat (February 2013); [https://web.archive.org/web/20181205030956/http://outpastthemoat.tumblr.com/post/42866752371 archive link]*[https://outpastthemoat.tumblr.com/post/43648428014 Each soul generates its own paradise: Thoughts on Supernatural's heaven] by outpastthemoat (February 2013); 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==See also==
