After Death

After Death

 

Everyone possesses both a heavenly soul (혼, 魂) and an earthly soul (넋, 魄). After death, the heavenly soul ascends to heaven and becomes a spirit (신, 神).
After receiving ancestral rituals from four generations of descendants, the spirit might then become a radiant being (영, 靈) or even an immortal being (선, 仙).
After death, the earthly soul returns to earth and, after four generations, becomes a ghostly being (귀, 鬼).
-English Dojeon 2:89:2~4

영체 : astral body [ǽstrəl bάdi]
육체 : physical body [fízikəl bάdi]
혼줄 : spiritual cord [spíriʧuəl kɔːrd]
혼(魂) : heavenly soul [hévənli soul]
넋(魄) : earthly soul [ə́ːrθli soul]
신(神) : spirit [spírit]
영(靈) : radiant being [réidiənt bíːiŋ]
선(仙) : immortal being [imɔ́ːrtl bíːiŋ]