Stealing a soul does not bring benefit to you at all...if you steal a soul, it will probably be pi$$ed and unwilling to do your biding lol. However, there are souls that are already in the astral and don't have a physical body...you could make a deal with those and decide the benefits yourself...but there's usually a twist in the deal and you end up in trouble.
You are correct in that in Shamanism we gather lost fragments of souls to help and heal others. people lose parts of their soul when they have different experiences. The loosing of ones love is a good example. Which is how i know how to steal a soul. It is just as simple as soul retrieval.
There are some benefits to stealing a soul, and none of them involve the soul doing your bidding. In that respect you are correct. Lets take for example a PsiVamp. A PsiVamp could steal a soul and use it for an endless power source. Some other benefits of stealing a soul would most likely be used by a Necromancer. To revive a dead body. There are even some cases where a Dark Witch would use the soul to create a power a gem that enable him/her to control certain elements.
Even though there are benefits to stealing a soul the consequences heavily out weigh the benefits.
Re: stealing a soul By: gurby
Post # 29 Mar 05, 2009
Well I own an extra, Notarized and everything... Gee, $25 debt, way too easy!!
The Poor Notary looked like she was gonna Drop dead in her tracks, when I paid the service fees.
Idk guys, sounds cool, though even in video games souls values are pretty poor. I dont know if itd do much even if. Guess it depends what your view on a soul is really, and what you think it can do for you. I doubt if they exist theres any "pure" since the whole soul is a bible tale, which means all are born with sin, though maybe that means saved souls are where its at.
Id do it if I knew how, and if it actually benefitted me. The only ways I can think are by consumption=power or slave=butler. Why do it? If you can justify it to yourself, whatever, whos to stop you?
It isn't a negative thing, Xen. It's just the Hebrew/Yiddish word for "gentile". Most Jews don't think less of Gentiles, with the OP obviously being an exception.
I have a number of questions to ask of these "soul stealers".
What does a soul look like;what shape?
How much does a soul weigh?
Can you see it, touch it, taste it?
Does a soul actually exist? Or is it just the character and spirit of the person?
Do all living creatures have a soul? Spiders? Worms? How about bacteria; that's alive?
Or, are you all children having fun writing about something that doesn't exist as a material object?