Horcruxes

A Horcrux is an item into one places part or all of one's soul. In the series Harry Potter these items are used by the dark lord to act as insurance against a physical death. In the books they enabled Lord Voldermort to resurrect a weaker version of himself each time his physical body was destroyed. Unlike the Harry Potter series, real Horcrux do not necessarily involve a physical item nor do they insure one againts a physical death. Their is however a parallel that can be drawn from the fictional definition of a horcrux to reality and the real humans soul.

The human soul is a complex and intricate component of the human person. unlike Harry Potter in which someone may split his soul and place part of it in an object as an insurance against physical death the real soul is much more complex. Despite its intricacie the human soul is very often torn apart or placed in things other than its owners not to insure against death but rather to gain a sort of spiritual and emotional life or security. The majority of humans are not satisfied with themselves and so they place their souls in things other than themselves. These things are like guardians of the souls which the humans trust more then they trust themselves. So long as the guardian remain true to their calling the human will remain calm because their soul is at rest in the thing they've chosen to entrust it to. Examples would be things such as relationships, God, church, learning, sports ect ect ect ect.

Why is this important you ask? Well because the majority of human horcruxes I think we make subconsciously. We dont realize we've placed most of our soul into something until that something fails us and we feel like half a person. We lose as much of our personality as we had invested in that item or thing or activity. Just as any investor knows, it is best to research the thing your investing your money in prior to risking your money in it. When one thinks about their soul, their ought to be a intense desire to make sure that we invest it in a "risk free investment".

Its fascinating to me that people will think so intensely about something which they know full well will fade away into memory and will give little or no thought to their spiritual being, their soul and where it is going. Left to itself the human spirit will grow independent and become unruly, forcing us to do things we dont want and which go against our conscience and better judgment. Just as the force of gravity must be continually fought by those who stand upright so also must the natural laziness of the soul to become devoted to things which are not healthy be continually inhibited.