“There is an imperative to the development or creation of things that can hold an ever increasing amount of soul. As soon as these things are formed, soul descends into them. Soul itself is not defined by space or time. It is transcendent. But the creation, this universe, has the capacity of holding soul within its boundaries temporarily, and, while it is captured here, it interacts with other -- with things, with other souls -- and it grows, or it is refined, or purified. When the body that holds the soul in this world fails, the soul leaves and returns to the One who sent it into this world to begin with. The purpose of creation might be thought of as soul refinement” (Chefitz, Mitchell . 2001. The Seventh Telling. New York: St....