User blog comment:Queen Misery/Cosmology/@comment-3084254-20140722190755

well if our multiverse follows a unique, gnostic / Far Eastern approach to things I'd imagine the rules of the "soul" would be somewhat like those beliefs (only vastly simplified so as not to - A) offend true beliefs and B) make it easier on people who may not be as "theological" in thinking).

Basically I think "souls" in the multiverse (our fiction) would work as so:

as an individual grows so does their "soul", every action or inaction contributes a bit to how a "soul" may "evolve" (a bit like the concept of karma) - when someone dies they usually follow the "life, death, rebirth" rule and are thus reincarnated.. however depending how far someone has went to try and alter their "soul" this process may change : also (and here is where it gets pretty out there) a being's individual outlook on the multiverse may affect the "soul", so if one believes strongly in some kind of afterlife or makes a deal with a deity / demon they remain in an "afterlife" rather than reincarnating.. as for ghosts / spectres - they are a similar deal but are caused by "souls" that are either afraid or unwilling to reincarnate or go to an "afterlife".

I hope ths helps and sorry for confusing anyone but there's no easy way to deal with this subject - since we're a pretty cosmic-biased wiki in terms of stories however we really do need to have some basics in how things work.. Destiny Force was great in making us different from DC or Marvel by introducing a reason for superhumans (that was not "genetic") and helps to make Cyclones and so on different from Sentinels (that and them being bio-organic).

While we are at it, and this may sound a bit much, we should try and write down the cosmic entities we have and what roles they have - even just a list of them would greatly help in crafting the cosmology of our wiki : I dare suggest we have it as a suggested reading (even if some users may not like it, it is still important - especially if they are going to write about cosmic events.. if they just want their work to stay in the traditional superhero / fantasy section then they probably don't need to mention any of the stuff but a small glance can't hurt - it'd help new people understand who / what runs the often chaotic multiverse that is a whole bunch of different genres mashed together)