HOMO ANGELICANSIS
Spiritual Anthropology and the Evolution of the Soul

The concept of an immortal soul has fascinated humans
for thousands of years. However, we do not know if the soul exists, let alone if it is immortal. All religious and esoteric dogma
is faith-based and therefore flawed. What we need is proof – scientific proof.

The anthropological classification for humans is Homo sapiens. Strictly speaking, this classification determines that humans
are nothing more than advanced animals with a dualistic nature comprising a biological body and a neurobiological brain –
with the brain responsible for all mind and consciousness.
In scientific terms therefore, God did not breathe soul into man
as some religions suggests. For the soul to exist, it would have
to be a genetic trait. In the evolutionary context, natural selection would have to come up with the soul.

The question whether evolution can give rise to the soul becomes all-important. In other words, did life evolve to the point where some beings comprised heart (physical), mind and soul, a tripartite nature suggested in the Gospel of Matthew. Personally, I think it did. Incredible as it may seem, a triune being with soul would constitute grounds for a new species. I call such a soul-empowered species Homo angelicansis. Homo angelicansis
is a cross between a physical and spiritual being with both human and angelic qualities.

Why would Homo angelicansis require a soul? Earth as a cosmic destination is relatively unsafe. It also has limited resources,
which limit long-term survival. In an attempt to find a new cosmic home, Homo sapiens contemplate migration to neighbouring planets in our solar system. Some even speculate about going
to alternative solar systems in the Milky Way galaxy. However,
they have neither the science nor the technology to make space migration to other solar destinations possible. The problem
is the physical body – E=MC² – energy equals mass times
the speed of light squared. The mass factor does not allow physical beings to make spaceflights over such distances.
If anything, they would have to get rid of the physical part first.

The physics of manned spaceflights beyond our own solar system is simply not there yet. Even genetically re-engineered beings would have to be near immortal to overcome the harshness
and duration of such flights. The same applies for spacecrafts.
It would be impossible to maintain a craft for the duration
of the flight. A one-way trip to another solar system will literally take hundreds of thousands of years. That makes our space programme a dead end. Nevertheless, genetic engineering
and space travel is not nature’s way of dealing with potential catastrophe – it is human’s way. If human endeavours fail,
what is the alternative?

Modern humans have been acquiring a multi-dimensional consciousness for thousands of years now. The quest goes
hand in hand with the discovery of space as a multi-dimensional continuum. The quest for hidden realms has become one
of the most crucial of the 21st century. Scientists are currently conducting experiments to verify extra dimensions beyond
the four known dimensions of space-time. The likelihood that we will discover “hyperspace” is huge, which is significant,
because hyperspace gives evolutionary purpose to the soul.

An immaterial soul would enable future generations to migrate
to different spiritual dimensions rather than other physical destinations. Homo angelicansis represents the possibility of such a shift – the missing link as it were – from a predominantly physical to a spiritual being. Living on earth does not actually require
a soul. We only need a physical body and a brain. The soul only becomes essential when consciousness wants to extend itself beyond the confines of the physical body and the physical realm.
Rather than another dogmatic look at spirituality, Homo angelicansis explores the idea of an evolutionary soul. At a time when we are able to change the nature of life forms through genetic manipulation and thereby dictate evolution’s path, spirituality is sidelined for the presumptuous assumption that life does not have soul. With Homo angelicansis, the struggle
for survival takes on a new form. If an evolutionary soul exists,
can a species such as Homo angelicansis achieve this anomaly before it is too late? Proof that the soul exists may be around
the corner. The implications are huge.