1. Plural of oversoul; a transcendent, universal spiritual principle or divine consciousness that encompasses and unites all individual souls or minds.
Usage: philosophical; often capitalized when referring to the concept in Transcendentalist philosophy; chiefly historical or literary

Examples

• The Transcendentalists believed in the existence of oversouls that connected all living beings.
• Emerson's philosophy emphasized the unity of individual consciousness with the oversoul.
• Some spiritual traditions speak of multiple oversouls governing different aspects of existence.
• The concept of oversouls appears frequently in 19th-century American philosophical writings.
• Mystics have long contemplated the nature of oversouls and their relationship to human awareness.