The immaterial spirit of a person, often seen as immortal

• A person’s essential self or inner being

The essential core or character of something

• What gives something its true nature

Vitality or spirit; zest

• Passionate energy or fervor

A popular music genre blending gospel and rhythm and blues

• Notable for emotive vocals and groove

A person, especially viewed as one among many

• An individual human counted in totals

In Riemannian geometry: a compact, totally convex submanifold

• The core from which the manifold retracts