The spirit of the metal element is the Po, or the corporeal soul. This aspect of our sprit dies when we die, and our life is defined as between our first breath and our last. The spirit of the metal element is a part of our soul that only exists during our lifetime. I see this as the parts of our brain that react on instinct and our regulation of physiologic processes. It is our instinctual, animal and emotional part of ourselves. It governs the senses and is related to our unconscoius drives and responses.
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