"She was a high-hearted spiritual being that put value on her soul's evolution, so I know her journey here in this dimension must have been complete."

Upper Skagit people saw them as spiritual beings that conferred hunting prowess on those who possessed the bear’s guardian spirit.

The movie paints a future in which robots are sentient, emotional and even spiritual beings who’ve been integrated into human society as co-workers, assistants, civil servants and romantic partners.

“We used to really think that we were spiritual beings,” he once said of the Ferus artists in his typically unfiltered fashion.

She considers it an integral part of her spiritual being and her connection to the river.