The Soul

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This article is about the item. For the character, see The Soul (character).

The Soul is an unlockable passive item.

Effects

  • Grants two Soul Heart.pngSoul Hearts.
  • Isaac gains a pulsing blue aura that repels enemies and projectiles.
    • The power of the repel force alternates in strength at random, sometimes strong enough to counter a projectile well before it hits Isaac, sometimes only strong enough to slow it down.
    • Ground-based enemies will overcome the counterforce easier than flying enemies and projectiles.

Notes

  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) A stronger effect of this item is given temporarily by I - The Magician?I - The Magician?.
  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) When playing as Character Tainted Forgotten icon.pngTainted Forgotten, this item works only on the Forgotten's body and not the soul.
  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) When playing as Character Tainted Jacob icon.pngTainted Jacob, Dark Esau is unaffected by this item's repelling properties.

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Trivia

  • This item, along with The BodyThe Body and The MindThe Mind, are references to the Three Primes of Alchemy.
    • The designs of these items appear to be that of Triquetra, a Christian symbol of the Trinity.
  • The item's description, along with those of The BodyThe Body and The MindThe Mind, are references to the three attributes commonly ascribed to God in Christian theology: omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence. For The Soul, it is omnipotence, the ability to do anything, which follows naturally from the ability to "be all".