In the powerful chapter “Illnesses of the Soul” from Rosalis von Sass’s “Threads of Fate Determine Human Life,” we discover the profound relationship between our spiritual condition and our physical and psychological suffering.
The author reveals that most people today suffer from soul illnesses—conditions that manifest in the physical body as depression, paranoia, hypochondria, and various fears. Modern medicine treats only the physical symptoms while remaining ignorant of their true source: the diseased soul body that carries accumulated karma from multiple incarnations.
Through Milton’s disturbing story, we see this principle in action. A man who denied life after death discovers upon his passing that his soul exists in a grotesque state—covered with sores, pus-filled wounds, and even beetles embedded in his neck. These spiritual afflictions had manifested during his earthly life as chronic earaches, throat problems, and an inexplicable, maddening neck itch that no doctor could treat. His soul’s deformities were the direct result of his moral choices across many lifetimes—broken promises, slander, murder, lies, and ruthless pursuit of power.
The chapter emphasizes a crucial spiritual truth: our soul—the ethereal intermediary body between our spirit and physical form—records everything we do and becomes shaped by our actions, thoughts and choices. When the physical body dies, the soul remains with all its accumulated illnesses. These soul conditions determine not only our experiences in the afterlife but also manifest as both physical and psychological ailments during each incarnation.
Most significantly, the text reveals that today’s epidemic of mental health issues, addictions, and chronic fears all stem from impure souls overburdened with karma. No medication can cure these conditions because they originate beyond the physical realm. Even prayers are ineffective when mechanically recited without spiritual connection.
The chapter concludes with a powerful insight: modern humans have disconnected from their intuition—the voice of the spirit—becoming enslaved to both their rational, intellectual thoughts and their emotions. This disconnection has transformed us into “ugly and miserable creatures” cut off from our spiritual essence. True healing can only begin when we reconnect with our spirit, understand the universal Laws of Creation, and work to purify our soul through spiritual alignment and living according to the Laws of Creation.