Quality of a Separated Soul

The soul, separated from its body, can no longer exercise the powers of sense, for these require the service of bodily members. But the soul is still the root-principle of sense-action and retains its fitness for activating sense-organs. Hence, we may say that the sentient powers belong radically (or in root )to the separated soul.

Certainly, sense-action itself is not within the power of the separated soul.

Although the fire of hell be a bodily fire, it canafflict a spirit thus far at least, that it can detain it, and hinder its movement according to its own will.