Life force
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Life force or lifeforce may refer to:
- Spirit (vital essence), in folk belief, the vital principle or animating force within all living things
- Vitality, ability to live or exist
- Vitalism, the belief in the existence of vital energy
- Energy (esotericism), a concept in spirituality and alternative medicine
- Prana, the Sanskrit word for "life force" or "vital principle"
- Qi, or chi, an active principle forming part of any living thing (translated as "natural energy", "life force", or "energy flow")
- Élan vital (roughly translated as "vital impetus" or "vital force"), a philosophical term coined by Henri Bergson in 1907
- Energy (esotericism), a concept in spirituality and alternative medicine
- Vijñāna (translated as "consciousness," "life force", "mind" or "discernment