The soul has control over the physical body, only when the body has the vital force (prana). When the person dies by any means, the absence of prana causes the soul to depart from the subtle body. But can soul be called the subtle body ? We say soul is the divine spark in it's purest state. The content of chitta (psyche/mindstuff) attached to the soul makes it polluted. So can soul be the Consciousness we frequently talk about? How does the law of Karma operate then? What is the mechanism for the storage of information, blueprints of situations in a human life. Can we breach into it?