Any obligations left unpaid when you go to the next world can give the one you owe control over your spirit.

But I had not been able to shake the chill of doubt that had settled over my spirit back then.

"In these later days," writes the 1911 Britannica, "a certain discouragement seems to have come over his spirit".

Lord, watch over my spirit, and the spirits of these my friends.

Death approaches; and the shadow which foreruns him has thrown a softening influence over my spirit.

A cloud of depression hung over Susan's once optimistic spirit.

A great melancholy had fallen over his bold, adventurous spirit.

At this instant, I know not what sudden self-possession came over my spirit.

Loss settled over her spirit like a suffocating shroud.

Somewhere you have a friend - a friend of great power who has laid a charm over your spirit.