Soul Absorption and Essence Absorption is the ability to extract a soul and feed on them for survival (like Crocottas or The Darkness) or to increase one's own powers (like Angels), or to absorb essences like grace.
The metaphysical supernova allowed Jack to absorb the powers of Archangels and Primordial Entities.
Soul Consumption[]
Creatures who feeds on souls:
- Crocottas - Crocottas need to feed on human souls for survival.
- Shtrigas - Shtrigas have the ability to feed on a person's spiritus-vitae or life-force (a concept very connected and used interchangeably with the soul), leaving the victim comatose with fading immune systems.
- Soul Eaters - A creature that drags people's souls into their "Nest" to consume them.
- The Darkness - She is able to consume any kind of souls (humans' and demons') and the essence of angels.
Soul Absorption[]
Entities who absorb souls in order to increase their power:
- Angels - Higher angels have the ability to absorb souls, an ability that makes them more powerful.
- Archangels - Raphael wanted to absorb the monster souls from Purgatory.
- Seraphim - Castiel was able to absorb all the souls from Purgatory. Castiel implied he wanted to absorb all the souls in Heaven and Hell to further boost his power. He also absorbed bits of Sam's soul that was affected by his time in the cage in order to relieve the hallucinations.
- Grigori - Tamiel was able to feed on souls in order to augment his power.
- Demons
- Famine - The Horsemen was able to consume souls.
- Whitman Van Ness (only ghosts) - Whitman was able to "drain" ghosts to gain greater power (destroying the ghosts in the process).