0 a person who influences a person or group and shows them how to do something successfully: --
Dokuchaev was the guiding spirit behind these early zapovedniks.
He looked forward to basing his teachings in solid biblical knowledge, as well as the messages he received from his guiding spirits.
The poet is unable to articulate his thoughts, but it was not the rival poet, nor other writers, nor the guiding spirits that inspire them.
Its exceptional length, the harmony and freshness of its colors, its exquisite workmanship, and the genius of its guiding spirit combine to make it endlessly fascinating.
Now a co-educational, voluntary aided secondary school catering for about 1400 pupils with an established sixth-form, that same care remains the guiding spirit of the school community.
He was universally regarded as the guiding spirit of the society through the 1920s.
Takahashi believed that in continuing this kind of self-reflective meditation one starts interacting with the guardian spirit/guiding spirit, and dialogue becomes possible.
Give it a name and give it a guiding spirit!
