The search for the soul has been pursued throughout history by students of many disciplines. If the trauma surgeon were to select a location especially vulnerable to fatal injury & thus a possible haven to the “soul”, it might be a 1 1/2″ spherical radius centered at the superior pancreatoduodenal artery. A recent case exemplifies the significance of simultaneous injury of the pancreas, duodenum & adjacent major vessels & suggests maneuvers to expose & repair such injuries.