| Karmic Blast: |
This power can be used to 'disrupt one's anima center',inflicting massive damage to both a persons mind and spirit. Few entities have ever withstood this attack, Thor managed to only due to his "Asgardian Royal Spirit". Normally this is limited to a line of sight attack, though if the bearer of the gem is experienced enough, or the gem desires it, then it is presumed the attack could cover any distance within this reality's sphere. |
| Soul Detection: |
The Soul Gem can be used to sense other sentient beings in order to A) track someone known to the wielder, or B) determine the presence of other people via the presence of the soul within them (including astral bodies). |
| Soul World: |
The Soul Gem itself contains a pocket dimension. This reality can be used to store as many souls as the wielder likes, for an indefinite period of time. Adam Warlock has proved to be the "Master" of this dimension, even when he is not in possession of the gem. He is without peer, and shapes his powers to his whim while within the world. He has only been defeated once, by a creature named Rune, and that was when the gem betrayed him to aid Rune. |
| Soul Absorption: |
The Soul Gem can be used to literally absorb the soul of another, storing it in Soul World. While so holding a soul, the holder of the soul gem will gain all of the knowledge of that being, and be able to use it directly after absorbing. The act of stealing a soul is extremely quick, in truth it does not even take "time", as shown when Warlock stole the soul of Rune and brought him into Soul World, even after time was frozen. |
| De-evolution: |
The Soul Gem is able to de-evolve things into earlier states, this includes living and non-living material. Warlock used it on bullets once, to de-evolve them into their seperate molecules, and thus become a danger no longer. He has also used it on the Man-Beast, turning him back into a wolf with a single blast of the gem. |
| Linguistics: |
Using the soul gem, the wielder can understand the spoken languages of others, and communicate with others in their own tongues as well. This is not limited in any means, as it connects the two beings through means of their souls. |
| Truth Revealing: |
The Soul Gem is able to reveal "truth" in things. When a being named Abyss sent "shadows" to attack Warlock, he used the Soul Gem's truth revealing ability to show them as beings without souls, thus causing them to cease their existance. He can also use this on beings to force the truth from them. |
This gem wields power over the souls of sentient beings. The following list of abilities are the documented applications of the soul gem. Though this item no doubt has many more abilities, these are those that have been seen in the past:
