241 - Suburban Transpondency

The Seven Souls of Ancient Egyptian Mythology


The ancient Egyptians postulated seven souls. Top soul, and the
first to leave at the moment of death, is Ren, the Secret Name.
This corresponds to my Director.He directs the film of your life
from conception to death. The Secret Name is the title of your
film. When you die, that's where Ren came in. Second soul, and
second one off the sinking ship, is Sekem: Energy, Power, Light.
The Director gives the orders, Sekem presses the right buttons.
Number three is Khu, the Guardian Angel. He, she, or it is third
man out ... depicted as flying away across a full moon, a bird
with luminous wings and head of light. Sort of thing you might
see on a screen in an Indian restaurant in Panama. The Khu is
responsible for the subject and can be injured in his defense-but
not permanently, since the first three souls are eternal. They go
back to Heaven for another vessel. The four remaining souls must
take their chances with the subject in the Land of the Dead.
Number four is Ba, the Heart, often treacherous. This is a hawk's
body with your face on it, shrunk down to the size of a fist.
Many a hero has been brought down, like Samson, by a perfidious
Ba. Number five is Ka, the Double, most closely associated with
the subject. The Ka, which usually reaches adolescence at the
time of bodily death, is the only reliable guide through the Land
of the Dead to the Western Lands. Number six is Khaibit, the
Shadow, Memory, your whole past conditioning from this and other
lives. Number seven is Sekhu, the Remains.