Help? Any William S. Burroughs fans out there?

[gray_ghost]

Has anyone on my flist read a book of his titled "The Western Lands"? What's it about? In particular, is there any insight you could offer into this part?

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 beck 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.