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What is the symbolic meaning suggested by Burrough's "Seven Souls" for the montage at the beginning of "Members Only," first episode of season 6, episode 66 of The Sopranos?
Here is the text of "Seven Souls." I've inserted the montage shots in the appropriate places. Please add your thoughts on how you interpret the symbolic meaning of the portrait/verse pairings.
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Seven Souls
By William S. Burroughs
The ancient Egyptians postulated seven souls.
[Shot of Vito, then Janice nursing the baby, then Bobby's model train.]
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.
[Shot of Bobby, then to Gene and his wife reading about Gene's inheritance]
Second soul, and second one off the sinking ship, is Sekem: Energy, Power, Light. The Director gives the orders, Sekem presses the right buttons.
[Meadow, dancing for Finn]
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.
[Scene on Ray Curto's tv set, then of Ray on his exercise bike]
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.
[A.J., apparently in one of his college classes]
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.
[Adrianna, as depicted in Carm's dream. She fades out of the picture.]
Number six is Khaibit, the Shadow, Memory, your whole past conditioning from this and other lives.
[Carm]
Number seven is Sekhu, the Remains.
http://www.greylodge.org/occultreview/glor_009/WSBspecial/print_seven.htm
What is the symbolic meaning suggested by Burrough's "Seven Souls" for the montage at the beginning of "Members Only," first episode of season 6, episode 66 of The Sopranos?
Here is the text of "Seven Souls." I've inserted the montage shots in the appropriate places. Please add your thoughts on how you interpret the symbolic meaning of the portrait/verse pairings.
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Seven Souls
By William S. Burroughs
The ancient Egyptians postulated seven souls.
[Shot of Vito, then Janice nursing the baby, then Bobby's model train.]
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.
[Shot of Bobby, then to Gene and his wife reading about Gene's inheritance]
Second soul, and second one off the sinking ship, is Sekem: Energy, Power, Light. The Director gives the orders, Sekem presses the right buttons.
[Meadow, dancing for Finn]
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.
[Scene on Ray Curto's tv set, then of Ray on his exercise bike]
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.
[A.J., apparently in one of his college classes]
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.
[Adrianna, as depicted in Carm's dream. She fades out of the picture.]
Number six is Khaibit, the Shadow, Memory, your whole past conditioning from this and other lives.
[Carm]
Number seven is Sekhu, the Remains.
http://www.greylodge.org/occultreview/glor_009/WSBspecial/print_seven.htm