Egyptian Magic in Egyptian Magic by Florence Farr.

“He says further:

‘And when the soul has received Him as her leader the Daimon immediately presides over the soul, gives completion to its lives, and binds it to body when it descends. He likewise governs the common animal of the soul (the SAHU) and directs its peculiar life, and imparts to us the principles of all out thought and reasonings.” [via]

Consider also:

  1. “Its forces are drawn from the whole world, and it is established in the SAHU before the soul descends into generation.”
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  3. “Iamblichus also tells us that the daimon or elemental ruler is received at the hour of birth. It is a personification of the Symbol imprinted on the SAHU or Elemental body; and its action may be defined as that of Fate or Destiny.”
  4. “Moreover they looked upon each body, or manifested being, as the material basis of a long vista of immaterial entities functioning as Spirit, Soul and Mind in the Formative, Creative and Archetypal Worlds.”
  5. “The Bennu bird also is remarkable for transfixing and piercing its prey.”