In this chapter, we are introduced to Dr. Rivers, who explains that he has come to the conclusion that the human body can be separated from its conscious nature by the use of the brain. The brain, he says, can "separate their minds from those of their conscious heavy bodies" and thus, they will be able to "free from the referent of their shackles of conscious bodies ness" and go to "the land of eternity" . He explains that the only person who can help them is the "slugbrain" , who has been "charged" with the desire to go to the "land of enlightenment" and to "become our wings . .