Invoking the Scribes of Ancient Egypt by Ellis, Normandi -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Image Title Page Acknowledgments Table of Contents Foreword by Nicki Scully Introduction: Why Spiritual Autobiography Matters

EXPLORING WORDS OF POWER IF NOT NOW—THEN WHEN? SOME JOURNEYS CHANGE US HOW THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN THE GREATEST LOVE OF MY LIFE INTO THE GREAT UNKNOWN HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

Day 1 Cairo: Before the Tour

A SHIFTING KALEIDOSCOPE OF VIEWPOINTS CAIRO: WE BEGIN AS STRANGERS BREAKING THE ICE (AND THE BREAD!) PREPARING OURSELVES FOR THE JOURNEY CREATING THE PERSONAL UNIVERSE THE NILE

Day 2 The Great Sphinx at Giza

A CALL TO ADVENTURE THE BOAT OF THE SUN THE GUARDIAN OF THE SECRETS THE HERO’S JOURNEY RETURN TO EARTH ON TO ASWAN

Day 3 The Temple of Khnum at Aswan

NIGHT RIDE BACK IN TIME SPEEDING PAST A COLLAGE OF IMAGES WELCOME ABOARD! AT HOME ON THE AFANDINA THROUGH THE LAYERS OF TIME FIRST NIGHT ON THE AFANDINA AN EVENING AT THE SOUK

Day 4 Part I—The Temple of Isis at Philae

THE GODDESS OF LOVE STARLIT PASSAGE TO PHILAE TO THE INNER SANCTUM AN OFFERING TO ISIS A SOUTHERN GLOW DAWN AT PHILAE ALIGNING WITH ISIS

Day 4 Part II—The Temple of Horus and Sobek at Kom Ombo

SWIMMING WITH CROCODILES UNION OF OPPOSITES A TALE TOLD MANY TIMES A CEREMONY FOR SOBEK, THEN BACK ON THE BOAT

Day 5 The Temple of Horus at Edfu

HORUS BLESSES US AT EDFU SACRED ARRIVAL AT THE TEMPLE OF HORUS TOUCHED BY HORUS HORUS AS THE HERO SETTING SAIL FOR ESNA ONE HAPPY SHOPPER WRITING ABOUT TRANSFORMATION GODDESS KARAOKE

Day 6 The Temple of Khnum and Neith at Esna

CONFRONTING MYSTERY SITE OF A SLAUGHTER TEMPLE OF MYSTERY DEEP IN THE MYSTERY REVELATION OF ESNA A TOUR THROUGH THE VILLAGE OF ESNA NILE RIDE A LAST DAY IN LUXOR

Day 7 Part I—The Temple of Osiris at Abydos

ALTERNATE SELVES IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE THE RIDDLE OF THE OSIREION THE PATTERN OF THE UNIVERSE THE ORIGINS OF ABYDOS METAMORPHICAL REALIGNMENT INHABITING FEAR ZAPPED BY ENERGY AT ABYDOS THE BUS FROM ABYDOS TO DENDERA

Day 7 Part II—The Temple of Hathor at Dendera

THE ART OF BEAUTY AND GRACE THE RENEWED MAJESTY OF DENDERA THE GODDESS OVERHEAD A THOUSAND BEAUTIFUL THINGS WRANGLING OUR WAY INTO SEKHMET’S SANCTUARY

Day 8 Part I—The Temple of Ptah at Luxor

WHEN GODS AND GODDESSES SPEAK SWEET MORNING RITUALS IN THE THREE-CHAMBERED TEMPLE JOURNEY IN THE TEMPLE OF PTAH

Day 8 Part II—Karnak Temple at Luxor

ZEP TEPI—THE FIRST TIME IN THE KARNAK TEMPLE COMMUNION WITH MUT

Day 9 Part I—The Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari

SAY MY NAME THAT I MAY LIVE DAWN AT THE COLOSSI AND DEIR EL BAHARI ORIGINS AND TRAVELS OF HATSHEPSUT NAMED INTO BEING THE TEMPLE OF RAMSES III

Day 9 Part II—The Valley of the Kings at Western Thebes

GUARDIANS OF THE MYSTERIES DARKNESS BENEATH THE MOUNTAIN

Day 10 The Luxor Temple at Luxor

REMEMBERING THE DIVINE WITHIN THE GOD SEED IN HUMAN LIFE A CART RIDE AROUND LUXOR GOOD-BYE EVENING ON THE AFANDINA EMBARKING FOR CAIRO

Day 11 Travel Day: Luxor to Cairo

TAKING YOUR ADVENTURE WITH YOU BITTERSWEET FAREWELL FINDING THAT PLACE OF PEACE AT LUXOR AIRPORT A CONVERSATION IN THE CAIRO MUSEUM COURTYARD

Day 12 The Pyramids of Djoser and Unas at Saqqara

WRITING ON THE WALL OF MEMORY A SPIRITUAL HISTORY A PLACE OF HEALING AND SOUND AT THE STEP PYRAMID SHOPPING AT THE KHAN

Day 13 The Great Pyramid at Giza

TURNING DEATH CONSCIOUSNESS INTO LIFE CONSCIOUSNESS ASCENDING THE GREAT PYRAMID BECOMING TRULY IMMORTAL COMMUNION AT THE SARCOPHAGUS DIVING INTO THE MYSTERY READY TO START ANEW LUNCH ADVENTURES IN CAIRO THE ONE BECOMES MANY AGAIN REGRET AND RECONCILIATION

Day 14 Leaving Egypt: Cairo to Home

GOING HOME PREPARE TO LEAP ALMOST THERE DEAR WEARY TRAVELER EGYPT: PLACE OF MY HEART

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