INVOKING THE SCRIBES OF ANCIENT EGYPT

Invoking the Scribes of Ancient Egypt: the Initiatory path of Spiritual Journaling / by Normandi Ellis and Gloria Taylor Brown. – Inner Traditions / Bear & Co., c2011.

This book is essential reading for people attracted to the spirituality of Ancient Egypt.  It is about learning how to write your spiritual biography, so that your consciousness may be transformed.  There is a thoughtful and enlightening introduction by Normandi about spiritual autobiography.  It is “…a task that must be renewed on a regular basis in order to integrate experience…as we travel together, we come to appreciate how our stories intersect with the stories of every other traveler.”  The story of Isis and Osiris is used as a metaphor for two ways of contacting the divine.  This balance of two is used throughout this book as a method of accessing the divine. Matter and spirit, light and shadow, the rational and the mystical, memory and forgetfulness is what we are; and it is how creativity and inspiration are approached here.   Normandi recognizes the ancient scribes as priests, healers, and shamans who knew that writing and thinking hieroglyphically was a healing act that empowers the author.  This book teaches us how to bring forth sacred words and texts  that can change lives and destinies, and achieve spiritual union with the divine.  It contains writing exercises by Normandi,  spiritual practices by Gloria, and  beautiful writings by specific people in specific Egyptian locations.  You will enjoy the bios, the reading list, and the pictures.  Read this book, it will help you to transform your consciousness.