Join us as we sail the Nile River, the life blood of Egypt. As it courses through the land, it’s path represents the Chakra system– our spiritual power points, and Egypt itself represents the body– our physicality. Like the Chakra system, it travels upward from its base in the south to its pinnacle in the north, increasing in strength, clarity, and its assimilation with Divine energy. As we sail on our own private ship on this great waterway, we’ll be aligning each of our chakras with the power of the temples, goddesses, and gods that embody the energy of the corresponding chakras. With each power point along the way, we’ll integrate that particular energy into our own individual chakra systems, thus becoming what we are meant to be, each in our own unique way.

Through your own soul-deep experiences, the paths that connect the ancient realms and the world of today will open, transport, and realign you with the Divine Intention of your soul’s journey throughout your many lifetimes.

Part 5: Experience the Egyptian Odyssey Through My Eyes

After our idyllic days of sailing the Nile River, we were back in Cairo for our last day in Egypt. Excited and curious about that evening’s upcoming private visit to the Great Pyramid, we enjoyed a late breakfast before we set out for our visit to the venerable, renowned Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo’s historic old quarter. The bazaar, another buyer’s paradise, was originally the southern end of a palace in the 10th century. In today’s setting, it holds many wondrous objects of desire created by skilled family artisans whose workshops produce beautifully unique Egyptian crafts, jewelry, and leather goods.

While the other Odyssey-ites explored the offerings, Rina and I had tea at one of the cafes at the entrance to the bazaar. We talked about many things, including the night’s upcoming private visit to the Great Pyramid which we, as a group, would enter and climb to the King’s Chamber. I explained to Rina that I wouldn’t be making the climb (or “going up” as we called it) because my back and legs hurt and I didn’t want to be in the way if I had to turn back. I told her that I’d sit outside the pyramid with whomever else wasn’t climbing and send energy to the group as I meditated. She told me she understood and I gave her instructions on how to lead the ceremony which would begin with her playing my pre-recorded guided meditation.

After the visit to the bazaar, we returned to the hotel and prepared for the evening’s adventure which would begin with a late lunch at a private venue. While Doreene and Thomas went into the city to buy flowers for our host, the rest of us lounged around the pool, gave each other readings, caught up on our journal writing, and enjoyed being in each other’s company.

When Doreene and Thomas returned (they did a great job of picking out a bunch of beautiful flowers for our lunch host), we boarded the coach and made our way to our host’s home. Once there, we were escorted into the living room where we gave our host her flowers.

There is something so special about giving someone flowers– it’s a simple act that seems to open the hearts of the giver and the recipient in some magical, gentle way.

When the food was ready, we entered the dining room, chose our food from the bountiful buffet, and seated ourselves at the long dining table. We had difficulty focusing on our meal at first, because at one end of the dining room was a large picture window that looked out at a scene directly across the street from our host’s home– the Sphinx and the pyramids! The view and the energy were amazing! Can you imagine living across the street from two of the world’s greatest wonders and having that scene as your view as you dined!? We were in heaven!

Unable to express in words the wonder of the moment, we did what seekers and tourists have done for the last 100 years– we sought to preserve the moment by taking lots of pictures.

Standing in wonder and knowing it couldn’t get better than this, I was jostled back to the present by our host who was nudging me and insisting that I go over to the large table at the other end of the terrace. I followed her and there on the table was a cake with a lit candle on it. As I stared at the cake, unable to comprehend the moment, Casy put four greeting cards in my hand and everyone sang Happy Birthday to me! With tears in my eyes and unspeakable joy in my heart, I could only stand there and let wave after wave after wave of past and present lifetimes of love wash over and through me.

Urged to open and read the cards, I saw that everyone had written beautiful wishes and signed them with love. It was then that I learned that Casy had brought the cards to Egypt with her and had arranged the whole surprise birthday celebration! My birthday is my favorite holiday and I love making it special. I know in my soul that being surrounded by loved ones singing Happy Birthday to you as you’re on a terrace that overlooks the Sphinx and the pyramids on a beautiful balmy evening is more special than anything I’ve ever experienced. I am blessed and infinitely grateful to be the recipient of such love and caring.

Picture yourself here standing next to me in Egypt, picture yourself discovering the power, beauty, & grace of your true being as you shed lifetimes of blocks, debilitating belief systems, & negative karma…

Another fine day in Paris! (Actually, if it’s Paris, regardless of the weather, it’s always a fine day.) I’m with my friend, Jan, who is here on her first visit. We’re having lunch under the arches at Café Marly, a restaurant whose outdoor dining area faces the glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre. The sun is shining, the sky is a clear light cerulean blue, and the gentle breeze is lightly caressing us.

Over a scrumptious meal, we engaged in “shop” talk– Jan’s an amazing therapist, and like me, a metaphysician and a healer. True shop talk among metaphysicians is profound and often a form of channeling and exchanging information from higher realms. As we talked, it became clear that we weren’t just having lunch, we were also in a spiritual “staff” meeting conducted by the “Front Office”.

We got on the subject of Egypt and Jan asked me what I thought the purpose of my Egyptian Odyssey’s was. Without missing a beat, I responded, “There’s a series of these Egyptian Odysseys and each one attracts and identifies a particular type of spiritual specialist. We’re being brought together because we’re ready to be distributed over the globe to the places where our Light and our energy can connect and do the work they were developed for.”

Jan replied, “Yes, the energy is connected like the lines on a grid and each person is distributed to a place where their particular Light connects and distributes the energy necessary to achieve our goal of healing and wholeness. The goddess Isis is an important part of all of this because she brings all of the parts together and activates the transformational energy needed to accomplish our healing objective.”

We were both in a kind of zone and could actually see and feel the Light-energy grid covering the earth. Just then, Jan looked over my shoulder and up at the sky. She pointed and excitedly said, “Look, Isis is here to validate our information!” I turned and looked. Sure enough, a large cloud formation in the shape of the winged goddess Isis and a smaller one in the shape of Horus had appeared in the sky over the glass pyramid in the Louvre courtyard!

Amazed, delighted, and humbled, we could only smile and nod our heads in acknowledgement and wonder at the power and perfection of it.

After lunch, we met our Louvre guide who performed another kind of magic– immediately getting us into the Louvre without having to stand in a 2-hour line! From the beginning, we knew our guide, Veronique, was assigned to us form the Front Office. In almost every painting and sculpture, she pointed out the artist created triangles and pyramids that served as focal points for our energy and attention. Our whirlwind tour ended with a visit to my dear friend, Mona Lisa, who graced us with her smile of calm assurance as she ever so slightly nodded her head in acknowledgement of us.

“Egypt beckons us home to unlock and activate our powerful energy centers. This is the time of the Great Initiation of soulful empaths, sacred messages, and the opening of some of our most important and impactful spiritual access gates– our chakras. Because you see and experience life more deeply than others, Egypt’s call to you promises that every day there, will in some way give you plenty of opportunity to experience the gentle embrace of your Egyptian past lives. Each of us is a Masterwork of Divine Intention and the time has come for us to know and honor this powerful part of our soul’s lineage by consciously accepting and activating our life’s purpose of Mastery…”

Sailing along the Nile River is the everything of river cruising. There were all kinds of off-ship adventures and activities. Those brave enough, went on the early morning hot air balloon ride over the mesmerizing Valley of the Kings. The rest of us happily greeted them when they returned. Every day, after our off-ship excursions, we gathered in the “living room” of the ship– the deck– and relaxed, interacting with each other as we floated by what our souls recognized as familiar territory.

We loved visiting the alabaster shop and purchasing exquisite hand-crafted treasures made in the same way for thousands of years. Each piece carried an energy that spoke to the soul of the purchaser.

I remember the morning our bespoke tapestry coats arrived. In Luxor, we’d each picked out our tapestry and been measured by tailors, who, with lightning speed, created the stunning garments we were happily unwrapping and modeling.

My favorite on-board experience, though, was our just being our natural selves as we sat on our “living room” deck and relaxed and visited with each other. There is something about sailing on that ancient waterway that strips away the anxieties and heaviness of the past as it fills you with a powerful remembrance of your soul’s evolution over countless lifetimes.

Part of our on-board interaction was reading for each other. Those of us who were readers, professional and otherwise, did readings for members of our group, our soul family. Every reader had their own special method– Damla gave Turkish coffee ground readings, Renata read palms and cards, Barbara consulted Spirit via Tarot cards, and I was happy that I had time to give a few readings, too.

As we visited the temples along the Nile– Edfu, Kom Ombo, and finally Philae, the temple of the great goddess, Isis, we more and more connected with our true essence and stepped into our power. The results of the shift were felt and seen by all of us.

At Isis’ temple, we took a smaller boat and sailed first to the ruins of her ancient temple where I gave a channeled guided meditation and talk. We could feel her presence and her embrace. Afterwards, we sailed to her larger, resurrected temple and there we got to stand at her alter and put our hands on it. The energy that entered our hands as we touched her alter was amazing! I could see the stunning effects of the life changing experience in each person in our group. By simply being there and touching her alter, the personal work we’d been doing, the goals we’d been striving for were validated and achieved! Even now, when I remember those times, I weep in appreciation and joy at what I witnessed and experienced.

Afterwards, we visited the Nubian museum and the Aswan spice market where everyone but me bought some of the beautifully displayed aromatic spices. Though I’m an appreciator of good food, I’m not much of a cook, so I was happy to sit that experience out as the rest of the group enjoyed being in “spice heaven”.

We left the ship on the Nile the next morning and flew to Cairo. Let me say that again. We left the ship on the Nile the next morning and flew to Cairo. Doesn’t that sentence sound like a line from a classic movie? Such was our experience in Egypt this lifetime. So real and other worldly that many of our references were cinematic.

When we landed in Cairo, we were met by our tour company representative who helped us gather our luggage for the ride to the hotel where we’d stay for the remainder of our time in Egypt.

I decided to check the airport to make sure we were all present and accounted for so I walked back to all of the places we’d been since we landed. As I re-entered the hall we were all gathered in, I heard Doreene say, “Look at Sheilaa, walking around like she owns the place!” It was then that I realized that from my posture, my stride, the way I moved my head as I scouted the terrain, my mind-set, even the way my coat moved as I walked, that in that moment, I wasn’t Sheilaa; I had slipped into a past life as a general checking his troops!

That’s one of the things I love about being in Egypt– without effort, the essence of who you are or need to be at any given moment displays itself.

That night, back at the hotel, we relaxed as we processed our Nile River experience. Doing so helped us prepare for the events of the next day, our final day in Egypt, which would end with our visit to the Great Pyramid and climbing the interior of it for the ceremony in the King’s Chamber.

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I encourage you to join us on the upcoming Egyptian Odyssey, December 4-15, 2023. Already written by the gods, you will encounter, experience, and inhabit your true essence. The discovery of who you are and what you are meant for is essential to your being and is a priceless realization. As we sail the Nile River, your chakra points will be awakened and activated, thus achieving a many lifetimes goal of conscious access to your power and purpose. As you read the itinerary, picture yourself there in Egypt, experiencing and remembering who you are and who you are meant to be.

The Egyptian Odyssey 2023

The Nile River & the Chakras– the Divine Path of Initiation

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It’s going to be a phenomenal experience. I worked hard to get you the same type of experiences that made my solo journey there memorable, transformational, delightful, and life enhancing– and all at a really great price.

(Comparatively speaking, an Egyptian tour offering experiences with the quality, variety, transformational depth, AND private audiences

?of our top-of-the-line Odyssey is easily 2-3 times the cost of ours.) Be inspired and come along on the journey of many lifetimes! And please feel free to share this itinerary with others.

Mon, 4 Dec.: Arrive at Cairo airport where you’ll be met by our representative who will assist you through customs and baggage claim. They’ll transport you to our hotel and assist you with the check-in process. En route, you’ll catch your first glimpse of the Great Pyramid– breath taking! We’ll gather for our first group dinner and meeting in the evening. (Dinner)

Tue, 5 Dec.: Morning tour of the Giza Plateau outside the three great pyramids. Private visit to the guardian of the pyramids, the Great Sphinx. You may shed tears at the wonder of it all! Visit Isis Temple and Valley Temple. A panorama view of the site– a great photo op! And for the more adventurous, a camel or horse ride– a grand experience and another picturesque photo op. Visit to a specialty oils shop. Visit 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid, Egypt’s oldest surviving pyramid and Saqqara, an important, recently unearthed burial site and one of Egypt’s richest archaeological sites. Tour one of Egypt’s most venerable carpet factories. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Wed, 6 Dec.: Fly to Aswan. Check in to our Dahabiya, our private ship. We’ll visit Philae temple, home of the goddess, Isis, the Divine Feminine, for one of our Alignment ceremonies in the “holiest of holies” area of the temple. Visit the Nubian museum and the spice market. Have the first of our Aura-Chakra photo session readings. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Thur, 7 Dec.: Sail to Kom Ombo to visit the “duality” temple, dedicated to two deities, Sobek, Lord of the Waters of the Nile who brought fertility to the land, and the solar deity, Horus. Have the next set of our Aura-Chakra photo session readings. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Fri, 8 Dec.: Sail to Edfu temple, the temple of the god Horus. Later, as we cruise down the Nile, you can relax and begin to process all you’ve experienced so far. We’ll have the next set of our Aura-Chakra photo session readings. Mile after wondrous mile, you’ll observe so many timeless scenes on shore– your mind will not have words to describe them; your heart and soul, though… (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Sat, 9 Dec.: An optional hot air balloon ride is available if you choose. Visit Hatshepsut temple, the temple of only the third woman to become pharaoh in 3,000 years of ancient Egyptian history, and the first to attain the full power of the position. Visit to an alabaster shop for a demonstration of the centuries-old art of beautiful functional and fine art carvings. Visit to one of my favorite spiritual sites– a phenomenal jewelry shop! (Breakfast, Lunch. Dinner)

Sun, 10 Dec.: Visit Karnack Temple where we’ll be granted an exclusive private audience with Sekhmet, the powerful goddess of protection and healing! Bring your wish list! We’ll visit a Papyrus shop and learn about the many uses of this versatile plant. We’ll check out of our dahabiya and check into a hotel. Later, there will be shopping! (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Mon, 11 Dec: We’ll visit Dendera, the temple of Hathor, goddess of music, dance, love, and beauty. Later, we’ll visit Abydos Temple, the temple of the 7 gods, where you will “meet” and receive messages from one of your guardian gods. You’ll also get to decide if some of the ancient carvings are indeed helicopters and jet planes! Later, we’ll have an opportunity to buy unique hand-woven scarves and order a bespoke jacket or coat. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Tue, 12 Dec.: We’ll fly to Cairo. We’ll enjoy a visit to Old Cairo where we’ll visit the old tent makers quarter and have an opportunity to buy some of the most exquisite hand-crafted fabric art. While there, we’ll visit the incredible Sultan Hassan Mosque, one of the most beautiful mosques in the Middle East, the historic Ben Ezra Synagogue, and one of the oldest Coptic churches in Egypt, the Hanging Church where Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus rested at the end of their journey into Egypt. We’ll visit an Egyptian cotton goods shop (Egyptian cotton is among the best in the world.) (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Wed, 13 Dec.: Today we’ll visit the King’s chamber in the great pyramid for our all-empowering and transformational Crown Chakra Initiation ceremony. We’ll visit the Egyptian Museum and if it’s open, we’ll visit the brand-new Grand Egyptian Museum where we’ll see some of the most famous artifacts and mummified remains in the world as we examine remarkable statues of the Pharaohs, goddesses and gods, sarcophagi, and jewelry, including the legendary collection from the tomb of the boy pharaoh, Tutankhamen. We’ll enjoy a mesmerizing performance of the Al-Tanoura Egyptian Heritage Sufi Dancers and Dinner. (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner)

Thur, 14 Dec.: We’ll visit the city of Alexandria on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. It’s home to the ancient library of knowledge and the Citadel of Qaitbay. Back in Cairo, we’ll meet for our Farewell Dinner and celebrate our once-in-a-lifetime journey, our renewal, our reconnection to Egypt and our eternal selves. (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner)

Fri, 15 Dec.: After our final Egyptian breakfast, we check out of the hotel and transfer to Cairo airport for the flight home. As we fly away, we see the Pyramids from the air, and know we have been transformed and will return to this magical, mystical land again. (Breakfast)

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Lots of Joy & May All Your Dreams Come True!

Sheilaa

On a chilly, pre-dawn, Full Moon morning, we gathered together in the lobby of the luxe River Nile island resort we were staying at in Luxor. A combination of sleepy and excited, we milled about wondering out loud and to ourselves how we’d be received by the fierce goddess we were on our way to meet. Everyone had heard me tell of my personal, life-changing meeting with the goddess Sekhmet the previous year. Now, they were on the way to their own personal meeting with her.

For me, regardless of whatever else I experienced on the Egyptian Odyssey, spending time with Sekhmet again was what I was looking forward to the most. She is all things– fiercely protective and pure unconditional maternal love, as she heals and guides you through this journey called life. Great Mother energy is a recurring theme for me and I feel privileged to have been called to her.

We boarded the coach and were uncharacteristically silent as we rode through the still, dark streets of Luxor on the way to her private temple in the Karnack temple complex. Once we arrived at Karnack, we were escorted to Sekhmet’s outer temple by the guards who lit the way with their mega-watt flashlights.

There, in her outer temple stands a stone altar. We intuitively knew we were to form a circle around it. I instructed them to put their hands on the altar and told them that I would call them into the temple to meet Sekhmet, one at a time.

Rina and I went into the main temple and were greeted by her temple guardian, a man with a beautiful spirit and of such indeterminant age, you knew he’d been her temple guardian for countless numbers of lifetimes.

I wish I could describe in words what it feels like to be in the space of that inner temple. I don’t think I’ve ever felt more content, more at peace, more ageless and endless than I felt standing in Sekhmet’s inner temple that morning. Rina went to see her first. After a few minutes, it was my turn. She embraced me (how does a stone statue embrace you? I don’t know how; I only know that she did) and my soul felt loved, protected, and filled with an indescribable sense of peaceful joy. She thanked me for bringing her children to her and told me she was ready to meet them again.

As I prepared to leave her presence, she said, “Oh, and take off your hat!” Yes, I was standing in the presence of the goddess and had forgotten to approach her properly! I laughed, removed my beret, and went to get Casy, whom she specifically asked for first.

There was a correct order to the process and Rina, a high priestess of Sekhmet, guided me as I guided Casy and the others through the process before I handed them to the temple guardian who escorted them to Sekhmet. I noticed that he escorted each of them to different positions of closeness to her. He knew where each soul needed to stand on the path and Sekhmet met them the rest of the way. With each meeting, that person’s suffering was lifted from them and replaced by love.

Rina and I worked smoothly together; of course we would– we had overseen this same ceremonial mission over countless lifetimes. After everyone had their private meeting with her, we all held hands and formed a circle with her at one end and her temple guardian at the other. We said a prayer for those who were too ill to join us in person and I spoke and delivered the message Sekhmet wanted us to have before I instructed the Odyssey-ites to form pairs and approach her and hug her.

Melissa was in one of the last pairs to hug her and afterwards, she called me over and told me she had to go again, but this time with Jinan. Again, I wish I had words to describe what I felt as I realized what Melissa’s words meant. I knew then that Melissa and Jinan had a soul bond that was deeper and more beautiful than anything I could have imagined– I knew that these two sisters and temple priestesses had found each other again. I felt awed and humbled to be in the presence of such perfection. (Even now, I’m overcome with emotion as I remember and write about it.)

I found Jinan and took her to Melissa. I watched as they silently approached and embraced Sekhmet. And then my heart almost stopped from witnessing the pure beauty of what happened next. With their eyes closed, while still embracing Sekhmet, Melissa took Jinan’s right hand in her left hand and placed them on the front of Sekhmet’s heart. I had never witnessed so great a demonstration of Divine Love before that moment. Although I don’t remember taking it, there is a photo of that moment on my phone. Did I somehow, have the presence of– what? It couldn’t be presence of mind– I was completely out of my body by then– to take a photo of that moment? What else I didn’t know at the time was that at the very moment Melissa was reaching for Jinan’s right hand with her left and placing it over the front of Sekhmet’s heart, Jinan was simultaneously reaching for Melissa’s right hand with her left hand and placing them over the back of Sekhmet’s heart! Perfection!

It was time for us to leave Sekhmet and gather around the alter stone in her outer temple again. Rina placed a bag on the altar stone and told me the bag contained individual bottles of lotus oil, and that lotus oil would consecrate our experience. “You must touch them!” she said as she placed each bottle of oil in my hand, further instructing me to personally hand each of the Odyssey-ites a container of the oil. That was another time-out-of-time instance and I did as instructed, marvelling at how deeply connected to Spirit Rina is.

As we left Sekhmet’s temple, the sun was coming up, and that’s when we could see it– with the exception of the temple priests and the guards, we were the only other people walking through Karnack temple. I wish you could’ve been there with us, a handful of souls bonding with our past, each other, and ourselves as we walked through the vastness of the thousands of years old Karnack temple complex while greeting the dawn of a new day, both literally and metaphorically.

Rina caught up to me and slipped her arm through mine and said, “I know what you are doing.” I looked into her beautiful beaming face and I asked, “Oh, and what am I doing, Rina?” Still beaming, she answered, “You are training me!” I smiled, nodded, and said, “Yes, and you are training me.” My soul was elated– I love it when I see and feel the results of following the Divine’s instructions!

This was an exceptional experience and there is more to this day… Stay tuned!

Lots of Joy,
Sheilaa