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Imagining the World into Existence with Normandi Ellis

August 14th, 2012 | Author: EYSRadio

Imagining the World into Existence by Normandi Ellis

On this episode of Explore Your Spirit with Kala, Kala speaks with Normandi Ellis. Drawing from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Pyramid texts, the Book of Thoth, and other sacred hieroglyphic writings spanning the three millennia of the Egyptian Mystery Traditions, Normandi Ellis reveals the magical language of creation and words of power that enabled the ancient Egyptians to act as co-creators with the gods. Examining the power of hieroglyphic thinking–how thoughts create reality–and the multiple meanings behind every word of power, Ellis shows how, with the Neteru, we imagine the world into existence, casting a spell of consciousness over the material world. Uncovering the deep layers of meaning and symbol within the myths of the Egyptian gods and goddesses, Ellis investigates the shamanic journeys that ancient Egyptian priests used to view the unconscious and the afterlife and shares their initiations for immaculate conception, transubstantiation, resurrection, and eternal life—initiations that later became part of the Christian mystery school. Revealing the words of power used by these ancient priests/sorcerers, she explains how to search for the deeper, hidden truths beneath their spells and shows how ancient Egyptian consciousness holds the secret of life itself.

Normandi Ellis

About Normandi Ellis:
Normandi Ellis, author of four books on ancient Egyptian wisdom traditions–Dreams of Isis (Quest Books, 1995), Feasts of Light (Quest Books, 1999), and Awakening Osiris (Phanes Press, 1988). Her most recent Inner Traditions book, which was coauthored with Gloria Taylor Brown, is Invoking the Scribes of Ancient Egypt: The Initiatory Path of Spiritual Journaling, which is the topic of this interview. A priestess in the Fellowship of Isis, ordained by Lady Olivia Robertson of Clonegal Castle, Ireland, Normandi leads trips through the temples of Egypt in conjunction with Shamanic Journeys and Nicki Scully. Normandi is also the author of four works of fiction, most recently Going West. She facilitates writing workshops and spiritual retreats at PenHouse Retreat Center, which is located on her Kentucky farm and continues to lead national and international tours about Egypt. More info at www.NormandiEllis.com

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Posted in 2012, Metaphysical, Radio | Tags: ancient mysteries, author, books, egypt, egyptians, explore your spirit, isis, kala ambrose, mystery schools, mystery traditions, normandi ellis, osiris, temples, thoth | No Comments »

Western Sexual Mysticism with Arthur Versluis

December 11th, 2009 | Author: EYSRadio

The Secret History of Western Sexual Mysticism by Arthur Versluis

Beginning with the ancient Greek Mystery traditions, Gnosticism, and the practices in early Christianity, Arthur Versluis uncovers the secret line of Western sexual mysticism that, like the Tantra of the East, seeks transcendence or union with God through sexual practices. Throughout antiquity, and right into the present day, sexuality has played an important, if largely hidden, role in religious traditions and practices. This includes not only Christian but also kabbalistic and hermetic alchemical currents of sexual mysticism, many discussed together here for the first time. In the Mystery tradition of hieros gamos (sacred marriage) and the Gnostic tradition of spiritual marriage, we see the possibility of divine union in which sexual union is the principal sign or symbol. Key to these practices is the inner or archetypal union of above and below, the intermingling of the revelatory divine world with the mundane earthly one. Versluis shows that these secret currents of sexual mysticism helped fuel the rise of the troubadours and their erotic doctrine, the esoteric teachings of Jacob Böhme in the late 16th century, the 19th-century utopian communities of John Humphrey Noyes and Thomas Lake Harris, the free love movement of the 20th century, and the modern writings of Denis de Rougemont and Alan Watts.

Arthur Versluis

More About Arthur Versluis:
Arthur Versluis, Professor in the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University, holds a doctorate from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and has published numerous books and articles. Among his books are Magic and Mysticism: An Introduction to Western Esotericism (Rowman Littlefield, 2007), The New Inquisitions: Heretic-hunting and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Totalitarianism (Oxford UP, 2006), Restoring Paradise: Esoteric Transmission through Literature and Art (SUNY: 2004); The Esoteric Origins of the American Renaissance (Oxford UP: 2001); Wisdom’s Book: The Sophia Anthology, (Paragon House, 2000); Island Farm (MSU Press, 2000); Wisdom’s Children: A Christian Esoteric Tradition (SUNY: 1999); and American Transcendentalism and Asian Religions-(Oxford UP, 1993). His family has owned a commercial farm in West Michigan for several generations, and so he also published a book called Island Farm about the family farm, and about family farming in the modern era. Versluis was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to Germany, and is the founding editor of Esoterica, and co-editor of JSR: Journal for the Study of Radicalism. He is the founding president of the Association for the Study of Esotericism. More info at: www.arthurversluis.com

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