An initiatic guide to temple construction on the spiritual and physical planes

• Details the initiations for consecrating yourself as a divine vessel

• Guides you in building a sacred inner temple for connecting with the gods of Egypt

• Delivers shamanic journeys and initiations on ascension, shamanic death and renewal, soul retrieval and healing, multidimensional realities, and more

Deep within each of us lives a primal memory of a time when the natural world was recognized as divine and our temples were built from sacred materials enlivened through magic. Temples were not places you visited once a week; they were centers of community, divine work, healing, and wisdom, places where Heaven and Earth meet. This union of Heaven and Earth--the sacred temple--is also a union of Thoth and Isis: the Egyptian god of wisdom and the creative cosmic force and the Egyptian goddess of civilizing knowledge. Their relationship established the celestial teachings on Earth, for Thoth taught Isis all the mysteries and magic she knows and Isis acted as Thoth’s instrument to deliver the teachings in a form humanity could use.

In this initiatic guide to temple building on the spiritual and physical planes, Normandi Ellis and Nicki Scully explain how to create a communal spiritual structure for connecting with the ancient Egyptian pantheon as well as how to consecrate yourself and become a vessel suitable for divine wisdom and a home for your personal gods. The authors detail the construction, shamanic visioning, and ritual consecration of a Moon Temple dedicated to Thoth. They explore teachings that help you develop relationships with the Egyptian neteru and realize your place within the family of the Egyptian pantheon. They guide you as you create your inner heart temple, the adytum, a safe place in which to receive guidance and access your higher spiritual bodies and oracular gifts. They provide shamanic journeys and initiations on ascension, shamanic death and renewal, soul retrieval and healing, multidimensional realities, and more.

By creating a sacred temple within and without, we each can take part in the union of Isis and Thoth and restore the magic of the Egyptian mysteries to our time.

Normandi Ellis is an award-winning writer, workshop facilitator, clairvoyant, and spiritualist minister. She is the author of 11 books, including Awakening Osiris, Invoking the Scribes of Ancient Egypt, and Imagining the World into Existence. Nicki Scully has been a healer and teacher of shamanism and the Egyptian mysteries since 1983. Her many books include Alchemical Healing, Shamanic Mysteries of Egypt, and The Anubis Oracle. Founder of Shamanic Journeys, Ltd., which specializes in spiritual tours to sacred sites in Egypt, she teaches at conferences and festivals throughout the world. Nicki lives with her husband, Mark Hallert, in Eugene, Oregon, where she offers retreats, private sessions, and teleseminars.

Foreword by Sandra Ingerman

Preface
How to Use this Book

Introduction
Unearthing the Temple at a Zep Tepi Moment

1    Building the Moon Temple

The Building and Consecration of Sacred Temples

The Consecration of the Moon Temple of Thoth

Thoth and the Moon Temple

Thoth's Companions: Seshet and Ma’at

The Union of Isis and Thoth

Laying the Foundations: The Seed Stone and Seed Idea

2    The Opening Procession: Meeting the Neteru

The Gods and Goddesses of the Moon Temple of Thoth
Isis and Nephthys • Selket • Seshet • Hathor and Sekhmet • Wadjet • Osiris • Anubis and Set • Neith • Sobek • Heket • Tauret • Nekhbet and Mut • Horus • Ra • Bast • Ma'at • Khnum • Khonsu • Revered Figures Outside the Egyptian Pantheon

The Courtyard: The Four Elements and Other Presences
Ptah • The Sphinx • Sothis • Nut • Geb • Khepera • The Dove

Future Neturu of the Moon Temple
Hapi • Min

The Final Approach: Thoth

3    Building the Adytum, Your Inner Temple

What Is an Adytum?

Learning to Do the Inner Work
Heart Breath and Caduceus Initiation
Keeping a Metaphysical Journal

Building the Holy of Holies Sanctuary and Connecting to Ptah, the Master Builder
Journey to Connect with Ptah

Building the Portal of the Sanctuary

The Crystal Grid
Journey to Connect with Your Crystals

Introduction to Nut and Her Cauldron
Journey to Receive Nut’s Cauldron

Journey to Receive the Star Seeds from Nut
Seshet Speaks of the Mysteries
Journey of the Star Seed from Seshet

Building the Adytum
Ceremony for Building the Adytum
Your Neter Appears

Creating the Naos
Ceremony for Creating the Naos

4    Fulfilling Your Temple Purpose
Hymns, Invocations, and Spiritual Requests
Writing Hymns

Dedicating Your Inner Temple
Writing an Invocation to Fulfill Your Temple Purpose
Dedicating and Reentering the Temple

Developing Your Relationship with Your Ka, Your Ba,and Your Akh

Making a Personal Vow of Service to Ma’at
The Covenant with Ma’at Initiation

Using Oracular Systems

Clairvoyance, Astral Projection, and Remote Viewing
Working All Your Spiritual Senses
Journey to Attain Spiritual Sensing with Aten

5   Initiations and Journeys within Your Adytum
The Ka and Khnum’s Wheel
Khnum Journey

Isis and the Island of Philae
The Ba Initiation

Scrying and Reading the Book of Nature

Working in the Astral Plane and in the Dream World
Journey to the Astral Realm with Your Ba

Egyptian Soul Retrieval
The Soul Retrieval Journey

Walking in Two or More Worlds Simultaneously
Time Travel Journey: Parts I-III

Bringing Together Above and Below
Journey to Connect Above and Below

Tekenu Spirit Journeys
Ceremony of Opening the Mouth

The Akh
The Ladder of Ascension Journey

Creating Our Future World
Journey to Co-Create Our Future World

The Power of the Akh and Phoenix Journey
The Phoenix Journey

Appendix
Hymns and Invocations

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Hymns and Invocations