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Writer's pictureLauren Thyme

Real life adventures with Hathor in Egypt

“Lauren Thyme is obviously a person who knows her ancient Egypt profoundly. Her writing gives an almost hallucinatory impression of being there. ALONG THE NILE is far and away the best novel about Ancient Egypt I have ever read.” — Colin Wilson, world-famous author of THE OUTSIDER; FROM ATLANTIS TO THE SPHINX; THE OCCULT and many more.

I met Colin Wilson, a delightfully down-to-earth man, on my second of three metaphysical excursions to Egypt and we became acquainted. He was a much-beloved British author of dozens of books, hundreds of articles and several plays. I’m amazed that he experienced the “hallucinatory impression of being there” when he later read my novel.

But I'm getting ahead of my story. Let me take you to the beginning.

During a meditation in 1996 I received a vision of an ancient Egyptian woman with a huge golden headdress who told me: “Go to Egypt. Go to Egypt. Go to Egypt.” (Later I would find out her name was Hathor.)

I later met with a friend, Donna, who showed me exquisite photos of a recent trip to Egypt. When we got to photos of Dendera, I got excited. “Dendera? What is Dendera?” I asked her.

“It’s a healing temple,” Donna explained. “They also trained priestesses to be psychic and interpret dreams.”

“I have to go to Dendera!” I announced. I didn’t know why but I always trust my gut feelings. Plus I had been a healer and psychic most of my life, so it somehow felt right.

I signed up for a metaphysical tour. Before I could actually go, a group of Islamic terrorists killed some tourists near Hetshepsut’s Temple and the tour was cancelled. I researched online and only found one other tour that included Dendera — Sacred Quest Tours — and signed up.

When I arrived in Giza at the fabulous 4-star Mena House Hotel over looking the Pyramids, I met Quest Travel's owner, Mohammed Nazmy. We felt like instant friends and hugged with joy. Then he handed me an itinerary.

“Where’s Dendera?!” I exclaimed. “Aren’t we going to Dendera?”

“No, Lauren, we had to cancel that portion of the trip. It requires an army convoy for all tours groups and we couldn’t arrange it,” Mohammed said sadly.

“But I have to go! It’s why I joined your tour. Can I take a bus or train — or camel — or something?” I asked impetuously.

“I’m sorry,” Mohammed explained. “It’s an impossible journey on your own. Because of the danger of fundamental Islamists, tour regulations require an army convey to travel to that area.”