~Abu Simbel, Aswan and the Nile~

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ABU SIMBEL, STATUE OF NEFERTARI

After exploring the site, I sat on a bench in front of the temples and took in the grace and beauty captured within the lines of their architecture.  The great statues stood as sentinels, beckoning visitors to enter an ancient sacred space. Were other people aware that they were encountering the energy of the ages, in halls and columned rooms that only the elite and noble once dared approach?  I felt very grateful for my moments in these special places, and I felt honored to be initiated by their energy.

 Daniel enjoyed a peaceful and prayerful walk along a path that circled the site down by the water’s edge.  We were among the last to leave Abu Simbel as dusk was casting its first glow on the great statues.  It was quite beautiful. The vendors that we had to pass as we exited the area accosted us, and it was an abrupt and shocking experience. 

They blocked our way and spoke in mocking tones with an aggressive energy.  Feeling alone and quite vulnerable, we hastily hailed a taxi to return to our hotel.  We were no longer in the mood to enjoy the twilight walk back to our room.  Once again, our peaceful experiences were marred by the abrasive intrusion of the prevailing energies of Egypt.  We prayed to learn some skills and energetic boundaries to cope with them, because they clearly had the power to affect so strongly.

We left Abu Simbel the next morning for a flight to Aswan, where we were to tour the area briefly before boarding a boat for our Nile cruise.  I was very excited about our time on the water and the many temples that we would visit on our frequent stops.  I felt that being on a boat would insulate us from some of the energies that we had been finding so difficult, and in fact this proved to be true. 

ABU SIMBEL, SEATED RAMSES

In Aswan our guide took us to visit the High Dam, and though it was certainly a technical marvel, we had very little interest in this blatant effort by humans to control the mighty Nile.  We knew of at least two magnificent archaeological sites that had to be physically moved before the rising waters from the dam submerged them, and it seemed inevitable that other sites and artifacts were destroyed as Lake Nasser flooded an area hundreds of miles long.  We asked to leave before he was done his spiel.