Normandi Ellis’s books on Egyptian myth, ritual and magic include The Union of Isis and Thoth, Imagining the World into Existence, Invoking the Scribes, Words on Water, Feasts of Light, and Dreams of Isis. Her translation from the hieroglyphs, Awakening Osiris, is considered a spiritual classic. Of Imagining the World into Existence, Jean Houston said: "Quite simply, this is a masterpiece. It is the life work of a numinous poet, writer, and Egyptian scholar. To read this work is to be planted with the seed of once and future mysteries.”
An arch-priestess of the Fellowship of Isis, she facilitates trips to Egypt, is a Spiritualist minister, clairvoyant and astrologer and teaches in the School of Metaphysics at Camp Chesterfield.
In addition to her studies in Egyptian mysticism, she is a poet and fiction writers, having won awards from the YMCA Writers Voice, the Bumbershoot Award, and awards from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, the Kentucky Arts Council and the Colorado Arts and Humanities. She has been the recipient of fellowships from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, from the Virginia Center for Creative Arts as well as activism sgrants for her work in the environment and with elder women and youth at risk.
For more information on her writing, workshops, or travel schedule visit www.normandiellis.com.
Nicki Scully has been teaching healing, shamanic arts, and the Egyptian Mysteries since 1983. During her first visit to Egypt with the Grateful Dead in 1978, Nicki experienced an epiphany that transformed her life.
She deepened her focus on healing and began delving into the hidden shamanic arts of Egypt. She is now a lineage holder in the Hermetic tradition of Thoth, her teacher and mentor. With Thoth she developed Alchemical Healing—a comprehensive healing form that is practiced by thousands of practitioners internationally.
In the late '80s, Nicki founded Shamanic Journeys, Ltd.⎯her venue for conducting workshops, retreats, and spiritual pilgrimages to Egypt and other sacred sites.
Nicki’s newest book, co-authored with Normandi Ellis is The Union of Isis and Thoth: Magic and Initiatory Practices of Ancient Egypt. Her other books include Alchemical Healing, A Guide to Spiritual, Physical, and Transformational Medicine; Power Animal Meditations, Shamanic Journeys with your Spirit Allies; and a seven-CD program called Becoming An Oracle. She is also the co-author of Shamanic Mysteries of Egypt and The Anubis Oracle.
Nicki lives in Eugene, OR, where she writes, maintains a healing and shamanic consulting practice and owns a lovely retreat center with her husband, Mark Hallert. The healing and retreat center has a temple, guesthouse, a seasonal sweat lodge, extensive gardens and a peaceful pond surrounded by natural woods for strolling and meditation. There, she hosts 2-3 retreats and several weekend workshops every summer for participants to deeply study the art and practice of Alchemical Healing, Personal and Planetary Healing, the Egyptian Mysteries and Pantheon, as well as other seminars and small gatherings for other studies and arts.
To find out more about Nicki’s healing work and books, please visit http://shamanicjourneys.com/
