Share the Joy Thursday: Inner Traditions

I'm super-excited and full of JOY today

because I've seen the pre-release info

on the book to which I contributed articles and photos.

My Seattle friend Cathleen Shattuck

also contributed photos and articles.

Cathleen Shattuck on the Giza Plateau

In fact, everyone on the trip

furnished articles for the book

that Inner Traditions describes as

"Sharing Transformative and inspiring pieces

written by those who've attended their Egyptian sacred tours,

the authors reveal how writing your spiritual biography

allows you to reconnect to the creativity and divine within,

face your fears, offer gratitude for what you have,

manifest new destinies, and recognize your life

as part of the sacred story of Earth."

- Inner Traditions Forthcoming Catalog, page 13 

We know which of our articles were selected for publication

but right now we're still in the dark on the images.

The book was the dream-child of

Normandi Ellis and Gloria Taylor Brown,

Normandi Ellis telling the story of her awakening at Saqqara.

Normandi Ellis telling the story of her awakening at Saqqara.

Gloria Taylor Brown on the Giza Plateau,
waiting for our time between the paws of the Sphinx.

the co-leaders of my spiritual initiation and writing trip

to Egypt in 2009. Normandi is the author of Dreams of Isis, Awakening Osiris: The Egyptian Book of the Dead, Feasts of Light, and Fresh-Fleshed Sisters.

                                

For Invoking the Scribes,

there's a forward by Nicki Scully of Shamanic Journeys

who participated in the writing tour,

though she often leads her company's tours

of Egypt personally.

That's Nicki on the right, Normandi just barely visible, and Gloria
as they prepared for sacred ceremony and meditation.

Invoking the Scribes is due for release

 in November 2011

by Inner Traditions Press.

Woo hoo!

What brings you JOY?

To play along and share the joy:

1. do a post that tells and shows us

 what gives you joy.

2. capture the URL of the specific post 

and paste it into the Mr. Linky box along with your name.

3. visit other players -- as many as possible -- 

and let their joy infect you.  

Leave them a comment about their post.

Let's start an epidemic of joy!