Feasts of Light: Celebrations for the Seasons of Life based on the Egyptian Goddess Mysteries [Paperback]

Normandi Ellis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1999

Normandi Ellis brings her rich understanding of Egypt's sacred past to the first book to recover from original sources the history, myths, and pageantry of ancient festivals to Isis, Hathor, and other Egyptian goddesses. Full of folk history, vivid recreations of Egyptian goddess mysteries, and contemporary activities we all can use to mark life's seasons and passages, Feasts of Light will delight lovers of ancient Egypt and of the Goddess in her many guises.

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A priest in the modern day, Egyptian-based Church of the Eternal Source advises, "Cultivate an Egyptian frame of mind and schedule celebrations according to the magic of your own locality." In this light, author Normandi Ellis has constructed a reader-friendly guide to the Egyptian goddess mysteries, that we might develop our own celebrations of the sacred events that bless our lives. Referring to herself as an "Episcopagan," Ellis believes commemorating the divinity inherent in everyday happenings is something sorely missing from modern life. A renowned expert in Egyptology, Ellis attempts to fill this gap by demonstrating what the ancients celebrated as sacred, thereby helping us to bring the divine home again. Each of the 50 festivals is prefaced with a list of suggestions of occurrences we could celebrate, and suffixed with ways we might celebrate them. This book is a lovely and loving introduction to one of the more fascinating ancient spiritual traditions, replete with sparkling relevance for today's spiritual seeker. --P. Randall Cohan

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Quest Books (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0835607445
• ISBN-13: 978-0835607445
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #841,624 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why haven't more people reviewed this book?, October 19, 2000

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This review is from: Feasts of Light: Celebrations for the Seasons of Life based on the Egyptian Goddess Mysteries (Paperback)

I thought this book was excellent! I re-read this book over & over along with my book by Ditraci Regula on Isis.In fact my book is full of yellow highlites.I highlite all the things I can use in my own rituals such as hyms to the Goddess,what kind of offerings to use etc.I thought more people would have loved this book and reviewed it.I did!

25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Bridge Between Worlds, June 22, 2000

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This review is from: Feasts of Light: Celebrations for the Seasons of Life based on the Egyptian Goddess Mysteries (Paperback)

Ancient Egypt is a faraway land in a far away time, yet they had the same stars, plants, and human needs that we have here today. Normandi Ellis never fails to put the reader in touch with the mysterious and intangible, yet at the same time with ourselves and our reality. The author has the tender caress of an artist and respectful embrace of an historian so that the purest of mysticism is revealed, but not dispelled.

The reader is guided through an effortless tour of truth not available outside the work of Normandi Ellis. Not unlike most travels, the experience will make it hard to return to the mundane world, and inspire future travels to new worlds beyond. Be certain to buckle your seatbelt; the ride is like no other.

As books on Egypt go, this author is without rival. This is equally true for her other works on the subject. Normandi Ellis is easy to recommend as an insightful scholar and author.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Feast of Inspiration, December 9, 2010

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This review is from: Feasts of Light: Celebrations for the Seasons of Life based on the Egyptian Goddess Mysteries (Paperback)

In an online forum I asked the members if they would stop believing in god if they found out that god is a female and unfortunately some of the knot heads there claimed they would. And I told them that if that's true, you can't accept god unless it's on your terms then you don't believe in god at all, what you believe in is your own crap. LOL!

Anyway, one day women will no longer be identified as negative or passive and women like Normandi Ellis and myself are who will make a new view of women possible. Feast of Light is a great book that I haven't finished reading yet. It's incredibly well written and she speaks on experiences I had myself. She really hits home and inspires us to see women differently than we do. Women have been underrated for too long although they are the inspiration who keeps us all going, but that's due to change in time but we have to work to make positive change possible.

We can't wish our way into betterment. We have to plant seeds for it. I discovered this book at the library doing research into ancient Egyptian culture, and to my surprise this awe inspiring work of Normandi Ellis.

Times are tougher than ever now.

So please do yourself a favor and get this book. We all need a spiritual cleansing and uplifting.