Aluna Joy and Quest Travel presents an ultimate, Spiritual Pilgrimage experience to Egypt
Spiritual Liberation Initiations
An Egyptian/Atlantean Recovery Project
March 11th - 24th, 2012
Many seekers throughout the world feel that there is a buried and unreachable potential within themselves. This is a powerful, untapped potential that looms just out ahead of us . . . like a desert mirage just out of reach. This unlimited potential is our inner living Master, Ancestor and Star Child. This potential is a powerful unlimited source for spiritual abundance, creativity, and is our divine destiny for the future world. Not being able to tap into this hidden potential has fueled a deep passion to seek it. We work to release ourselves from our false history, our negative programming, our outdated belief systems, and to regenerate our physical bodies. We have a powerful drive to release ourselves from anything that might hold us back from this potential, and this is the very reason why we became spiritual seekers in the first place. This pilgrimage is an "Egyptian/Atlantean Recovery Project" for this unlimited and untapped potential within.
The FOCUS and INTENT for this pilgrimage is to achieve total SPIRITUAL LIBERATION from the last of the self-imposed shackles that we placed upon our divine selves. It is also the focus of this project to fully RECOVER and INCREASE our untapped treasure chest of brilliant LIGHT and impeccable WISDOM that is within us.
We feel that THIS IS OUR MOMENT . . . this is our time. In the last few moments of the end of an age that shackled us, imprisoned us, and made us uncomfortably earthbound, a fertile land is now being offered to us for our spiritual liberation. Now we can recover that which we buried inside of ourselves, and release the ancient ancestor within and be re-born into a golden new age.
Come join us in an Egyptian pilgrimage that will change your life. We are not saying this lightly by the way. Come to a culture that lives and breathes the spirit of liberation. Come awaken and bask in the energy of The Keepers, The Immortals, The Hathors, the Goddess Nut, Isis, Osiris, Horus, Akhenaton, the Star Elders . . . and more.
We are our own ancestors … returned
We will experience ... Cairo ~ Giza Pyramids ~ The King's Chamber ~
Cairo Museum ~ Luxor Temple ~ Isis Temple ~ Karnak Temple ~ Aswan & Luxor markets ~
King Tut's treasures ~ Edfu Temple ~ Kom Ombo Temple~ & Abu Simbel Temple.
Our Atlantian time capsule will be to SAIL with the wind, as they did thousands of years ago, on a private yacht.
Also included is . . . Private time at The Sphinx Private time in the King's Chamber in the Great Pyramid (2 hours) Private time at Philae's Isis Temple. "The Afandina" - The Luxurious, Private, SAILING Yacht on The Nile
Read about what we uncovered on our first 2 trips to Egypt...
INTO THE LIGHT OF A NEW SUN
Karnak Egypt, at the Moon Temple - Message 9
The Karnak Ancestors and the Star Elders through Aluna Joy- March 19, 2011 Posted July 15th, 2011
THE LIVING BODY IN THE SOUND OF CREATION
Evening in Luxor Temple, Egypt - Message 8
The Master Atlantean Thoth, the Light Sentinels, through Aluna Joy - March 18, 2011 Posted June 12th, 2011
THE UNMASKING OF OUR DIVINE SELVES
Early Morning - Hatchepsut, Egypt - Message 7
The Golden Guardians, Hatshepsut, Akhenaton through Aluna Joy - March 18, 2011 Posted May 19th, 2011
THE FEATHER AND THE SUN SHIELD
Edfu - Temple of Horus, Egypt - Message 6 through Aluna Joy - March 16, 2011 Posted May 7th, 2011
THE FALCON / CROCODILE ORDER FOR HEALING DUALITY
Kom Ombo, Temple of Horus and Sobek, Egypt - Message 5 Through Aluna Joy - March 16, 2011 Posted April 26th 2011
ANCHORING ETERNITY
Sunrise - Philae, Temple of Isis, Egypt. - Message 4 The Immortals through Aluna Joy - March 15, 2011 Posted April 19th 2011
COSMIC ORIENTATION
SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE FOR A NEW DINENSION Abu Simbel, Egypt - Message 3 The Keepers and The Guardians through Aluna Joy - March 13, 2011 Posted April 9th 2011
RECEIVING A SEED TO A NEW WORLD Cairo and Sakkara Egypt - Message 1 and 2 Aluna Joy - March 12th, 2011 Posted April 7th 2011
THE 13 CODES OF ASCENSION The Original Plan of the Creator JULY - AUGUST 2008
MESSAGES FROM EGYPT Remembering the 13th Code of Ascension. JUNE 2008
UN-MASKING THE ANTI-LIGHT
The Delphi Oracles, the Hathors, the Mothers of Humanity at Dendara APRIL 2008
Thanks to Mohamed Nazmy, the owner of Quest Travel, we have been offered to sail the Nile on the Dahabia "Afandina". This is a private chartered, luxurious sailing yacht used only by spiritual groups, and is only available by invataion only. We don't know when it will be available to us again. Sailing on "The Afandina" is like traveling in your own private Isis palace. We are much more closely connected to the Nile and are able to stop and explore freely on our own time schedule. The Afandina accomodates a group of 16 people. It has two sundecks, one jacuzzi, an air-conditioned dining room and library. All the cabins are air-conditioned and have private bathrooms with showers. The food, that is prepared for us daily by the wonderful crew, rivals any gourmet restaurant. Sailing on The Afandina is a very special opportunity, and allows us to learn to know and appreciate Egypt in a unique and much more personal way.
Watch this film about the Afandina from Spirit Quest tours
Write us for the link to our day bay day itinerary. We keep this information private to maintain our group's privacy.
PRICE
Double occupancy per person $4699.00 USD
Single Supplement*: Add $ 550.00 USD
* Note: The Single Supplement only applies to rooms spent at land based hotels. On the Afandina yacht, there are no single rooms, and everyone will have a roommate. Price does not include your round trip flight to Cairo, Egypt
50% of the tour price is due upon registration to hold your space.
Full Payment is due December 1st, 2011.
Group size limited to 16. This is a very private and intimate spiritual pilgriamge.
We must submit the initial rooming list to Quest Travel by November 1st, 2011, and the final rooming list is due by January 1st, 2012.
We must have your Passport information including: Your Name (as it appears on your passport)/ Passport Number / Expiration Date / Date of Birth / Nationality.
WHAT IS INCLUDED:
Greeting and assistance at airports in all cities in Egypt;
All touring and transfers in an air-conditioned motor coach;
Cairo airport transfer to and from our hotel for those arriving on the tour arrival and departure dates;
Private transfers to and from the airport / hotels in all cities;
Entrance fees to all visits mentioned in the itinerary;
Meeting rooms at hotels;
Private visit to the Sphinx;
Private visit to King's Chamber inside the Great Pyramid;
Private visit to Isis Temple at dawn;
Domestic flights within Egypt - Cairo / Aswan / Luxor / Cairo;
Daily buffet breakfast at hotel;
Lunch or dinner as indicated on daily itinerary;
Breakfast, lunch and dinner while sailing on the Afandina;
Licensed English / Spiritual speaking guide throughout the trip;
All hotel taxes, service charges and government sales tax;
Luggage handling at all airports; and
Tips for the drivers / guards on sites / and hotel and Afandina yacht staff;
Hotels & Sailing Dahabia:
Le Meridian Pyramids Hotel, Cairo, Egypt
Dahabia "Afandina"
Seti First Hotel, Abu Simbel, Egypt Total - 14 days / 13 nights
* Hotels and Nile cruises indicated above are subject to remain the same or change
and that is totally up to Quest Travel to handle based on the best interest of the group.
WHAT'S EXCLUDED:
International Air tickets;
Visa upon arrival to Cairo airport (cost was $15 in March of 2011);
Meals and drinks, drinking water, laundry, telephone calls, etc..., not specified in the itinerary and above;
Travel & health Insurance and other items of a personal nature; and
Tipping for all the guides & tour escort
Visa Regulations
It is a MUST that All passport holders of the following nationalities
obtain their own visas from the Egyptian Embassy or Consulate
located in his or her own countries prior to arriving in Egypt. Arab countries: Palestine - Tunisia - Morocco - Algeria - Iraq - Sudan - Somali - Mauritania. Europe: Bosnia - Bella Russia - Moldavia - Armenia - Georgia - Kazakhstan - Uzbekistan - Azerbaijan - Kosovo. Asia: Turkey - China - Afghanistan - Philippines - Sri Lanka - Thailand - Pakistan - India - Indonesia - Iran - Israel - Vietnam. Africa: All African countries
Aluna Joy Yaxk'in was literally born awake and in the company of her guides, the Star Elders. Today she has evolved into an internationally known author, spiritual life coach, sacred site guide, alternative historian, ordained minister and modern mystic. In the Inca world, Aluna is considered a Qawaq (cow-wak), a clairvoyant or seer of living energy. Aluna acts as a spiritual archaeologist using her clairvoyant / clairsentient gifts to excavate messages from the masters of ancient, enlightened cultures to uncover what affect this has on humanity and the collective consciousness. Aluna coined the term "sacred site junkie" because she is one herself. After her first trip to Tulum, Mexico, her life changed dramatically, and she was sent on an entirely different path in life. Since this time, her work has been influenced by uncountable shamanic experiences in sacred sites of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Peru, Bolivia, Egypt, Greece, England, Australia and New Zealand. Aluna has been leading groups in the Maya world since 1986, the Inca world since 1996, and the Egyptian world since 2008. Aluna offers Star Elder Sessions, formulates Sacred Site Essences and a free newsletter. She is the author of "Mayan Astrology" and her articles have been published worldwide. She is well known for her down to earth, accepting attitude that makes each one feel like they have come home. She inspires and encourages others to recognize and accept their own authentic divinity and connection to the Creator. "Our groups are family, and each one is a teacher and also a student. We work together as a team to unravel the sacred mysteries of life."
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Raphael has been involved with energy work the majority of his life. He has studied a variety of healing energy modalities including crystal energy work and QiGong. He is certified in Quantum Touch, and Kahuna Ancient Rainbow Conscious Healing (ARCH), and is an Angelic Reiki master. As a direct result of his relationship with the Blackfeet, the Ojibwe and the Lakota, his spiritual path has provided him with a deep appreciation of "Mother Earth". "I consider myself to be very blessed to be able to continue my spiritual studies by traveling to sacred sites, with my life partner Aluna Joy, to tune into the different energies of each site. These sites have included The Black Hills, Bear Butte, Mount Shasta, Tulum, Palenque, Tikal, Copan, Machu Picchu, Avebury, Stonehenge, Egypt and of course my home base . . . Sedona."~ Raphael http://healingswithraphael.com/
The following is an article which was printed in an Egyptian newspaper upon the launching of the Afandina. ~ Author unknown
In this new millennium there is a growing concern about the future and wellbeing of our
planet. Responsible people are showing more and more concern for the threats that are
looming high: global warming, pollution, and depletion of our energy resources. Many successful
men and women from different countries are supporting this effort by sponsoring
'green' projects, from the building of commercial jet planes to natural and organic farming.
Yet, how often we forget that the most important of nature's gifts are the water that we drink
and the air that we breathe. My Friend Mohammad Nazmy, President of Quest Travel in
Cairo, is a man with vision, and this vision is to remind us of how important "clean air" is to
all human beings and life on earth. He decided to 'give back' with the 'Afandina' Project:
the building of a traditional Nile ship powered by the desert winds as in times gone by and
to carry visitors along this ancient river. With his jovial nature and altruistic passion for the
world, Mohammad Nazmy is truly the 'Al Gore of the Nile'.
"I have invested most of the profits I earned in the last ten years into this project," says
Nazmy." As a tour operator I witnessed the growing pollution of our cities and countryside
caused by increased tourism, and especially the shipping traffic on the Upper Nile. I am not
saying that we do not need to run Nile cruises with motorized ships, but surely three hundred
ships with multi-thousand horsepower motors is not invisable to our ecology. Sooner or
later, we will have to look into alternatives for the sake of our children and our land.
'Afandina' is a step in the right direction and I hope that it may inspire others to follow suit
and look for solutions to this problem of air and water pollution."
The ancient dwellers of the Nile Valley were acutely aware of how precious the air and water
is. The Nile was sacred, and its waters were personified by the god Hapi. And so, too,
was the air, which was personified by the god Shu who held up the sky-goddess with his
hands. 'Egypt is the gift of the Nile', wrote Herodotus, the father of history. For without the
Nile, the longest river in the world, the land of Egypt would be dry as a bone, a lifeless arid
desert hardly fit for habitation. Yet with the blessing of this river, Egypt is an elongated 1000
kilometers valley so lush and so fertile that it can truly be called a paradise on earth. But
Herodotus should also have added that Egypt -indeed the whole planet-- was also the gift
of the air, that wonderful unseen life-giving element that we take for granted.
"For years I wanted to do something about this threat to our environment, and yet I was
also aware as a tour operator that the Nile cruises are the major attraction of our tourist industry.
Egypt depends on the revenue from tourism, and we cannot eliminate this very
popular commercial resource. Yet surely there is an answer. One day in Aswan as I pondered
on the solution to this problem, I saw a felucca with its tall sail fully stretched by the
wind, sailing silently on the Nile. Although I had seen feluccas such as this one thousands
of times, this time I had an inspiration. I would build my own ship, a ship powered only by
the force of the wind. I would build a Dhahabeya, a traditional Nile sailing ship, and call it
'Afandina' (which translates to 'our king' or 'protector'), a reminder of quieter days."
Presently, there are a few Dhahabeyas on the Nile. 'Afandina' is a Dhahabeya with a difference:
it is the first of its kind to have a full steel hull for maximum security and durability.
It combines the best from the past and the present. 'Afandina' will have a trained crew of
nine. The captain, Reis Mohammad Magdy, is an experienced sailor from Aswan. He explained
that 'Afandina' is unique with its special thick steel hull to navigate sand banks
and the strong current and eddies. Reis Magdy has years of experience, from sailing feluccas
in youth to larger dhahabeyas in his adult years. He knows the Nile and the prevailing
winds like his own family.
The 'Afandina' took more than two years to build. At the peak of construction, Nazmy employed
over 50 workers. They are proud to have participated in this project and they
adore Nazmy. "He treats us like family", says Reis Magdy. "He not only pays our wages,
but takes care of us and our families if we become ill or injure ourselves. He is our very
own 'Afandina'!"
Boats have existed in Egypt since the Early Dynastic Period (c. 2850 BC). As early as the
Pyramid Age (c. 2500 BC), the construction of boats had reached a level of perfection so
high that it astounds the modern visitors to Egypt. The supreme example is the wonderful
'sun boat' of Cheops, the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza. When it was discovered in
1954 in a pit south of the Great Pyramid, it was completely dismantled and had to be rebuilt
like a giant jigsaw puzzle. No one knew how to proceed. Finally a master boat builder
was found, Reis Ahmad Youssef, who intuitively put it together, as if he knew exactly how
it was built 4500 years ago!
When the celebrated queen Cleopatra VII took the mighty Caesar on their honeymoon up the Nile it is
said that their ship was 300 cubits long (about 125 meters) and was decorated with the finest furniture,
and sails draped with the finest silk. It is on this trip that the young queen (she was 21, Caesar was 52)
became pregnant with the future Caesarion.
Dhahabeyas were used until the 1930s when they finally were replaced with larger motorized
Nile cruisers, or the floating hotels that we see today. Yet the dhahabeyas remain
deeply nostalgic for all who can remember the time when they graced the Nile with their tall
sails and elegant lines.
"When I launch 'Afandina', says Nazmy, "I decided to invite a special group of VIP guests
from all over the world: authors, philosophers, scientists and, of course, Egyptologists. I
want them to experience my love for Egypt and to share the splendor of the Nile as it must
have been in ancient times. I wanted them to sense the tranquility, the majestic beauty of
this sacred river and the many marvelous temples along its banks. I wanted to revive one of
ancient Egypt's most splendid and loved yearly festivals, the 'Sailing of the Goddess
Hathor of Dendera'. There are ancient inscriptions and drawings that tell us, in the month
of September, this journey took place along the Nile when an effigy of Hathor, goddess of
beauty and love, was put on a ship at Dendera that sailed 160 kilometers upstream to Edfu,
there to be united in a sacred marriage to the god Horus. The fourteen day journey began
at the new Moon and ended at the full Moon. It related to the rising of the star Sirius, the
star of the Nile. It must have been magical, like a fairy tale on water, with a flotilla of ceremonial
boats sailing along the Nile. I want to use 'Afandina' as the flag-ship to re-enact
this ancient festival and journey each year. This will not be simply a typical tourist Nile
cruise, but a unique cultural experience and an unforgettable journey along the Nile."
The real pleasure will be sailing leisurely with only the power of the wind, and the sound of
water lapping on the hull of ‘Afandina,’ as it travels along the Nile…and the thrill of approaching
the ancient temples with the tall sails fluttering in the breeze like in the ancient
days. ‘Afandina’ will be equipped with all the modern conveniences expected by seasoned
5-star travelers, says Nazmy.
It will carry a maximum of sixteen guests plus the crew. Nazmy
has employed a gourmet chef for the kitchen, and wants all the details to be perfect. The
rooms will be ergonomically designed for maximum comfort and will not have numbers but
names of the last royal family of modern Egypt. “I am not a royalist”, jokes Mohammad
Nazmy, “but I am proud of our past, the pharaohs, the Khedives and even the last kings of
Egypt, Fuad and Farouk. They are part of our 5000 years of culture, and I want to honor
this.” ‘Afandina’ will have the best modern technology but the ancient ways and traditions
will also be respected, such as using lanterns in the evenings for dinners on the open deck,
and obtaining fresh organically grown food, cooked and baked in the traditional manner.
‘Afandina’ will have a library with books on ancient and modern Egypt, and Nazmy is planning
to have a mini- planetarium with astronomical software and a telescope for stargazing
at night in the crystal clear skies of Upper Egypt.
“I have traveled in many countries of the world, says Nazmy, and seen many of their wonders
but nothing can compare - to Egypt. The last of the seven ancient wonders, the Great
Pyramid, is still here and the Nile still retains its mystery and magic. ‘Afandina’ will be their
‘home away from home’ and yet, at the same time, it will be an exotic, sensual and intellectual
experience they will always remember. I want my guests to not only see Egypt with
their eyes but also to see the splendor of Egypt with their hearts”.
Sacred Site Essences
