A Glimpse into the Egyptian Mysteries

In early 2005 I developed an insistent urge to look into the Grail and Egyptian mysteries and so contacted the man who could help me investigate them. I spoke to my mentor Edmund and after some deliberations we agreed that I would spend a week at Grail House retreat in June.

Although I did not know it at the time this turned out to be the period of the Winter Solstice (Southern Hemisphere), when the Earth or 4th degree initiation takes place. When June arrived I said goodbye to my little family and caught the two planes required to get me to Port Macquarie where Edmund met me at the airport. On the way back to Grail House he told me about some strange and disturbing events that had been happening there.  He spoke of strangers driving up to the house in the middle of the night and native birds being killed and left at the entrance of his healing centre. He wasn’t sure who had done these things but had a variety of other experiences to suggest negative forces were being directed towards him. 

In the early hours of the morning I felt myself being suffocated as some fell creature tried to bite my neck. Despite putting up a great struggle I was unable to throw it off. Then I must have woken up and as I looked over my shoulder caught a glimpse of a strange face with two little horns on its head. He was peering at me with a smile, which though not malevolent was certainly not human. Given what had just taken place it seemed strange that there was a wonderful sense of peace in the room.  

I told Edmund at breakfast, somewhat shamefacedly, that I had been attacked by a vampire during the night and observed that it did not feel like a very auspicious start to the week. He seemed puzzled at this possibility and said it would be unlikely to have been a vampire because what would be attracting it? I then explained that I had been sleeping on my chest and felt I was being suffocated. He was then able to offer a different explanation. He said that he had suffered for some time from Sleep Apnea and his Doorkeeper (Guardian Angel), sometimes woke him up in the middle of the night, when she saw that he was in danger of suffocating. She would do this by knocking on the walls or making loud noises in the house. 

Mulling it over and feeling a little rueful at my over-reaction I realised that this explained part of what had happened, but then who was the horrible creature that I had seen?  It was not until later in the week, when I was reading a book on nature spirits and came across a picture of two little Tree Fauns that I realised it was one of these little folk I had seen. And that rather than biting me, he had simply been leaning over me as I lay face down on my chest, to get my attention in order to wake me up. He must have thought, 'Strange creatures these humans.'

So after that challenging start to the week we settled down to a daily routine practising psychometry and trance channelling and having discussions about the Grail and other mysteries. I asked Edmund what relationship the different mysteries such as the Egyptian and Grail traditions had to each other and he told me later that the Brothers had said they were basically the same.

Later that day I was lying down and settled into a very pleasant, restful state. As I lay there my inner vision must have opened up because I saw a hawk approaching in the distance. It swooped down towards me, flew along the length of my body, hovered while glimpsing deep into my eyes and then landed on my head!  I was left wondering what could this mean?

The next day was Winter Solstice and as I walked towards the healing centre enjoying the lush surrounds of the valley I quietly invoked the Father and asked for enlightenment. We then entered the room and Edmund started the meditation but I was quickly drawn up into a sequence of visions separate from the meditation.  A series of beings appeared before my inner eye, including a dog like creature (Anubis), snakes that looked at me and flicked their tongues and a crocodile who grinned widely as if he was an old friend. The paws of the Sphinx also came into view except that it was made of beautiful white stone rather than the crumbling sandy material we see today. Some authors believe that the entrance to the mystery school was located between the feet of the Sphinx. 

My vision was then directed to a beautifully wrought golden sarcophagus and this had an Egyptian figure carved in wood on it. The lid of the casket  opened and a man rose up out of it as of being resurrected. This person was bearded and wore a white tunic and maroon vest. He came towards me with a great sense of familiarity, hugged me and said 'You and I are One'. He then merged into me and I felt a great inflow of love. Coming out of the meditation I felt charged with energy and Edmund observed that my aura had become suffused with a radiant light. I had the inner conviction of having glimpsed a life in the Temple of Osiris in association with a High Priest of Horus.

The next day the Brothers of the Light observed that when we have the vision of a High Priest of Horus it means there are challenging times ahead. We then went on to do some visualisation processes where some of the rituals of the Egyptian mysteries were described and a High Priestess stood behind me indicating her offer of support. It was also explained that the high priest was no longer in that form. I came to understand the nature of the entombment in the coffin and the artificial death that the Initiate has to undergo in order to awaken to a new life of raised consciousness. It seemed significant that this had all happened on the Winter Solstice.

Once again a retreat with Edmund had proven to be a watershed in my experience and new threads about the Mystery Schools continue to be revealed.