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A silent black & white film of the pyramids and Sphinx at Giza, Egypt from award-winning amateur filmmaker John V. Hansen’s travel footage, c. 1926-1930. The Pyramids at Giza are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. They are the only site from the “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World” list that are still in existence, and [...] Continue reading The Pyramids at Giza circa 1920′s Cairo’s infamous “City of the Dead” is a centuries old cemetery that has become home to as many as 5 million Egyptians during the last decades. The buildings in the cemetery are like full-blown houses and the cemetery has long had mosques, school and markets. “The historic belief in Egypt is that the cemeteries are an active part of the community and not exclusively for the dead. Egyptians have not so much thought of cemeteries as a place of the dead, but rather a place where life begins.” Continue reading A Visit to Cairo’s City of the Dead On our last trip we docked near a small village in upper Egypt and went into the town (this is one of the advantages to sailing on a private dahabeya) where we ran across a wedding celebration. The local woman were dancing in the streets and they just spontaneously invited us to join them. It [...] Continue reading HD Video: Wedding Celebration, Egyptian Village near Kom Ombo Here’s a 7 minute promo video about our private luxury Nile cruise-ship “The Afandina.” Spirit Quest Tours’ next three trips will feature this incredible experience. Enjoy! Continue reading Video: The Afandina I’ve had the great fortune of visiting this remarkable tomb several times. It’s normally closed and off limits, but I’ve been lucky enough to take groups inside it. Continue reading Zahi Hawass Inside the Mysterious Tunnel in the Tomb of Seti I This has long been one of my favorite sacred texts. Not only the pure sound of the Aramaic language, but the meaning of it as well. I grew up with a very different version in my head (as many of us did, I guess) and the differences between that, and this, are pretty profound. And [...] Continue reading Abwoon D’Bashmaya – The Lords Prayer in Aramaic Where is the ONE place on the planet you would choose to go before your died? If you could only pick one place to visit – where is that, and why? It’s kind of a “desert island” question. I know – it sucks only being able to choose one. Continue reading Spirit Quest-ions: where is the one place you want to visit? An unedited clip shot at a friend’s stall in the “Alley of the Tentmakers.” Continue reading HD Video from Spirit Quest: The Alley of the Tent Makers Here’s an awesome piece of video – it’s period footage from Egypt circa 1932. Continue reading AMAZING period footage from Egypt, 1932. There’s a wonderful new interview with Paul Coelho that’s just been published in The Guardian. Continue reading An interview with Paul Coelho: Author of “The Alchemist” About this talk Continue reading Video: A.J. Jacobs on his year of living biblically Here’s a wonderful TED talk video from Robert Thurman. I had dinner with Bob (some years ago, now) – he had steak, wine, brandy & cigars. I remember we discussed the point at which an animal or plant’s level of consciousness becomes an impediment to eating it. It was fascinating. I was also at a taping of the [...] Continue reading Video: Robert Thurman on becoming the Buddha About this talk Continue reading Video: Karen Armstrong’s charter for compassion Here’s a brief handheld POV clip, shot with a pretty crappy camera, of worshipers streaming into (and out of) Besakih Temple on the slopes of Mt. Agung, in Bali Indonesia. Continue reading HD Video from Spirit Quest: Besakih Temple, Bali Indonesia I don’t know much more about this than that it’s from a 30 episode Arabic language TV series. It look pretty good – in a slightly Cecile B. DeMille way. Continue reading Video: The Sword of God Wow. Now this is an amazing story. Talk about travel with a higher purpose: these three people are traveling more than 600 miles over three months, in the most extreme and dangerous condition you can imagine, in order to measure the polar ice cap. Here are three videos: two interviews with the leaders and overview of the expedition. Continue reading Video: Interview with Ann Daniels of the Catlin Arctic Survey [ March 1, 2009; ] HD video from the Cathedral of Deir Anba Bishoy in Wadi Natrun. A Coptic priest performs a portion of the liturgy during preparations for the communion service. This was part of the “transubstantiation” as the wine and bread are transformed into the body and blood of Christ. The big “bundle” in the center of the altar contains [...] Continue reading HD Spirit Quest Video: Coptic Liturgy at the Cathedral of Deir Anba Bishoy Here’s a video podcast of the inimitable Mr. Cleese making fun of standard issue tour guides. Continue reading John Cleese Taking the Piss out of Tour Guides I expect that by now many of you have seen the “Where the Hell is Matt” video – but it’s worth spreading the meme further. It’s terrific – Matt both lives in Seattle and worked in, then left, the videogame business. Even terrificer! Continue reading Now THIS guy is on a Spirit Quest! Here’s a wonderful video from National Geographic about the New Alexandria Library. I had the great good-fortune to be invited by UNESCO to present a paper at the library’s grand opening back in 2001. It’s an amazing structure that rivals anything found in Europe or America. We always try and add the library (and Alex) to our Spirit Quest Tours Egyptian itineraries. Continue reading NG VIDEO: Biblioteca Alexandria I ran across this very nice introduction to Egypt from National Geographic. These are all sites we visit on a Spirit Quest Tours trip – but we do them PRIVATELY!!! Imagine Continue reading NG VIDEO: Destination Egypt Here’s a video slide-show of hundreds of beautiful shots from our recent “Sacred Mandala Pilgrimage” to Bali. Continue reading Video from Spirit Quest Tours: The Spirit of Bali I’ve just discovered a terrific video streaming/sharing technology for HD video called Vimeo. Since we’re shooting and editing in High Definition these days I was extremely happy to find something that it offered much better quality than Google or You Tube (all the way up to streaming HD), and I decided to repost the “Spirit of Egypt” video using it. Continue reading HD Video from Spirit Quest Tours: The Spirit of Egypt Beautiful images from Egypt: the people, the cities, the land, the temples and the Nile. Continue reading Video: The Spirit of Egypt Presentation about Spirit Quest Tours upcoming “Spirit of Moses” trip to Egypt and the Sinai – featuring 4 star accommodations, private temple and site visits (including a private visit to the Great Pyramid and Sphinx), a deluxe Nile cruise and much more. Continue reading Spirit Quest Tours: The Spirit of Moses Two recent news stories – from very different parts of the world – help to confirm what we’ve known for a very long time: namely that sound was an integral part of ancient spiritual practices and that resonance was a key technology that was recognized, understood, and used, by the ancients. Continue reading The Use of Sound in Ancient Rituals |
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