The Lotus and the Ankh:

A Sacred Union Initiation

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13 September - 21 September 2026

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13 September - 21 September 2026 𓋹 𓂀

Creation began in perfect balance. From the silent depths of the primordial waters, Atum emerged and brought forth Geb and Nut - Earth and Sky -followed by Shu and Tefnut, Air and Moisture, who held the world open so life could arise. From this cosmic unfolding came the epagomenal Neteru, each one embodying a universal principle and revealing a path of alchemical transformation.

These Neteru are not distant gods. They are living archetypes, the divine patterns of nature that pulse within every human being. They reflect our instincts, our potential, and the forgotten map of our inner cosmos. But when we lost our memory of origin - when we fell out of alignment with these principles - both our inner world and outer world descended into chaos.

Joseph Campbell captured this truth when he wrote, “Myths are public dreams; dreams are private myths.” The Kemetic myths are not relics of an ancient civilisation; they are mirrors for the psyche. Through ritual, ceremony, and alchemical engagement, they teach us how consciousness evolves - and how we return to who we truly are.

Only when we meet ourselves without distortion, inflation, or avoidance do we begin to recognise the divine nature that has always lived within us.

On September 13th, 2026, you are invited to walk this path of remembrance. To journey through the sacred land where myth and matter intertwine. To reclaim the inner sacred union - the Hieros Gamos - that humanity abandoned when we forgot our origins.

This inner marriage is not symbolic; it is foundational. Without it, there is no Heaven on Earth to create and no Kingdom of Heaven to enter. Both realms are states of consciousness available only in the present moment. As the Aquarian era accelerates, everything that does not embody this truth will fall away. Integration is the only way forward.

And this hieros gamos?
No partner, not even the most extraordinary can bestow it upon you. Years of experience as a relationship therapist have shown me one essential truth: no external relationship can replace the inner union. This is a gift you must claim for yourself - though the Neteru stand ready to guide, challenge, and walk beside you as you do.

For two weeks, we shall navigate the alchemical terrain of our inner world through private rituals, ceremonies, learning, connection, and more. We shall connect with the Neteru and call in their wisdom to help us harmonise our inner ankh.

The Itinerary

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    Day 1: Sunday 13th September

    Arrival and transportation to our accommodation in Ardi Dahshour, where we will meet for dinner and the opening New Moon in Virgo ceremony where we will orient ourselves to begin our inner alchemical journey.

  • A step pyramid made of stone blocks under a cloudy sky.

    Day 2: Monday 14th September

    We will begin our journey with a visit to Sakkara pyramid and the Persian Shaft.

  • Four women sitting at a table with food and drinks on a patio overlooking a sunset and water with palm trees.

    Day 3: Monday 15th September

    We will fly into Aswan and stay in the 5* Dhahabiya boat. We will visit the Temple of Philae and we will have a private ceremony at Heisa Island where the original temple of Isis was.

  • Ancient Egyptian temple entrance with hieroglyphic carvings on stone walls, a person in white clothing standing in the doorway, and clear blue sky above.

    Day 4-9: Tuesday 16 - Tuesday 22 September

    We begin our Nile journey to Luxor for 6 nights and 7 days, where we will enjoy hopping between temples along the Nile, attend teachings and rites and ceremonies, receive a Nile baptism. Our journey begins in Aswan and heads towards Luxor where we will be making many stops beginning with Heisa (in Aswan) to perform a baptism and ceremony, Komombo, Esna, and when we get to Luxor, Karnak & Luxor temples including a private sit in with Mut where we will receive an alchemical activation and then walk the path of the Rams.

  • A boat with a large sail gliding through a river under a clear blue sky

    Day 10: Wednesday 23 September

    disembark the dhahabiyya and drive Dendara temple and then drive to Abydos to stay at Hotel Key of Life.

  • People sitting and standing under a large tree near a rocky landscape and a small stream, with the sun shining through the branches.

    Day 11: Thursday 24 September

    Our last private visit and activation: The Great Pyramid activation & Sphinx closing ceremony.

    There will be rest and recreation for the rest of the day.

    Shopping in khan khalili

    In the evening, last dinner together and farewells for those going back home.

  • Ancient Egyptian sarcophagus with intricate designs and a carved lion's head on the front, inside a dimly lit tomb with hieroglyphic inscriptions on the walls.

    Day 12: Friday 25 September

    Departure from Cairo to Fayoum

    Visit to Madinet madi and Qasr Harun

  • Ancient Egyptian temple ruins with large stone columns and hieroglyphic carvings under a clear blue sky.

    Day 13: Saturday 26 September

    Trip to Magic Lake, Wadi El-Hitan, Qusor El-Arab sand dunes

  • Three women sitting at a table in a restaurant with a rustic wooden ceiling and chandeliers. The woman in the middle and the woman on the right are smiling and looking at each other, while the woman on the left is eating.

    Day 14: Sunday 27th September

    Departure from Tunis Fayoum to visit Hawara and Lahun

    Leave back to Cairo and end of the trip.

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Venus is an astrologer, alchemist, Hermetic Qabalist, and psychosexual relationship therapist whose work weaves together cosmology, eros, and ancestral memory. She is the founder of the mystery school Alchemy Queens Academy, where she leads alchemical women’s circles, workshops, and retreats devoted to embodiment, shadow integration, and the conscious awakening of desire.

Her practice approaches the natal chart as a living sigil and relationships as alchemical crucibles in which wound, projection, devotion, and longing are rendered conscious and transformable. Intimacy is treated not as a private dilemma but as a sacred technology through which the Hieros Gamos — the inner sacred marriage — is activated and restored.

Alongside her therapeutic and astrological work, Venus leads Kemetic pilgrimages as rites of embodied remembrance. Her relationship with Egypt is initiatory rather than touristic: a return to the motherland through body memory and direct communion with the Neteru. She approaches the temples as living fields of intelligence, and the Netjeru as relational principles still encoded within the human nervous system and the architecture of intimacy.

Often described as carrying a Hathorian current, her work transmits a lineage of heart-based initiation, sensual wisdom, and relational repair. As a student of Biogeometry, she also works with the harmonisation of place and form, attuning bodies and sacred sites to subtle currents of balance and coherence.

Her Kemetic work is oriented toward an Aquarian age of awakening: reanimating ancient myth as a living language for healing ancestral and relational wounds.

To travel with Venus is to enter a discipline of remembrance — where astrology provides timing, Qabalah provides structure, therapy offers integration, and Egypt provides initiation.

You can follow Venus on instagram: @iamvenussalem

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Hala Elhefny is a seasoned spiritual tour leader whose work is rooted in decades of walking, teaching, and listening to the sacred landscapes of Egypt. For over thirty years, she has guided groups through temples, deserts, and ancient cities not merely as historical sites, but as living fields of consciousness where memory, myth, and embodiment converge.

Her guidance is shaped by long experience in holding groups through profound inner and outer journeys. She is attuned to the subtle thresholds that pilgrimage demands: when to speak and when to allow silence, when to interpret and when to let stone and sky do the teaching. Her presence creates a rhythm in which travellers are gently led out of ordinary perception and into a deeper relationship with place, symbol, and self.

As a spiritual tour leader, Hala is known for her capacity to weave logistical precision with intuitive leadership. She carries the unseen architecture of pilgrimage — permissions, pathways, timing, and flow — so that participants are free to enter the experience with trust and receptivity. Her work with diverse groups from many cultures has refined her ability to guide without imposing, to open without overwhelming, and to translate ancient worlds into contemporary inner language.

Trained also as a yoga teacher, Hala brings an embodied dimension to spiritual travel. Movement, breath, and stillness become ways of meeting the temples not only through intellect, but through the body as an instrument of perception. Under her guidance, pilgrimage becomes not a sequence of destinations, but a continuous rite of passage.

To travel with Hala is to be led by someone who understands that sacred journeys are not about consumption of sites, but about participation in an ancient dialogue between land and soul — a dialogue Egypt has been conducting for millennia. Hala Elhefny CV.

You can follow Hala on instagram: @halashawkyelhefni.

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Included in Your Package

Included in your initiation is an online program taught by Venus to familiarise you with Egyptian mythology and the practice of relevant rites and rituals in preparation for the journey. This program will start in August.

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  • Visas and international flights

  • Travel insurance

  • Tips

  • Not all meals are provided except for in the Dhahabiyya.

What’s not Included: