The Helios Journal

The Egyptian year opened in the heat of midsummer, on a day nobody decreed. A note on the star that governed the river, the calendar that wandered for three thousand years, and the five days that belonged to no year at all. Our own year begins in the dead of winter, on a date chosen for reasons most of us could not now recover, in the darkest and least promising week of the calendar. We mark it with fireworks and resolutions, and by the second week of February most of the resolutions have quietly gone. Egypt began its year in the heat of high summer, and it began it for a reason you could walk outside and see. The star that governed the river For about seventy days each year, the brightest star in the sky is simply not there. Sirius, which the Egyptians called Sopdet and the later Greeks called Sothis, and which the tradition identifies with Isis, passes behind the glare of the sun and vanishes from the heavens altogether. Then, on one particular morning in high summer, it returns: ris...

There is a moment, familiar to anyone who has spent time in the Egyptian material, when the textbook account of ancient Egypt quietly stops being enough. You have read about the gods and their stories. You have looked at the photographs of the temples, the long avenues of columns, the painted ceilings. You know the names. And yet something in you suspects that all of this was built to do something, and that the doing has been left out of the description. That suspicion is correct. The temple was never a building alone. It was a working model of the created world, raised in stone so that the pattern of the cosmos could be entered and taken p art in rather than merely admired. The rites performed within it were not pageantry. They were the means by which the world was kept upright and renewed. And the gods who were served there were not characters in old tales. They were, and are, living powers with a nature, a courtesy and a cost. Voices of the Nile is an attempt to set this down honest...

René Adolphe Schwaller de Lubicz was a French occultist, esoteric author, and Egyptologist who has left a lasting legacy on the study of ancient Egyptian philosophy and its influence on modern esoteric thought. Schwaller de Lubicz lived from December 7, 1887, to December 7, 1961. He was active primarily in the first half of the 20th century, during which time he conducted his main body of research and writing. His studies on ancient Egypt and his development of the philosophy of Symbolist Egyptology were carried out during his 15-year stay in Egypt from 1937 to 1952, a period during which he conducted an extensive study of the Luxor Temple, resulting in his magnum opus "The Temple in Man." His work, deeply steeped in symbolism and the hermetic tradition, sought to understand the wisdom of the ancient Egyptians through a lens that combined spirituality with an investigation into the sacred science. The impact of Schwaller de Lubicz on modern esotericism is profound, particular...

In the quest for spiritual ascension, the ancient Egyptians understood that harmony between the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual dimensions of being was not just an ideal—it was a prerequisite. At Helios, we continue this tradition, offering a coherent and integrated approach to growth that weaves the wisdom of the ancient Egyptians with the realities of modern living. Nourishing the Temple: The Physical Aspect The journey begins with the physical body, the temple that houses all other states of being. Ancient wisdom advocates for a supportive diet and exercise regimen that aligns with your unique constitution, promoting vitality and strength. At Helios we don't push one diet over another, we encourage you to listen to your own body and understand what's right for you.  Emotional Alchemy: Transmutation of the Heart Emotional turmoil can often be the heaviest chain that binds the soul, limiting its ascension and dampening its vibrational frequency. Our curriculum delve...

At the heart of the Helios School lies a sacred path rarely trodden; a path that leads to the hallowed halls where the ancients conversed with gods. We are dedicated to training those who are called to the time-honoured roles of priests and priestesses, initiating them into the profound depths of the Egyptian Mysteries. In the epochs of pharaohs and pyramids, the journey to priesthood was arduous, not merely in the physical sense but profoundly through the "inner work" required. The neophyte priests and priestesses underwent intense training, delving deep into the caverns of their souls to release negative emotions and self-limiting beliefs. This was not a task for the faint-hearted; it demanded dedication, for it was in the purifying fires of this inner work that they found liberation from earthly fetters. This process was more than a mental cleanse; it was a metamorphosis that allowed their energy bodies to resonate with higher spiritual frequencies. As their vibrations soa...