Desert Stories:

Nature Calling - Cosmos Falling in?

Imagine the Grand Pyramids of Giza, the gold mask of TutAnchAmon, the Osiris Temple of Abydos - then you close your eyes and think very strongly - "MORE"!

Sit back in front of your computer - put the fishing rod and net down beside you on the floor for a while, and I will tell you about how I meet my "Desert Teacher".

This is the unknown story about Henrik Ibsen's Egyptian travelogue from 1869 which for the first time was translated to English by the author of this article.

I went over to the donkey owners and told them I found the price very good and that they should not listen to the persons in my team. I explained that the only problem I had was that we had not planned to buy the donkeys, just wanted to rent them for a few hours. Then one of the donkey owners started to laugh, then the rest - and in the end we where a good bunch of new friends riding out in the desert.

King Herod who suffered from "New-Kingophobia" - was planning a gruesome deed against all newborn baby boys, to prevent the rising of a new king. The Happy Family and guests did not know - and the guests (wise as they where), left the celebration early and Joseph started to count sheep...

Imagine; Virgin Mary on her donkey - small quick steps - but oh so long a journey. Did she know that while they were traveling in companionship - that in a family's footstep, there would grow a yearning for loneliness and solitude?

Egyptian reflection in US is in fact quite amazing, we have mentioned the White House, and just think about the dollar bill with the pyramid and a grand obelisk with it's highly symbolic location. As if that is not enough, what about the Statue of Liberty?

He did not only have a long dress down to his black shoes and a black beard, on top of his head was a black cap as well.

There is no church behind you, no big city where you get stuck in traffic jam, no mosques or churches around. Look at the Nile where you can see a small boat awaiting the Holy Family as they are escaping deeper into Egypt's protection, up the river Nile...