Leslie Zehr left western culture in 1986 to make her
home in Egypt. She is one of the very
few writers and teachers of esoteric wisdom that actually resides in
Egypt. Leslie Zehr was born in 1960, in
Lima, Perú. She lived
there until she was five.
After leaving Perú she moved to the
United
States with her family. Her fascination with
Egypt and
Babylonia began at the age of 9
when she was first exposed to ancient civilizations in history
class.
Seeing a picture of the Ramses mummy awakened something in
her. She began buying
books on Egypt and painting
pictures with Pharaohnic
themes.
As a child she studied many forms of dance, tap, jazz
and ballet. She was
also a competitive Ice Skater.
When she stopped skating as a teenager she returned to
dance. Limited by the
fact that she didn’t have a ‘dancer’s body’, but rather a round and
curvy goddess type body, she never pursued a career in dance. Leslie’s passion and life
has always been dance.
At the age of 12 she began studying alternative
therapies and the occult sciences (such as tarot and
astrology).
Having grown up in the theatre (being the daughter of an
actress) she began to work extensively in theatre in her teenage
years, first as a makeup artist then as a
performer.
After High School she completed a certification as a
Cosmetician and Makeup- artist. She worked in the Cosmetic
field for several years before studying nutrition and then attending
university.
At the age of 21 Leslie attended Virginia Polytechnic
Institute where she majored in Biochemistry, completed the
curriculum, and then changed her major to Psychology. She holds a BS in Psychology
from VPI. She resided
in the US until
1986.
On December 31, 1985 she made her first trip to
Egypt. The feeling was one of
returning home after a very long journey. She was married in
Egypt in April 1986. Both of her children were
born in Cairo. Although she is now divorced
she continues to make her home in Egypt with her two
children.
During the years when she was a fulltime mother she
ran La Leche League Cairo, a support group for
breastfeeding mothers.
At that time she also continued her studies in alternative
therapies and esoteric wisdom.
In 1995 Leslie opened one of the very first Centres
for Health and Well-being in Egypt. The Centre offers a sacred
Space for education and spiritual growth. As well as monthly
gatherings The Centre sponsors
lectures, workshops and courses with both local and international
facilitators.
The Women’s Group for Health and Well-being-Cairo
was established by Leslie and
her Reiki Master, Betty Brody in
1996.
The group was started
with
the idea of connecting and educating women about the healing
arts. With so many
people moving in and out of Cairo a huge international web has
been created through The Women’s Group.
F
rom a gathering of a few women it has expanded to a
network with over 300 members.
In November of
2005 another group spurred off of the Women’s Group called GrandmotherSpider. GrandmotherSpider resides in
cyberspace making it accessible to people anywhere in the
world. The intention
behind this group is to offer support for people doing
transformational work, during this dynamic period of time, by
sharing personal experiences.
Leslie’s Shamanic work with plants has led her to
develop a line of Egyptian Flower and Sacred Sites Remedies, called
the Al-chemia Remedies. The remedies were birthed
between the years 2000-2004.
The last one was prepared on the 8th of June 2004,
during the Venus transit when the goddess began her journey to the
underground. The
Remedies hold the energy of Egypt herself and can be
used for transformational and alchemical healing.
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During her Uranus opposition in 2002 she
received an initiation by Hathor, in Dendara temple, north of
Luxor. The initiation opened a
portal to the archetypal and vibrational plane. From that time on she began
to have experiences and receive information about The Dance (Universal
Dancer).
After receiving the information it was all confirmed by
outside sources. Based
on her experiences at Dendara and throughout Egypt, she has developed
this method of teaching dance and esoteric wisdom. She has never studied Middle
Eastern dance formally.
All of what has learned was channeled directly from the Earth
Mother herself.
What she teaches is the process, exactly
as it unfolded, and continues to unfold, for
her.
