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.
