{"id":9629,"date":"2026-08-29T16:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T14:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/?p=9629"},"modified":"2026-08-29T16:19:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T14:19:28","slug":"egypte-is-voor-veel-mensen-geen-reisbestemming-maar-een-herinnering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/en\/egypte-is-voor-veel-mensen-geen-reisbestemming-maar-een-herinnering\/","title":{"rendered":"For many people, Egypt is not a travel destination, but a memory."},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9629\" class=\"elementor elementor-9629\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94ca170 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94ca170\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b81f2c\" data-id=\"1b81f2c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c685d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c685d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4529eb\" data-id=\"c4529eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2035cce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2035cce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">For many people, Egypt is not a travel destination, but a memory.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cad9a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cad9a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Recently, we have once again entered into dialogue with people who traveled to Egypt with us, as well as with people who feel that <strong>Egypt calls them<\/strong>. We wanted to better understand what truly attracts them. What makes someone long for Egypt? What happens when you actually walk among the temples? And what remains in your life afterwards?<\/span><\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What strikes us is that for many people, Egypt goes much further than a trip to a special country. <strong>It touches something deeper. A memory. A sense of coming home.<\/strong> A longing for a life in which more <strong>meaning, ritual, holiness and consciousness<\/strong> is present.<\/span><\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nostalgia for depth and holiness<\/span><\/h2><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One of the women we spoke to described it as a <strong>homesickness for depth and holiness<\/strong>. While reading about ancient Egypt, she felt how much she longed for a world in which rituals, symbolism, and meaning formed a natural part of life. Her greatest desire for a trip to Egypt was very simple: <strong>feel and remember<\/strong>. She herself did not yet know exactly what she wanted to remember.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Therein lies something essential. <strong>Egypt sometimes opens something before the head understands what is happening.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We also hear this from people who have already joined us. They talk about moments that have stayed deep within them. An encounter with Sekhmet. A ritual in a temple. The energy of an old floor beneath their feet. A moment in the water. A silence in which something suddenly became palpable.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sometimes deep emotion was released with that. Sometimes strength. Sometimes peace. Sometimes a <strong>inner knowing that is difficult to capture in words<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c43054\" data-id=\"6c43054\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0136685 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0136685\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3971-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9493\" alt=\"Egypte is voor veel mensen geen reisbestemming, maar een herinnering\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3971-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3971-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3971-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3971-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3971-56x75.jpg 56w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3971-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3971-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3971.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f5bfb0 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2f5bfb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/en\/inner-alchemy-training-november-2026\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Discover our upcoming Egypt Training Trip here<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10dd02e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"10dd02e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d54a541 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d54a541\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d78be61\" data-id=\"d78be61\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-156423a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"156423a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Every temple touches on something different.<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What recurs time and again is that the different temples each seem to touch something different. <strong>You step into a room and you feel something change.<\/strong> As if every place speaks to a different part of you.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For one, that is strength. For another, gentleness. For yet another, memory, grief, longing, or coming home.<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Abydos keeps coming back<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>One place comes back remarkably often: Abydos.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For several people, Abydos felt like a place of <strong>deep recognition<\/strong>. A place where peace arose, where layers could let go, and where a strong connection with oneself became palpable.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One participant said that she still regularly tunes into Abydos at home and then experiences again the peace and energy she felt there. Another participant said very simply: <strong>\u201cAbydos is my home.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We find that remarkable, because it shows that <strong>a trip can have a much longer-lasting effect than the days you are actually in Egypt<\/strong>. A temple or place can become an inner point of reference. Something you return to months or years later. An energy you can feel again. <strong>A memory that lives on.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The journey continues when you come home.<\/span><\/h2><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That also comes up often in the conversations: <strong>The journey continues when you get home.<\/strong>. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">During the days in Egypt, much is touched upon, and afterwards, the integration begins. Someone told us that the journey took her deeper to her core and that she was able to let go of various layers. Another participant described a major shift in consciousness, connection, and inner strength. Yet another person felt, almost a year later, that the journey was still working within her.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For us, that touches exactly on the way we experience Egypt. <strong>The temples open something. They move something. They make something visible.<\/strong> Then life takes over. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What is touched during a ritual, meditation, or temple visit can unfold further weeks or months later.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-515b15a\" data-id=\"515b15a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f09f38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9f09f38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-10.29.40-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9131\" alt=\"De afgelopen tijd zijn wij opnieuw in gesprek gegaan met mensen die met ons naar Egypte zijn gereisd \u00e9n met mensen die voelen dat Egypte hen roept. We wilden beter begrijpen wat hen werkelijk aantrekt. Wat maakt dat iemand naar Egypte verlangt? Wat gebeurt er wanneer je daadwerkelijk tussen de tempels loopt? En wat blijft er daarna nog in je leven aanwezig?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-10.29.40-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-10.29.40-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-10.29.40-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-10.29.40-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-10.29.40-56x75.jpeg 56w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-10.29.40-480x640.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-10.29.40-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-22-at-10.29.40.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ccbc449 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ccbc449\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d2b4f1\" data-id=\"0d2b4f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99017f0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"99017f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c21465d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c21465d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7544c30\" data-id=\"7544c30\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20fad7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20fad7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Draft needs space<\/span><\/h2><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It also emerges very clearly from the conversations how important <strong>room<\/strong> is in it. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The deeper the experience, the more important it becomes to have time to feel, write, rest, sleep, be alone, and let what has happened sink in. A place of power sets a lot in motion in itself. A ritual can have a profound effect. A temple visit can remain present in your system for hours or days.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That is why we feel increasingly strongly how important <strong>the balance between experience, ritual, guidance and integration<\/strong> is.<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A lot happens precisely in space.<\/span><\/h3><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For us, a journey needs to be less and less packed. It is precisely in the space that something valuable often emerges. In an unexpected conversation. In a quiet morning. In a moment alone. In a spontaneous encounter. In simply sitting among the stones and feeling what is happening within you.<\/span><\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">People seek authenticity<\/span><\/h2><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What people are also looking for is <strong>authenticity<\/strong>. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They want to experience Egypt. Feel the energy. Perform rituals. Encounter the stories and mysteries. Taste the land. Get to know the symbolism. And discover at the same time. <strong>which all this awakens within themselves<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For some people, that journey begins even before they have ever set foot in Egypt. Suddenly there is a book, a dream, a podcast, a statue, the name of a goddess, an unexpected emotion at a pyramid, or an inexplicable sense of recognition. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And somewhere deep inside, a movement arises: <strong>I want to go there.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maybe you recognize that call.<\/span><\/h2><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Perhaps you have felt a connection to Egypt for years. Perhaps you still know very little about the temples, Neteru, and mysteries, yet you experience a strange familiarity. Perhaps one place calls to you very strongly. Or perhaps you feel primarily curiosity about what happens when you truly open yourself up to the country.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For us, Egypt has increasingly become a place where <strong>travel and inner work coincide<\/strong>. Where the outer and inner worlds meet. Where old stones can touch something living. Where ritual takes on meaning. Where you can <strong>experience, feel and remember<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And perhaps that is ultimately why Egypt keeps calling out to so many people. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Because sometimes you encounter something there that has long been present within you.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/en\/inner-alchemy-training-november-2026\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Discover our upcoming Egypt Training Trip here<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e7603b elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4e7603b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brianvanleeuwen.com\/en\/inner-alchemy-training-november-2026\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Discover our upcoming Egypt Training Trip here<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypte is voor veel mensen geen reisbestemming, maar een herinnering De afgelopen tijd zijn wij opnieuw in gesprek gegaan met mensen die met ons naar Egypte<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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