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On 16/04/2011 10:48, Morgan Leigh wrote: Em Hotep Morgan The article I mentioned is Elizabeth Wickett 'Archaeological Memory the Leitmotifs of Ancient Egyptian Festival Tradition and Cultural Legacy in the Festival Tradition of Luxor: the _mulid_ of Sidi Abu'l Hajjaj al-Uqsori and the Ancient Egyptian "Feast of Opet" 'pp 403-426 JARCE 45 But there is a growing body of material - as you know I've been working with Zar drum rhythms in some of the recon egyptian rites with The Companions of Seth - and started to explore some of this in my little book on "Supernatural Assault" - but more research appearing all over. I'd once thought there wasn't going to be too much common ground between Arab/Islamic material and Egyptian / Pharaonic/ folk culture but turns out to be quite a lot ... although under threat and disappearing as we speak ... from fanatics but also just modernism / tourist development etc ... There's the other angle of ancient Haran and the preservation of Hermeticism in Sufi / Islamic sects. Any info you find please do share : ) Senebty Mogg > Welcome, but bugger. I want to know about an Egyptian - Sufi link too! > > Regards, > > Morgan Leigh > PhD Candidate > School of Sociology and Social Work > University of Tasmania >