Spiritual tours often draw attention from onlookers with their sometime unorthodox methods. Sometimes members break out into dance, which can invite stares from other tourists and locals. But Star Charney, an American on the Heartlights tour, welcomes the questions of non-believers.
?he skeptics are the best. It? when you try too hard, you?e not going to feel things,?Charney said.
She collects heart-shaped rocks on the Giza plateau, in an attempt, she says, to hold onto the energy of the Pyramids of Giza and bring it back home with her.
?y luggage is going to weigh a ton,?she said with a beaming smile.
In this predominantly Muslim country, Egyptologist and spiritual tour guide Amro Mounir, 34, said he encounters many Egyptians who criticize his tours for practicing a form of paganism.
But Mounir says the tours are about tapping into the energy of the earth and helping people find the truth.
?hey are trying to get wisdom. They are looking for the truth and wisdom of the earth. Africa holds the wisdom of the earth,?Mounir said.
While not all visitors to Egypt come seeking spiritual inspiration, ?ou can? help but be in awe of places such as the Giza Pyramids,?said Anuja Madar, editor of Frommer? travel guide to Egypt. ?isiting these places is a surreal experience in a way, because you have to remind yourself that this isn? some Disneyland-esque attraction, it? a real piece of history.
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