Reverend Joanna Linsley Poe

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Reverend Joanna Linsley-Poe

Priestess of Renenutet/Seshat

Initiated 2008 -

on left, Kathi Blaksleee, middle, Joanna Linsley Poe, right, Harold Moss

I cannot remember a time in my history when I was not fascinated by and drawn to the land, culture and ways of Ancient Egypt My first true, contact was through the movie" The Egyptian" but I don't remember now just when I first saw it. Access to my uncle's library in the early 60's with its many books covering Egypt and other ancient lands along with an extensive collection of National Geographic Magazines fueled my love of history especially that of ancient Egypt. These books and magazines made me feel as if I could just step through the pages and I would be back home-where I belonged.

As my knowledge of history expanded I naturally gravitated to anything related to ancient Egypt. I even gave serious thought to becoming an archeologist and if not that an anthropologist specializing in ancient Egypt. These professions were not to be-but I did meet and marry an archeologist who specializes in Egypt and is the president of the CES, Michael Poe-High Priest of Ptah. He is also the reason I started looking into the ancient ways of the Egyptian religion, a path made a little easier by his extensive library, a path it seems that was always meant to be.

In 1999 while doing a considerable amount of writing I fell in love with Seshat, the ancient Egyptian goddess of writing. Later in 2002 after again taking up baking bread and teaching cooking classes I found Renenutet while looking through the ancient Egyptian literature for a goddess of cooking and food. After further study, which included writing and performing rituals, baking artisan breads using ancient grains, recreating Kyphi incense from the tomb of Ramesses III, and editing Papyri, the CES newsletter I was ordained as a Priestess of Renenutet and Seshat with the Church of The Eternal Source on July 18, 2008.

As of April 2009 I started work on updating the CES website as its new web master, while still serving as editor of Papyri and reconstructing Ancient Egyptian incense, oil, and unguent recipes. I continue to study Emmer and other ancient grains as well as baking with wild yeast cultures (sourdough) from the Giza plateau of Egypt. Plans in the future include a cookbook recreating recipes that might have been found in the Egypt of antiquity. As of September, 2009 I started a blog on wordpress.com. Called Ancientfoods.wordpress.com with its focus on exploring ancient foods and drink from around the world.

Ancient Foods now has a worldwide following and continues to receive more followers each month.

Joanna Linsley Poe and on right Rev. Michael Poe