Vol #5 — Reflections in Onyx

Epic Life: Field Notes – Volume V

Reflections in Onyx: Questions at the Feet of Horemheb

What happens when... nothing happens?

While visiting the ancient sanctuary of Horemheb at Gebel el-Silsila in Upper Egypt, a fellow archaeologist produced a polished disk of black onyx and suggested the three of us try an ancient practice known as scrying.

No visions appeared.

No voices spoke.

No supernatural revelation unfolded.

Yet the experience has remained with me for years.

In Reflections in Onyx, I revisit that quiet morning—not to argue for the paranormal, nor to explain it away, but to explore something far more enduring: the difference between observation and interpretation, curiosity and certainty, skepticism and cynicism.

Drawing from decades of archaeological exploration in Egypt, personal reflection, and a lifetime spent asking questions, this fifth volume of Epic Life: Field Notes becomes less a story about an ancient stone than about the way we approach mystery itself.

Whether you're fascinated by Egypt, archaeology, philosophy, or simply the quiet moments that shape a life, Reflections in Onyx invites you to stand for a few moments in a three-thousand-year-old sanctuary... and consider what may be reflected in your own heart.

Because sometimes the greatest discoveries are not waiting inside the mystery.

They're waiting inside the one who is looking.