Rivers appear frequently in the world's sacred traditions as symbols of divine influence. They evoke an image of spiritual energies cascading through the manifold planes of cosmic and earthly life; linking us intimately with our source, nourishing and sustaining us; and flowing forth to connect us with all living things. 

Like the ancient Egyptians who understood the gift of the celestial Nile and its earthly counterpart, the inner significance of these rites and celebrations will be apparent, serving as a refreshing drink from the well of memory deep within us. For sacred rivers are not only mythic reminders of forgotten truth, they represent the ever-present stream of who and what we essentially are: not a static being, but a dynamic, ever becoming flow of divine radiance.​