Author : Diane Wolkstein
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,62 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Religion
ISBN :
A fresh retelling of the ancient texts about Ishtar, the world's first goddess. Illustrated with visual artifacts of the period. "A great masterpiece of universal literature."--Mircea Eliade Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : Neil Freer
Publisher : Book Tree
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 16,53 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1885395175
Presents information on Sitchins theories about the origins of mankind and the intervention of intelligence from beyond the Earth. He and the other contributors offer a scholarly approach to the ancient astronaut theory. Contains the complete transcript of the first Sitchin Studies Day, held in Denver, Colorado on Oct. 6, 1996. Following Sitchins detailed keynote address are six other prominent speakers whose work he has influenced. They include philosopher Neil Freer, UFO expert J. Antonio Huneeus, clergyman Father Charles Moore, author V. Susan Ferguson, and two university professors, Madeleine Briskin and Marlene Evans. They agree that certain myths were actual events instead of figments of imaginations. Sitchins work comprises the early part of a new paradigmone that is already beginning to shake the very foundations of religion, archaeology and our society in general.
Author : Christine Irving
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 48,46 MB
Release : 2018-07-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781983606366
Christine Irving is ordained in two spiritual traditions . She is a priestess of the Fellowship of Isis, an international spiritual organization devoted to spreading awareness of the Feminine divine, as represented by the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis. Christine has also been ordained into the priesthood of the Gnostic Church of Saint Mary Magdalene. She is a creator and facilitator of ritual, a founding mother of the California Alliance for Women, a Peer Spirit circle guide, and a SoulCollage(R) facilitator. Her passion is storytelling in all its myriad forms and she delights in uncovering the perennial wisdom embedded in the world's myths, folk stories and faerie tales. Poetry is her medium of choice, but stories have their own imperative and sometimes demand a longer telling as in her novel, Magdalene A.D. Return to Inanna is in memory of the Honorable Olivia Robertson fondly known as Lady Olivia, Archpriestess and founding mother of the Fellowship of Isis, who introduced me to Sacred Theater, ordained me as Priestess, and inspired me to study the art of creating ritual.I am honored to follow in your footsteps.
Author : Judy Grahn
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,21 MB
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781643620763
Path-breaking lesbian storyteller & scholar Judy Grahn explores poetry written over four thousand years ago on the life and loves of the great goddess Inanna
Author : Enheduanna
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 14,60 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780292752429
Around 2,300 BC Enheduanna was high priestess to the moon god Nanna at his temple in Ur, a position she held for almost forty years. This volume translates Enheduanna's three devotional poems to the goddess Inanna accompanied by an extensive commentary and discussion which places these highly personal and unique expressions within the context of Sumerian culture and religion. The author highlights the importance of the poems and the princess for our understanding of the place of women in Near Eastern society and religion.
Author : Tanya Wilkinson
Publisher : Council Oak Books
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 38,18 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Psychology
ISBN :
Using myth and fairy tales, Dr. Tanya Wilkinson adds insightful commentary on the individual dynamics and cultural patterns which contribute to the deep schism between "victims" and "heroes" in our society. In modern life we sympathize only with the blameless victim, and cling to the image of a "heroic ideal" - that is, if we are only good enough or strong enough, bad things will not happen to us. But bad things do happen to good and strong people, as well as to people who are not entirely blameless. Dr. Wilkinson moves beyond the debate of "who's at fault". Using the Persephone myth and four fairy tales, the author instead illustrates the deep archetypal forces at work in victim experiences and encourages us to search for the emotional and spiritual maturity which may be gained from them.
Author : Diane Wolkstein
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 29,34 MB
Release : 1983-08-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0060908548
A fresh retelling of the ancient texts about Ishtar, the world's first goddess. Illustrated with visual artifacts of the period. "A great masterpiece of universal literature."--Mircea Eliade
Author : Sandra Bart Heimann
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 46,55 MB
Release : 2016-09-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1504358236
When stars were many and people few, a great story was told everywhere. The first storytellers were women. Their story was so large it filled the universe it told of a Great Mother encompassing life, death and return of everything. When Neolithic farming people settled, and depended on plentiful crops and herds, a goddess of fertility stepped into stardom. Inanna is the Sumerian goddess of love, crescent moon, evening star, fertility and renewal. She is the longest lasting supreme goddess of the Ancient Near East. Inannas biography includes her rise to supreme holder of almost all the powers of culture and civilization. 5000 year old poems bring Inanna to life. She sings to her miraculous vulva and to her consort-lover; she struggles to keep her powers and complains of her losses and demotions. Inanna represents lifes powerful contradictions. She changes peace to war and back again; she causes strife and brings love; she turns women into men and men into women. Inanna loves all her people, every one. A biography must have adversity and Inanna has plenty; she must always conquer of the ever-rising tide of patriarchal domination in all its forms. Buried and forgotten for two millennia, she now steps from the dust, ties up her sandals, applies her kohl, adjusts her tiara, summons her lions, and returns. Her story is also womans story. Let me introduce you to Inanna, Queen of Heaven, Earth, and almost everything
Author : Stephen Bertman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 36,45 MB
Release : 2005-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0195183649
Modern-day archaeological discoveries in the Near East continue to illuminate man's understanding of the ancient world. This illustrated handbook describes the culture, history, and people of Mesopotamia, as well as their struggle for survival and happiness.
Author : Sylvia Brinton Perera
Publisher :
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 35,40 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :
Pioneer study of the need for an inner female authority in a masculine-oriented society. Interprets the journey into the underworld of Inanna-Ishtar, Goddess of Heaven and Earth, to see Ereshkigal, her dark sister. So must modern women descend into the depths of themselves. Rich in insights.
