Pagan Portals - Ishtar and Ereshkigal
Pagan Portals - Ishtar and Ereshkigal

Author: Scott Irvine

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2020-03-27

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 1789043220

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Ishtar and Ereshkigal are the daughters of the Moon God Sin and sisters of the Sun God Shamash and members of a family of deities called the Anunnaki who arrived from the heavens to the earth many thousands of years ago. Ishtar, as Inanna, was the original goddess of love and the forerunner to all of the fertility goddesses that followed. Ereshkigal was the original ruler of the underworld and the goddess of death. As the queens of heaven and the underworld, Ishtar and Ereshkigal represent the opposing forces that allow life, death and rebirth to occur in the world.

Pagan Portals - A Guide to Pilgrimage
Pagan Portals - A Guide to Pilgrimage

Author: Thea Prothero

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2024-10-29

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1803416874

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Pilgrimage is one of the oldest forms of sacred journeying. But how does it fit into the 21st century and, more importantly, how is it relevant to our tech-heavy super-busy lives? This book is a blueprint for understanding how going on a pilgrimage will spiritually fulfill and, ultimately, transform you. Discover how this ancient practice can be traced through history and how it still plays a significant role in the many paths of faith today. Here, you'll find stories of modern pilgrimage, words of wisdom from literature, meditations, and tools to inspire you towards taking your first physical steps on your journey.

Pagan Portals - The Fallen Women of Mythology
Pagan Portals - The Fallen Women of Mythology

Author: Lady Haight-Ashton

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2024-09-27

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1803416416

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Women have traditionally been written out of history. But throughout ancient myths, stories, and legends there is a power in rediscovering the experiences of the many 'fallen' women who have been hidden from the annals of the past. Portrayed to us as enigmatic Goddesses, devout saints, scandalous sinners, and infamous biblical whores, their storylines of inequity were scorned or, in many instances, disregarded altogether to gather the dust of antiquity. They are the hidden gems of the ancient world, and it is time to awaken their voices. For within every account of a 'fallen' woman, whether Divine or human, there is another very fascinating side to their story.

Pagan Portals - The Triple Goddess
Pagan Portals - The Triple Goddess

Author: Rachel Patterson

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2021-11-26

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 1782790551

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An updated approach for working with the Triple Goddess in modern times The Triple Goddess has three facets: the maiden, the mother, and the crone. The Triple Goddess represents many things such as birth, life, death and the phases of the moon, waxing, full and waning. Whilst in the form we recognise it may well be a modern idea, it still gives a wonderful way of working with the goddess and her phases, to help us evolve and understand our own pathway through life and this journey can help you to embrace your own personal power.

Pagan Portals - Moon Magic
Pagan Portals - Moon Magic

Author: Rachel Patterson

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2014-01-31

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1782792821

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Moon Magic is an introduction to working with the phases of the Moon, what they are and how to live in harmony with the lunar year and to utilize all the magical powers it provides. It’s filled with the basics of the lunar cycle, the representations and correspondences of each phase, what magic to work and when and also includes a look at the lunar year, moon deities, moon spells, meditations, specific moon rituals, moon names, tree moons and moon recipes. ,

Into the Great Below
Into the Great Below

Author: Galina Krasskova

Publisher:

Published: 2010-08

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780982579831

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Into the Great Below is a compilation of devotional poems, prayers, and rituals celebrating two magnificent Sumerian Goddesses: Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Erishkigal, Queen of the Underworld. In these pages you will find a map traversing the shadowy places between these two Holy Powers. Here, you will read about Inanna's courage, Her journey and decent into Irkla, and Her vulnerability before Her sister. Here too you will find prayers celebrating the wisdom of Eriskigal, Her power, Her fury, Her mercy. In this book, you will hear from contemporary devotees of these ancient Powers and through their words possibly glimpse the ways in which both goddesses touch Their devotees lives today.

Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels
Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels

Author: Alexander Heidel

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1949

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780226323985

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Cuneiform records made some three thousand years ago are the basis for this essay on the ideas of death and the afterlife and the story of the flood which were current among the ancient peoples of the Tigro-Euphrates Valley. With the same careful scholarship shown in his previous volume, The Babylonian Genesis, Heidel interprets the famous Gilgamesh Epic and other related Babylonian and Assyrian documents. He compares them with corresponding portions of the Old Testament in order to determine the inherent historical relationship of Hebrew and Mesopotamian ideas.

Queen of the Great Below
Queen of the Great Below

Author: Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2010-10-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781453878965

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Hail to You, Ereshkigal, Great Queen of Those Below. Mistress of the Shadows. Lady of Bones and Dust. Frightening One of the Far Places Where Men Fear to Go. Strong One Who Builds the Boundaries and Knows How to Tear Them Down. Queen of the Great Below is a collection of poems, essays and personal ritual experiences by modern devotees in honor of Ereshkigal. Once worshipped as Ruler of the Underworld from the shores of the Euphrates to the banks of the Nile, Ereshkigal is now known primarily for her role as the antagonist in The Descent of Inanna. In this unique devotional anthology, however, Ereshkigal is revealed to be a multi-faceted deity of transformation, boundary-keeping, and passion, a teacher of harsh but necessary lessons. You stand at the brink of the Underworld, on the shadowed path that few walk willingly. Those who have contributed to this devotional have walked this road and returned, bearing the blessings of the Queen. We invite you to walk this path, as well. Ereshkigal awaits .... [Editor's Note: This text contains references to BDSM and the ordeal path.]

Desire, Discord, and Death
Desire, Discord, and Death

Author: Neal H. Walls

Publisher: American Society of Overseas Research

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13:

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Annotation After a general discussion of methods and approaches, Walls explores the construction of desire in the Gilgamesh Epic; a Freudian analysis of Horus and Seth; and sex, power, and violence in Nergal and Ereshkigal. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Pagan Portals - Seeking the Primal Goddess
Pagan Portals - Seeking the Primal Goddess

Author: Melusine Draco

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2020-01-31

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1789042577

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Using archaeology, archaeo-mythology and mitochondrial DNA we can chart the mass migrations of people throughout the ancient world and follow the footsteps of the beliefs of Old Europe. But if the concept of the Old Goddess is at odds with current popular thinking, how will we feel if we discover that the Great Mother of contemporary Paganism bears no similarity to the primal Great Goddess of the Old European world? Is there a ‘magico-spiritual’ gene that could be traced back to those distant ancestors who actually worshipped the forebears of the various deities to whom we claim allegiance today? Are there time-honoured things about us all as individuals that are bred deep in the bone? Are we what our roots (our DNA) claim us to be? Perhaps, even though we are now scattered all over the globe, we cannot escape those ancient racial memories of where we originally came from.