tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post2400224976738636844..comments2023-08-15T07:50:38.713-05:00Comments on Magic in These Hills: InannaLivia Indicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03887285470232118424noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-17616162535615348572008-12-31T12:02:00.000-06:002008-12-31T12:02:00.000-06:00I imagine working with Erishkigal would be quite d...I imagine working with Erishkigal would be quite different than working with Inanna, very interesting. Thanks for stopping by!Livia Indicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887285470232118424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-17676301258861508832008-12-30T23:31:00.000-06:002008-12-30T23:31:00.000-06:00great info here. I work so much with Inanna and E...great info here. I work so much with Inanna and Ereshkigal in ritual, especially around Hallows. This year I did it quite differently, aspecting Ereshkigal instead of Inanna with really different and wonderful results.Sloth Womynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12334700336578451488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-39150235099591406332008-12-18T01:46:00.000-06:002008-12-18T01:46:00.000-06:00Hey thanks Brian. I'd be honored to have a link o...Hey thanks Brian. I'd be honored to have a link on your excellent blog. And you're right, the more I learn about Inanna, and many goddesses, the I realize there is so much MORE to learn.Livia Indicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887285470232118424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-92101438658430185922008-12-18T01:37:00.000-06:002008-12-18T01:37:00.000-06:00An excellent post and some very interesting commen...An excellent post and some very interesting comments. I will be putting a link to it on my blog. Very shortly, I will be putting my own website online and it will contain some of my writings about Inanna and tantra. <BR/><BR/>There is just so much to her stories - i have only just started scratching the surface.Idrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799921912795975330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-30925293797698042572008-12-16T10:04:00.000-06:002008-12-16T10:04:00.000-06:00Never too late for an intelligent insight! I never...Never too late for an intelligent insight! I never thought of it that way before. But I think you're right, it is the time for the third-gendered of the world to take their place in the world. Or, perhaps, it's already begun! You are a perfect example of that! Thanks for visiting!Livia Indicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887285470232118424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-32458285321480279222008-12-16T09:41:00.000-06:002008-12-16T09:41:00.000-06:00Okay, so I know I'm waaaaay late on this one, but ...Okay, so I know I'm waaaaay late on this one, but I just wanted to let you know that I ADORE this story - in part, because it's one where the Queer Mysterious Ones make a very clear arrival.<BR/><BR/>There is one part of the story that I find very interesting from that perspective. As Inanna and the third-gendered Asushunamir flee the Underworld, Ereshkigal begins her hot pursuit. Inanna makes it out, but her rescuer does not. Ereshkigal curses the Asushunamir saying that S/he will live in doorways, be laughed at by drunkards, be spit upon and reviled by all for eternity.<BR/><BR/>Inanna lightens the curse by giving it an end, saying that if the Asushunamir keep her ways, one day they will take their rightful place among the people as beings made of light to aid the powers of light. <BR/><BR/>Interesting, eh?<BR/><BR/>It's my understanding that that time has come, and Queer Spirit folk have the potential to step up and resume their place as healers, teachers, and priestesses.Greg Fletcher-Marzullohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16032001927039495508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-76604352015466546172008-12-13T17:13:00.000-06:002008-12-13T17:13:00.000-06:00Hey I'm glad you liked it! Yeah, the seven chakras...Hey I'm glad you liked it! Yeah, the seven chakras corresponding to the gates of the Underworld is really fascinating. Thanks for visiting.Livia Indicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887285470232118424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-47787317032589229902008-12-13T13:43:00.000-06:002008-12-13T13:43:00.000-06:00Very insightful, enlightening and provocative. I d...Very insightful, enlightening and provocative. <BR/><BR/>I do like the insights that Aquila ka Hecate had about the seven chakras as well.<BR/><BR/>Thank you all! Great reading!Celeste Heldstabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026521687921172207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-90676867751679502502008-12-09T08:45:00.000-06:002008-12-09T08:45:00.000-06:00Excellent submission Livia! I didn't know much abo...Excellent submission Livia! I didn't know much about Inanna before, but this is an excellent insight into her psyche!Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10605982388698248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-78475083456906879552008-12-09T00:51:00.000-06:002008-12-09T00:51:00.000-06:00Interesting and well written.Interesting and well written.Diane Dehlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178263734982687383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-53056108414619707972008-12-06T14:09:00.000-06:002008-12-06T14:09:00.000-06:00That sounds very interesting! I'm glad you liked ...That sounds very interesting! I'm glad you liked what I had to say. Thanks for commenting!Livia Indicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887285470232118424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-56686417126251852352008-12-06T08:59:00.000-06:002008-12-06T08:59:00.000-06:00Definitely worth the cyberspace. Thanks Livia, for...Definitely worth the cyberspace. Thanks Livia, for taking the time to write this. I find your interpretation intriguing.<BR/><BR/>I once read that the decent and return of Inanna may be related to the plant Venus, I remember the name of the book (Saggs, H.W.F, 1988, ‘The Babylonians’), but not the theory in detail, unfortunately.<BR/><BR/>Great post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-52425778322863817762008-12-05T14:43:00.000-06:002008-12-05T14:43:00.000-06:00Thanks Marion, I value your opinion and am very pl...Thanks Marion, I value your opinion and am very pleased you liked it!Livia Indicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887285470232118424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-15614282225015857222008-12-05T11:45:00.000-06:002008-12-05T11:45:00.000-06:00I thoroughly enjoyed this post, Livia, and the ins...I thoroughly enjoyed this post, Livia, and the insights within it.Thank you...there is so much here to take away and think about, and I love it when that happens.Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00607220451457829777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-40774017053917637502008-12-04T22:26:00.000-06:002008-12-04T22:26:00.000-06:00Hmm, I never thought of her regalia in terms of th...Hmm, I never thought of her regalia in terms of the chakras. Very interesting, I'll have to give that some thought. Oh yeah, this is just one of many death and resurrection tales that predate Christianity. Thanks for stopping by Terri.Livia Indicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887285470232118424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7840675783202771026.post-16978900031269608802008-12-04T20:52:00.000-06:002008-12-04T20:52:00.000-06:00Those are great insights, Livia!Also, the strippin...Those are great insights, Livia!<BR/><BR/>Also, the stripping of Inanna's seven adornments can be seen in the light of the soul which has fallen into matter. The seven represent the seven major energy, or chakra, points, which must be removed from the body in order to free the soul for its exploration of its own origins and destination.<BR/>The body can then be hung out to dry, and resurrected in a 'higher' state'.<BR/>It's interesting hpw this particular<I> harrowing of hell</I> predates the Christian one by some millennia, huh?<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>Terri in JoburgAquila ka Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00725237187718174157noreply@blogger.com