I never dreamed how difficult it would be to get the Ereshkigal devotional done, but I can feel it finally coming together. About a month ago I was contacted by two experienced priestesses who asked if I was still accepting submissions. They had alternated as Ereshkigal and Inanna in a series of four Descent rituals, and wanted to share their ( Read more... )

Ereshkigal, that is ( Read more... )

Tonight is the first dark moon since I felt called to dedicate that night to Ereshkigal. With everything else going on (new job, new relationship) I hadn't been paying close attention to the calendar. Thank goodness other friends do, and they make references to it in their own journals ( Read more... )

Every so often I've fretted that I don't do enough in the way of regular, "official" observances in my spiritual life. That is: I don't have a sacred calendar that I follow. Most of the celebrations of the Wheel of the Year really don't resonate with me, and despite lots of thinking about it I've never actually put together an official sacred ( Read more... )

This whole coming-out-of-the-underworld process is picking up serious momentum since the man I'm referring to as Lucius came into my life. (See my Dear Powers That Be entry of a week or so ago ( Read more... )

"The ways of the underworld are perfect," Ereshkigal whispered.
"Oh, rotting meat, do not question the ways of the underworld."

That's as far as I've gotten with my re-write of The Descent of Inanna: Inanna is dead and hanging on the wall of the throne room. Now comes the hard part: the three days of silence, Ereshkigal's "labor", the kurgarra and ( Read more... )

This evening I watched a DVD of Diane Wolkstein doing a dramatic performance of her version of The Descent of Inanna.

The DVD actually included most of the texts from her book, Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth, but "Descent" was my focus. It wasn't until Inanna began the actual entry to the underworld that I finally figured out what had been ( Read more... )

I've been working with Horned God energy recently, and an oracle I received reaffirmed part of that with a mention of "the bull." The term rattled around in the back of my head for several days, then finally resolved itself while I was walking across the parking lot on my way in to work yesterday ( Read more... )

Bad priestess.
No biscuit.

The question about what to wear to present my workshop is not about what will make the most favorable impression on the participants.

It's not about what my dad would advise me to wear in order to present an image of authority and confidence.

It's about how Ereshkigal wants me to present myself in public as Her ( Read more... )

I just received an amazing message (via FetLife) from another daughter of Ereshkigal who identifies with the Sacred Whore tradition, lives in my city, and is married to a priestess of Inanna! (Thanks, passionandsoul, for the intro!)

When I responded to her, I found myself writing the following:

I serve both Ereshkigal and Inanna, having been initiated into the ( Read more... )