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Remember when walking this path and taking advice Consider Everything, Believe Nothing.

Excellent!

I'm glad you are making progress.

I am certainly glad I was able to help.

Yes she is please post the whole pic if you will

Nebo

Full pic

Dude i am real happy of your works.. i was mesmerised by your altar of Inanna. INanna in saree is WOW. she could be miss universe :-) Your dagger is real kool.Your working and intuitive rituals are super kool. Be blessed man :-)

for your watcher, know that if you dont banish him, do sacrifice his bread to him at least once each 3 days. i do it daily. its also kool to have a candle consecrated in his name daily.

Inanna likes red candles so if it is possible you could light some from time to time. Aranunna will surely help you with the astral capabilities. but it will be a progressive thing as you need to know and learn and not get all instanteneously. :-)

Let us know of your other works too. :-)

Regards

Mystick

That is a really good looking alter.

Nice work bro! I like the altar, seems mobile--mine is as well, comes in handy from time to time! Later!

Greetings,

I like the adaptation of the 3 signs of Mashu. The third being Inanna Star instead of Bandar. Nice touch!

Zi DIngir Inanna Kanpa!

Recently I've come across a set of seven Hymns written to Inanna by Ancient Priests of Sumer. I'm not sure when these were translated, but they are directly from ancient sumerian tablets. These are not my creations, I just wanted to share them since i've not seen them elsewhere.

Proud Queen of the Earth Gods, Supreme Among the Heaven Gods.
Loud Thundering Storm, you pour your rain over all the lands and all the people.
You make the Heavens Tremble and the Earth quake.
Great Priestess, who can soothe your troubled heart?

You flash like lightening over the highlands; you throw your firebrands across the Earth.
Your deafening command, whistling like the South Wind, splits apart great mountains.
You trample the disobedient like a wild bull; Heaven and Earth tremble.
Holy Priestess, who can soothe your troubled heart?

Your frightful cry descending from the Heavens devours its victims.
Your quivering hand causes the midday heat to hover over the sea.
Your nighttime stalking of the Heavens chills the land with it's dark breeze,.
Holy Inanna, the riverbanks overflow with the flood-waves of your Heart.

On the seventh day when the crescent moon reaches its fullness,
You bathe and sprinkle your face with holy water.
You cover you body with the long woolen garments of queenship.
You fasten combat and battle to your side;
You tie them into a girdle and let them rest.
In Eridu you received the Holy Tablets from the God of Wisdom,
Father Enki presented the Tablets to you at his holy shrine in Eridu.
He place the queenship and Godship in your hands.

You mount the steps to your High Throne.
In all majesty you sit there.
With your beloved husband, Dumuzi, at your side.

The Gods of the land, wishing to hear their fate, come before you.
The Gods of Heaven and Earth kneel before you
The living creatures and the people of Sumer come before you.
The people of Sumer who parade before you
Are caught in your Gaze,
And held by your Holy yoke.

There are six other hymns. I'll put them up if there's interest in reading them.
Peace,
Lugal Nosotro Tehuti.

Heres one I just finished writting....

Oh graceful beautiful star
That shines so bright in the morning sky
To the easy you rise oh morning star
Your beauty shines so bright--Great Inanna

Oh delightful queen who graces dreams
With utmost divine beauty
Fills the soul with the passion of fire
The dreams are all filled with desire

Oh powerful protector of her kind
Blazing fury to them who defy
Forceful reckoning to them who betray
The ones under her careful grace

Oh divine song that fills the soul
With joys and splendour so unknown
With pleasures so great and jubulant
And life springs pour into infinity

Oh divine jewel of divine hands
Great majesty of Elder lands
Shining in the sunset skies
THe western horizon of the beautiful kind....

the incantation of INANNA at the end of the walking of the Gate... is there a standard incantation to be used if so where can I find it ...or should I write my own?

I found the attached seal while searching for Inanna images. I am wondering if any of the members who is more knowledgeable about Sumeriology than I could tell me if this is legitimate. Thanks.

I found the attached seal while searching for Inanna images. I am wondering if any of the members who is more knowledgeable about Sumeriology than I could tell me if this is legitimate. Thanks.

Hmmmm.... the eight pointed star is typically associated with ANU, and I believe those are the runes Gebo and Fehu in the center. I would say no, probably not a sumerian symbol at all, much less the star of inanna.

Off the top of my head I'd say it's a charm for wealth, just given the runes, and being an 8 pointed star I could be elemental in nature (four balanced elements) or I think that star is associated also with faery magick, which given the runes actually makes more sense. Or it could just be some nifty graphic someone whipped up.

peace

Greetings,


At first glance I thought it was more or less a stylised version of the Eight Rayed Star of Inanna and that the symbols in the center were the pictographs for 'reed'. However, on the second look, it just doesn't fit.
I think Vagrant Dreamer is pretty much correct. Probably of modern of modern origin. If you do experiment with it though, do share the results. I'm curious as to it's exact effect now.lol
Peace

Cool; thanks for the info! I'll post about any results I get from it.

Greetings Penny,

I have seen that star on google images before. I think that someone made the star to represent Inanna. In that I think it is authentic. Although not ancient.

Peace!

This post has been edited by Edunpanna: Apr 21 2007, 12:01 AM

Ishtar be blessed

that star is not hers , though it could be used to represent her

i find however more true inana in another symbol that is not hers . if you are familiar with the rock band HIM then you know the haertagram .this has a hart that is love and the cause of amy missguided wars the triangle is a fire sighn and thus her passion and the circle is the everlastingness of her nature as she decended to the underworld and was reborn i would personaly turn to the haertagram before i would that as a symbol for inana. though in anchiant time the eight rayed star has been and still is used to represent the devine nature of any god so the one you ask about is definatly useable but i would charge it with her power before using it as such

This post has been edited by papatwilight: May 4 2007, 09:15 AM

If I may offer a suggestion, maybe this would be more properly used for rituals invoking Freya as the Runes lead me to think this may be better. I have always associated Inanna w/ Freya--so if u r at all familiar w/ Norse magickal systems or myths that seal may be used for that. Just a suggestion.

If I may offer a suggestion, maybe this would be more properly used for rituals invoking Freya as the Runes lead me to think this may be better. I have always associated Inanna w/ Freya--so if u r at all familiar w/ Norse magickal systems or myths that seal may be used for that. Just a suggestion.

Yeah, I'd agree with Eabatu - under the logic that there are fewer principle divine entities than there are symbols for them, a symbol of freya may as well be a symbol of inanna. I think that the 'face' of the god/dess that you choose to work with, however, is going to have a sort of different take on their function, though the function remains principally the same.

peace

Thanks, all, for the info. I generally consider Inanna and Freya to be the same entity; indeed, the Prose Eddas mention that Freya traveled the world using different names and guises, and the similarities are striking. In fact, I use a drawing of Freya as an Inanna picture, so I would be inclined to use this symbol if I needed to evoke Inanna "as Freya."

the incantation of INANNA at the end of the walking of the Gate... is there a standard incantation to be used if so where can I find it ...or should I write my own?

Good eye!

What that references is the book of Magan. Just say the part about how she came back from the underworld. Pg 174 - 180

This is not absolutely necessary. Think of it as a license to depart. It is supposed to close the gate.

Peace!

I defiantly am interested in reading the other Hymns Nosotro!!

That was great Eabatu!! Very inspired writting!!

Beleti

I would like to point out the mention of holy water here. It has always been interesting to me that the Sumerians used holy water 3000 years before Jesus was born.

Greetings,

Greetings,
Sorry this took so long to get up here Beleti.
But here's another of her hymns. This one is called the 'The Joy of Sumer; The Sacred Marriage Rite.'

The people of Sumer assemble in the Palace.
The House which guides the land.
The king builds a throne for the the Queen of the Palace
He sits beside her on the throne

In order to care for all the life of the lands,
The exact first day of the month is closely examined
On the day of the sleeping of the moon
The me are perfectly carried out. (here, the ME refer to the Tablets of Destinies)
So that the New Year's Day, the day of rites,
May be properly determined.
And a sleeping place be set up for Inanna.

The People cleanse the rushes with sweet smelling cedar oils,
They arrange the rushes for the bed.
They spread a bridal sheet over the bed.
A bridal sheet to rejoice the heart
A bridal sheet to sweeten the loins
A bridal sheet for Inanna and Dumuzi

The Queen bathes her holy loins
Inanna bathes for the holy loins of Dumuzi.
She washes herself with soap
She sprinkles sweet-smelling cedar oil on the ground

The king goes with lifted head to the holy loins
Dumuzi goes with lifted head to the holy loins of Inanna.
He lies down beside her on the bed.
Tenderly he caresses her, murmuring words of love;
''O my holy jewel ! O my wondrous Inanna ! "

After he enters her holy vulva, causing the Queen to rejoice;
After he enters her holy vulva, causing Inanna to rejoice,
Inanna holds him to her and murmurs;
'' O Dumuzi, you are truly my love! '
The King bids the people to enter the great hall.
The people bring food offerings and bowls.
They burn Juniper resins, perform laving rites
And pile up sweet smelling Incense

The king embraces his beloved bride,
Dumuzi embraces Inanna
Innana, seated on the royal throne, shines like daylight
The king, like the sun, shines radiantly beside her.
He arranges abundance, lushness, and plenty before her.
He assemble the people of Sumer

The musicians play for the queen.
They play the loud instrument which drowns out the southern storm
They play the sweet algar instrument, the ornament of the palace
They play the stringed instrument which brings joy to all people.
They play the songs for Inanna to rejoice the heart.


Well, thats it. This is not my creation, by the way. To reiterate, this hymn us directly from clay tablets written in ancient sumer.
Peace,
Nosotro Tehuti.

This post has been edited by Nosotro Tehuti: Jun 13 2007, 05:49 PM

Thanks Nostro!!

Beleti

Since it says "Anything Inanna goes here" and I'm not sure where else to put this:

Thanks to Inanna for prayers answered for K.A. May all who see this post and sincerely call on Inanna's name be blessed.

ZI DINGIR INANNA KANPA!
ZI DINGIR ISHTAR KANPA!