Gds presence brought order, structure and shalom to the israelite people, a presence of the almighty that had not been known on earth since the garden of eden. Inanna is the queen of heaven and earth in sumerian myth, who was known to the babylonians as ishtar. It would have been disrespectful for us not to come. The temple in jerusalem was destroyed by fire and the site ploughed up like a field, thus fulfilling the words of jesus. In this groundbreaking work, samuel noah kramer, the preeminent living expert on sumer, and diane. For the angel tells her that her son will be king over the house of jacob forever. Queen of heaven regina caeli in latin is a title given to mary, mother of jesus, by christians mainly of the catholic church and, to a lesser extent, in anglicanism, lutheranism, and eastern orthodoxy.
In the timeless tradition of bards and rishis, i would like to tell the legend of inanna, queen of heaven and earth. But the pagans did not know this in earlier times before science and tele. Innana queen of heaven and earth by wolkstein and kramer. This image of isis queen of heaven with baby horus the sungod is the true. Her stories and hymns from sumer by diane wolkstein 1,328 ratings, 4. I am indebted to all four of these sources as well as many others, especially doris lessing for her briefing for a descent into hell and her. She was one of the most worshipped and revered goddesses in the ancient. As human consciousness probably due to external factors changed over the millennia, inannas powers diminished. Queen of heaven examines canonical as well as obscure images of the blessed mother that present fresh.
Diane wolkstein has been teaching, performing, and writing for over thirtyfive years. His son thutmose iii stood in his place as king of the two lands. I was inspired to create a series of paintings from inannas story. She who called herself the handmaid of the lord at the annunciation remained faithful to what this name expresses throughout her earthly life. My goal is to introduce you to the kingdom of god in the hope that you too will become captivated by it.
See more ideas about queen of heaven, blessed mother and blessed mother mary. As daughter of the moon and sister of the sun, inanna is the morning and evening star, venusaphrodite, in. Obtain for me also a generous, constant love of god, perfect submission to his holy will, the true spirit of a christian, and the grace of final perseverance. Wolkstein brings the skills of storyteller and poet, kramer his lifelong research on the sumerian period and culture. What might the serpent, the anzubird, and the dark maid lilith each represent.
In the descent of inanna, the goddess, now queen of heaven and earth, finds herself drawn to enter the underworld, realm of the dead, ruled by her evil and somehow tragic sisterself, ereshkigal. Of course that hadnt stopped my brother from trying to get out of it. Queen of heaven regina caeli in latin is a title given to mary, mother of jesus, by christians. This is why sexual immorality has been worldwide because it was a part of the doctrines of baal, and done in the name of religion.
Queen of heaven and earth, by diane wolkstein and samuel noah kramer. Her stories and hymns from sumer diane wolkstein, samuel noah kramer. In the early 1990s i discovered the compelling story of inanna, the ancient sumerian goddess, translated and retold in the book, inanna, queen of heaven and earth by diane wolkstein and samuel kramer. Inanna is an ancient mesopotamian goddess associated with sex, war, justice, and political power. Jun 25, 2018 mother of god spouse of the holy spirit. A vintage illustration of the blessed virgin mary crowned as queen in glory.
Katie melua i will be there prayer for queen of heaven and earth goddess inanna. A complete and authentic life story of the ancient sumerian goddess inanna was made available to the public in english, translated from original texts. The two lands are under her plans, one works for her, as egypt bows the head. The masculinity of the chief deity was assumed by all ancient patriarchal societies, and it followed that he should be accorded female companionship. Its incantations have the power of a rhythmic cadence. Having loved the gilgamesh retold version of the story with inanna in, and wanting a little more inanna action, i bought inanna. Goddesses known to have been referred to by the title include inanna, anat, isis, ishtar, astarte, and possibly asherah by the prophet jeremiah.
She is the author of numerous awardwinning books of folklore, including the magic orange tree, and other haitian folktales and inanna, queen of heaven and earth. Since then temples of the queen of heaven are to be found in all seaport towns, and her birthday is celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth month with spectacles and sacrifices. But her power encompassed far more than just winning in battles. If it wasnt his idea, he didnt want any part of it. The queen of heaven is a very ancient, and very modern, pagan religious term that is described in the scriptures as the worship of the babylonian idol ishtar pronounced in the original language as easter, but also known as astarte and ashtoreth throughout the ancient world. Queen of heaven part 1 of 2 posted in goddess project, goddess things tagged ereshkigal, goddess of fertility, goddess of heaven, goddess of love, inanna, sumer, sumerian goddess at 11. Inanna was the sumerian goddess of heaven and earth, equated with venus as both morning star and evening star and daughter of the moon god, nanna. Accept this offering, sweet queen of heaven and earth, and obtain for me from your dear son, jesus christ, the favours i ask through your intercession in this novena. The important sanctuaries of inanna were in uruk, zabalam, and babylon. As daughter of the moon and sister of the sun, inanna is the morning and evening star, venusaphrodite, in the sumerian pantheon. The daughter of the moongod nanna and goddess ningal, she was described as the mountain born. Goddess inanna was worshipped primarily in ancient mesopotamia or sumer. The worship of the queen of the heavens was practiced as late as the fourth century c. An excerpt from between heaven and earth we had no choice.
The idea that mary, the mother of jesus, is the queen of heaven has no scriptural basis whatsoever, stemming instead from proclamations of priests and popes of the roman catholic church. Queen of heaven and earth wolkstein, diane, and samuel noah kramer. I am indebted to all four of these sources as well as many others, especially doris lessing for her briefing for a descent into hell and her series of science fiction novels, canopus in argosarchives. Buy a cheap copy of inanna, queen of heaven and earth. To the sumerians inanna was queen of heaven and earth, and to the sem. With the longawaited publication of this book, we have for the first time in any modern literary form one of the most vital and important of ancient mythsthat of. With the publication of this book, we have for the first time in any modern literary form one of the most vital of ancient myths that of inanna known to the semites as ishtar, the worlds first goddess of recorded history and the beloved deity of the ancient sumerians. She was originally worshiped in sumer and was later worshipped by the akkadians, babylonians, and assyrians under the name ishtar. Translations of ancient sumerian texts dedicated to the goddess innana. A fresh retelling of the ancient texts about ishtar, the worlds first goddess. This is a very nice compilation by the noted sumerologist, kramer, and wolksteins insight into the psychological meanings of some of these stories. The jews were corrupted by it during the old testament time, as shown in the scriptures below, just as are a.
Inanna, queen of heaven and earth quotes by diane wolkstein. She was associated with venus as both morning and evening star. The title is a consequence of the first council of ephesus in the fifth century, in which mary was proclaimed theotokos, a title rendered in latin as mater dei, in english mother of. Ferdinand,prayer for queen of heaven and earth goddess. Inanna, queen of heaven and earth eloise hart in the timeless tradition of bards and rishis, i would like to tell the legend of inanna, queen of heaven and earth. In ad 70, the nation of israel was destroyed by the roman army. Great queen inanna, expert at fomenting wars, destroyer of the enemy countrylike a lion you have filled heaven and earth with your roaring, and you have made the people quake. The mother of christ is glorified as queen of the universe. Queen of heaven was a title given to a number of ancient sky goddesses worshipped throughout the ancient mediterranean and near east during ancient times. Inanna, which means queen of heaven, is the sumerian great goddess and forerunner of the babylonian ishtar, with whom.
The exact transmission of texts in the first millennium b. In grecoroman times, hera and juno bore this title. Global warming the missing science is a popular science book published in 2009 and written by australian geologist, professor of mining geology at adelaide university, and mining company director ian plimer. Queen of heaven, teach us to live the life of prayer and of devotion to duty as we are called to do by the sacrament of matrimony. Inanna sumerian mother goddess, queen of heaven and earth.
The sumerians invented the first system of writing, the. The people there scattered throughout the earth taking with them their baal religion. And began to injure birds, beasts, reptiles, and fishes, to eat their flesh after one another, and to drink their blood. Queen of heaven and earth by diane wolkstein and samuel noah kramer. It disputes the scientific consensus on climate change, including the view that global warming is very likely due to the observed increase in.
With the longawaited publication of this book, we have for the first time in any modern literary form one of the most vital and important of ancient myths. Her stories and hymns from sumer see other formats. While mary was certainly a godly young woman greatly blessed in that she was chosen to bear the savior of the world, she was not in any way divine, nor was she. If she hadnt, i would have convinced him in a whole. Blessed mother, queen of heaven, help us and our children to be persistent in our catholic home schooling duties. The queen of heaven, whose name is tian hou, or more exactly, tian fe niang niang, is a taoist goddess of seamen, generally worshiped in all coast towns. Queen of heaven was a title given to a number of ancient sky goddesses worshipped. She was still revered as the source of the upper and lower waters, as the queen of heaven, earth and the underworld. Some women decorate a sort of chariot or a fourcornered bench and, after stretching over it a piece of linen, on a certain feast day of the year they place in front of it a. Inanna is the first goddess about whom we have written records dating around 4,000 years ago from the ancient sumerian cultures of the land of sumer mesopotamia, that is now southern iraq.
She was known as the queen of heaven and was the patron goddess of the eanna temple at the city of uruk, which was her main cult center. Her stories and hymns from sumer diane wolkstein, samuel noah kramer on. In the early days of her worship inanna was still seen as the allencompassing mother goddess. The queen of heaven the biblical names of god, elohim and yahweh, are both masculine gender. John paul ii wrote in his encyclical, redemptoris mater.
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