[divinely-female] on-line Inanna ceremony for peace

[Guest guest]

I repeat my invitation to the following. We have not

yet had enough volunteers to make this successful.

Please volunteer, and encourage your friends to do

this also.

 

Sister Usha Devi

 

--- Sister Usha Devi <sisterusha wrote:

> Please forward this note to anyone whom you feel

> might

> be interested.

>

> Hello. I am Sister Usha Devi, Founder of a religious

> group called Divinely Female. We sponsor the

> divinely-female list at , as well as

> several other lists.

>

> Many people in the world today are concerned about

> the

> current situation in Mesopotamia, specifically, the

> threat of war between the United States and Iraq.

> This

> is holy ground, home of one of the most ancient and

> venerable civilizations on Earth. A major war in

> this

> region would be a great tragedy not only for the

> people of region, but for all peoples everywhere.

>

> We wish to pray for peace by appealing to the oldest

> Goddess known from anywhere in the world, Inanna.

> She

> was worshipped thousands of years ago by the direct

> ancestors of the present-day Iraqi peoples. She was

> caled Inanna when the region was known as Sumer,

> Ishtar, Astarte, Aphrodite, and Virgin Mary by later

> civilizations.

>

> Here is what we propose. I shall open a

> chatroom

> on the morning of Saturday, March 15. Anyone who

> wishes to participate is invited. We shall use the

> book "Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth" by Diane

> Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer. This was published

> by Harper and Row of New York in 1983. You may be

> able

> to find a copy at a library or at

> http://www.bookfinder.com .

>

> The first part of the book contains a complete

> transcript of Inanna's mythology: her coronation,

> her

> marriage, her descent to the Underworld, and her

> return to Heaven. This is followed by seven hymns in

> her honor, then by explanatory text by modern

> authors.

> I ask now for volunteers to play the various

> characters in the myth: Inanna, Dumuzi, Ereshkigal,

> etc. The person playing Inanna will type into the

> chatroom the lines attributed to Inanna, etc. We

> shall

> go through the entire myth like this. Then, when we

> have finished, we shall do the same with the hymns,

> one volunteer taking each hymn.

>

> You must have a copy of the book to volunteer to be

> a

> typer, but if you do not have the book, you can come

> anyway and read silently what others type. It is our

> prayer that Inanna will hear our words and bring

> peace

> to the land where she was worshipped so many

> centuries

> ago.

>

> Please contact me at sisterusha if you

> wish

> to volunteer. This will begin Saturday, March 15, at

> 9

> in the morning New York time. We shall be unable to

> do

> this unless we receive enough volunteers.

>

> May the Great Mother bring a song to your heart and

> a

> smile to your lips today and every day.

>

> Sister Usha Devi

>

 

=====

Sister Usha Devi

Founder, Divinely Female and worshipper of the Sacred Flame that shines inside

every woman

 

 

 

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