A sermon on unity through diversity, equity, and inclusion as it relates to environmental justice through the lens of divine pluralism.
Tag: Sumerian Polytheism
Star of Inanna Crochet Pattern
In this video I show you how to crochet an ornament featuring Inanna’s most well-known symbol, Her 8-pointed star.
I also have the written pattern available for free on Ribblr.
Mesopotamian Artwork by Samuel David (Plus me rambling/infodumping about Pazuzu and Inanna)
I’m showing off some artwork I received from Samuel David (@rodandring) from his Sum(m)er of Giving raffle to raise money for The National Domestic Violence Hotline, The Trevor Project, NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), Iraqi Children’s Foundation, and the Central Asian Institute. I also infodump/ramble about Mesopotamian polytheism, history, and my practices.
Ereshkigal and Geshtinanna: The Cycle of Death and Life
Just some thoughts I had about the mythology regarding Ereshkigal and Geshtinanna, and how they can be viewed to represent the cycles of life and death. Includes a lot of UPG.
Inanna’s Descent as a Metaphor for Suicide and Depression
In this video I present an alternate interpretation of Inanna’s Descent, in which this myth could be read as a representation of suicide and the effects it has on loved ones left behind. This was a thought I had while meditating on this myth during Samhain.
Inanna as a Nature Goddess: Can We Cool Her Raging Heart?
A sermon about caring for the environment, and the goddess’ presence in natural phenomena. I was inspired by the ancient literary composition “Inanna and Ebih” by the High Priestess Enheduanna. I wrote this because I had to write and record a sermon for the pagan clergy training class I’m taking. I’m sure I would have made a video about this topic eventually anyway though, because it’s a topic that’s been on my mind a lot.
My Experience with Rod and Ring: Part 4 – Ascent
Join Me for the Kin Inanna Festival!
Kin Inanna was an ancient festival celebrated to honor Inanna in the city of Nippur, dating to the third dynasty of Ur. I’ve decided to do a series of public rituals for this festival as part of my ordination project. What better way to begin my pagan ministry work than with helping to revive an ancient celebration of Inanna! I hope this will be interesting to the Mesopotamian polytheist community and even people on other pagan paths.
I’m planning out a series of public (online) rituals to celebrate Kin Inanna. I’m thinking Thursday, September 19th for the first, either the 21st or 22nd for the second, and the 24th for the third. It will probably be around 7 or 7:30 pm on Facebook Live. I have to rehearse and put the finishing touches on my rituals to see how long I’ll need for set up and for the actual rituals. I’ll put up a Facebook event when I get it all sorted out in the next couple of days. I believe Live videos can be re-watched later, so if you wanted to participate, but can’t make it, you can still participate asynchronously (unless I mess up too bad and decide to remove it!)
My Experiences with Rod and Ring parts 1 and 2 (Threshold and Foundation)
I finally got around to making videos of my experiences with the Threshold and Foundation sections of Rod and Ring. These videos are pretty brief. I’ve already shared more about the Foundation rituals earlier in this blog. (I don’t think I did blog posts about Threshold. That might have been before I started writing openly about my spiritual explorations).
A Tour of My Personal Temple, E-Ama-Piring 𒂍𒂼𒊊
In this video, I show the different areas of my personal temple room and briefly explain some of my practices as a Mesopotamian polytheist.