What does the Queen of Heaven teaches us about surrender, shadow, and sacred transformation?
Dear listener,
This week, we walk down… deeper.
Inanna, the radiant Queen of Heaven and Earth, chooses to descend into the Great Below. She strips away her power, her protection, her pride and faces the darkness with nothing left to shield her.
This is a story of sacred surrender and walking pass the thresholds.
Of the wisdom that only death (symbolic, archetypal death) can bring.
In this episode, we explore:
The mythic journey of Inanna’s descent
The archetypal “seven gates” and what they symbolize in our lives
The role of the Sacred Monster, Ninshubur
Insights from my trainings with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés about the life/death/life cycle
Why grief, silence, and loss are necessary parts of rebirth
We end not in the rising, but in the hanging stillness of the Great Below.
Come sit with me in the dark awhile. There is gold here, hidden in the bones of old stories.
Take a long breath and come with me!
Wit death and courage,
Marianna
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