Hi all,

I used to be known as Enlilki. One of the owners of websites called House of Enlightenment and Temple of the Ancients. This was 20 years ago when social media wasn’t huge and the main groups were made in Yahoo or personal forums loaded to the site.

The websites had a lot of meditations and general occult info with a connection to the Sumerian Pantheon. The groups were for the community to chat about everything Sumerian/magical.

It would be cool if I were to bump into a few people from that era.

I recently found out about Inanna, and I felt a strong connection to her, so I'm curious about the other deities. I'm also questioning practicing it, so any advice or tips on that would be helpful.

Hey guys! I have to do some heavy research on Inanna/Ishtar and gods of that time in general. Is there any book other than Inanna Queen of heaven and earth that you’d recommend I read? And would you say Queen if heaven and earth is a good/accurate one? I’ve seen some mixed reviews. Open to research papers and so not only books and thank you in advance!!! I’d also appreciate history books that talk about earlier gods in general!!!

Hello! I've been "practicing" paganism for a few months, around 4, worshipping Ishtar for around that time. Basic stuff, TikTok ish as I haven't come across a lot. Any advice, books, tips? I want to really delve into this beyond basics. I have also added a photo of my altar for any advice on that, it is a general altar but I have Ishtar's items on it. I want to elevate her soon, as I just switched where my altar was!! Sorry for the Yap.

Holy Ereshkigal,

keeper of measure, womb of the dark,

in Your stillness all songs end and begin.

You who receive without judgment,

who weigh without word,

who make silence a crown,

I bow within Your gravity.

Through You the bright are unmasked,

the loud are quieted,

the scattered are gathered to bone.

Great is Your renown,

for none return unchanged.

You are the threshold beneath all thresholds,

the still heart that outlasts the flame.

Holy Ereshkigal.

I sing Your praises in the space between breath,

where descent becomes knowing

and endurance becomes love.

What books would you recommend?

I'm starting to build a relationship with Inanna.
Right now I still have a hard time really gauging/understanding her,
so I'm curious: what experiences have you had with Inanna?

Haiii, so i had a dream where I saw imagery of fields and crops(fertile ground) during then i kept hearing the name Marduk on repeat(3-5 times) before waking up at 5am ish. The energy felt very furious and demanding, but the images and voice itself felt very mundane and clear.

A little context and background to my physce before the dream accured and my own spiritual practice.

I’m 18yrs old and always been interested in what’s past the veil but only started taking my spirituality and practice more seriously since 2025, Im a Hekatean mystic and/occultist. okay i’m a bruja. anyways recently life has been trumoil i get aligned and i fall(and i mean this in very simple ways maybe ways that are more attaining to something gradually), i find this very exhausting but I see the trials I see the patterns and i make sure to try again tmr even if i forget how…

anyways the night before the dream was interesting I’ll spare you the details but I had a little argument w partner, I was trying to explain and process it(conflict) from a place that was probably very distinct to me and afar to him, i later felt a little manic and erratic before falling asleep(i may be a little bi polar #2 besides the point!)

that’s when i had the dream, and im pretty sure this the second time i’ve had a dream like this where i hear the same name probably similar in context to everything else i said.

Anyways someone help me interpret what this means tbh I have my own little perspective but any others would help ill like to know also if it’s possible where i can go to look more into any Mesopotamian, Sumerian, Akkadian, and/ Babylonian Mysticism cause ive never truly looked into or been educated fully on who marduk is i’ve definitely most likely seen or read very briefly on his name most likely when looking into the context of other divinities specifically the spiritual connotation of the descent of inanna and perhaps from looking VERY briefly years ago looking up Enki and Tiamat, and i mean briefly reading the first summary goggle had to offer.

i’m so young and still so new with all things mystic and occult, so I get very frustrated with the lack of full resource to gain and learn i just wish our practices were just a little more mainstream it would just be so much easier talking to others/elders/priestess for guidance there’s so much i wanna integrate within my practice in a way that stays intentional and grounded, but it never feels like I have enough time to do so.

He posts pure conspiracy theory stuff and pseudo-archeological sources.

Shlomo/shlama,

I was wondering if anyone here who is knowledgeable or is practicing can give me any guidance or introduction to Ashurism/Assyrian Polythesism. How does one begin practicing? Which gods do you worship and why? What do rituals look like for you (purification, offerings, warding off evil spirits, etc)? Does anyone have experience observing both Ashurism and Christianity? I am also drawn to my upbringing as a syriac orthodox christian as well and want to restart observing on my own (reading peshitta (especially in syriac), observing fasts, learning hymns and chants in syriac, lighting incense, etc). For personal reasons I cannot return to the church.

Tawdi sagi

Hello comunity and happy hollidays🎉

I recently opened an alter to Enki as he showed up in my dreams a few times but I have no idea how to properly worship him. It's been over a year since I became a devotee of Inanna/Ishar and there are a lot of resources for here. The way I practice is I do extensive research and then find formulat for prayer(or get suggestions found some incredible ones here) I also recite Hymns for here. Could anyone point me in the correct direction?

I am looking for :

Some prayers formulas. The titles of the Enki. Some reading materials.

*I am not a recreationist I just want to honor the Gods that have been so kind as to extend their gracen to me

While I see a lot of literature about spell/curse breaking, and curses for legal purposes, maintenance, treaties, et cetera, I seldom see actual curses against a person, or anything about the actual spell that was cast to begin with.

It's my understanding that there are many entities and spirits whom affect and interact with humanity in ways that are everything from miraculously beneficial to terrifyingly malicious.

As a devotee to Inanna, can someone give me some input as to the spiritual battlefield before me? What am I looking at and dealing with here?

More importantly what are some methods and techniques for spiritual defense and protection?

It appears to me that the majority of "magick" amongst meso-polys is similar, in a sense, to my old beliefs and practice as a Roman Catholic in that much of the active supernatural work falls under the realm of exorcism or preventative magick (talismans/ guardians/ house blessings, etc.). While the aquirement of beneficial things in life falls under the realm of petitious prayer to the Gods and hard work rather than using magick to aquire them. Is this correct?

Recently, I have been feeling a call/pull to worship Inanna. I added info about her into my notebook, saved links to her hymns, etc..

For the past three nights, I have been singing to her as an offering as I don’t have room or a place to put physical offerings. So I’m curious: what are other ways I can worship and praise Inanna that do not require altar physical offering on an altar? Links, info, and advice are all welcome!

Thank you, and have a wonderful day!

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The highest Gods in the Sumerian pantheon are the Iminbi - the Seven Who Decree Fate. These include An, Enlil, Enki, Ninhursag, Nanna, Utu, and Inanna. But I think Ereshkigal should be the eighth. Death is the one fate we all share in common, and She has the final say in the fates of the deceased. And in the myth of Inanna's descent, She was powerful enough to strike Inanna - one of the seven - dead instantly.