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A Hymn to Inanna
About ten years ago I was walking through a book store in West Chester, PA.
A book jumped out at me, it was
"Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth" by
Diane Wolkstein  and Samuel Noah Kramer.
I opened the pages and began to read the ancient words, prayers and hymns to the great Goddess.
A tear came to my eye, these were the words that were spoken 5000  years ago!
She is eternal.
Proud Queen of the Earth Gods, Supreme Among the Heaven Gods,
Loud Thundering Storm, you pour your rain over all the lands and all the people.
You make the heavens tremble and the earth quake.
Great Priestess, who can soothe your troubled heart?
 
You flash like lightning over the highlands; you throw your firebrands across the earth.
Your deafening command, whistling like the South Wind, splits apart great mountains.
You trample the disobedient like a wild bull; heaven and earth tremble.
Holy Priestess, who can soothe your troubled heart?
 
Your frightful cry descending from the heavens devours its victims.
Your quivering hand causes the midday heat to hover over the sea.
Your nighttime stalking of the heavens chills the land with its dark breeze.
Holy Inanna, the riverbanks overflow with the flood-waves of your heart.