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epic of Gilgamesh

Tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh

Written 2100-1200 BCE

mesopotamia, west asia, Mesopotamia included parts of present-day Iran, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey.

  • The benandanti

    The benandanti (“Good Walkers”) were members of an agrarian visionary tradition in the Friuli district of Northeastern Italy during the 16th and 17th centuries. The benandanti claimed to travel out of their bodies while asleep to struggle against malevolent witches (malandanti) in order to ensure good crops for the season to come.

  • Third generation Vodou 

  • feng shui

  • House of the vital force

    In the spiritual realm the pè, or life force, lived within various natural elements including wind, breath and was believed to be the spirit, or vital force, of all beings. (Describing of a temple from the Zapotec people, Mexico). Spiritual realm realm field domain When i think about a realm i see a space where thoughts,…

  • Queen of heaven

    Inanna[a] is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with beauty, sex, divine law, and political power. Originally worshiped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar[b] (and occasionally the logogram 𒌋𒁯). Her primary title was “the Queen of Heaven”. Inanna was worshiped in Sumer at least as early as the Uruk period (c. 4000 BCE – 3100 BCE)

  • epic of Gilgamesh

    Written 2100-1200 BCE mesopotamia, west asia, Mesopotamia included parts of present-day Iran, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey.