#386-"Leave Everything You Know Behind”--Week of October 12, 2026

Inanna at the Gate There is an ancient story that belongs to this week. Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth, descends into the underworld voluntarily. She dresses in her full regalia, everything that marks her power and identity, and descends through seven gates. At each gate she is asked to surrender something. She arrives at the bottom naked and bowed low before Ereshkigal, her dark sister, the Queen of the Great Below. The one who was sent underground so Inanna could reign above. Ereshkigal ...