The Seven Names of Lamastu: A Journey through Mesopotamian Magick and Beyond - Image 1

Price loading...

Avalonia The Seven Names of Lamastu: A Journey through Mesopotamian Magick and Beyond

Name: The Seven Names of Lamastu: A Journey through Mesopotamian Magick and Beyond
Brand: Avalonia

Middle East

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price history will appear here once data is collected from Amazon.

Price Distribution

No price data available for histogram

Description

The Seven Names of Lamaštu is an exploration of the religions and mysteries of the cradle of civilisation, Mesopotamia by Jan Fries, author of Kālī Kaula and Dragon Bones. The Sumerians developed the first functional script (3500-3200 BC), the priests wrote god lists, dictionaries, catalogues, recorded spells, myth and poetry – and committed the first known medical prescriptions and rituals into writing. In the centre of their faith lurks the lustful animal-headed goddess DIM.ME/Lamaštu , exiled from Heaven for her forbidden desires, and charged by the council of Gods with a fearsome task: to cull the vulnerable and keep the human population within manageable limits. For all but a few, her name conjured terror in the hearts of Mesopotamians. Jan Fries seeks to redress the balance, by showing that this rebellious goddess, so demonized by superstitious folk and modern academics, is an essential expression of the divine. Lamaštu’s numerous, but rarely discussed, positive attributes bring her into focus. She is a victorious goddess, who listens to prayers, haunts both swamps and the mountain forests she loves, banishes lethal spirits, helps with the birth of wild animals and adopts stray piglets and puppies. She is a sacred woman, a priestess and a midwife to her brothers, the gods. This is a modern translation of the famous Lamaštu Series, with commentary, which can be used as a dictionary and travel companion through the earliest form of religion and sorcery. It is a journey that takes us through the rise and fall of empires, the changing status of women, Sacred Marriage, everyday rituals, sacrifice, divination, ritual training, conjuration, banishment, vengeful magic, spells and counterspells, dream-magic, the dawn of science, medicine and ritual music – with teachings on how to build your own civilisation using only rivers, reeds and clay. Lamaštu takes us from a lion-headed Stone-Age statuette in Central Europe all the way to China. Identified with the goddesses Lilītu and Ardat Lilî by the end of the second millennia, she emerges in medieval Spain as the modern Lilith. In the Arabian desert her counterpart is the dreaded Ḳarīna, in ancient Greece, she becomes the Lamia. She inspired the artwork of the Gorgo Medusa, connects with hundreds of terrifying and deadly “mothers” in India, and becomes the dreaded Albasti/Lobasta in Turkey and China. In China, she is closely related to the tiger-fanged Daoist goddess Xiwangmu, the goddess Guimu (Mother of Ghosts) and the Buddhist deity Harirī. The book concludes with the mysteries, meditations and practical rituals of Siṁhamukhā, the Lion-headed Goddess of Hindu and Buddhist Tantra, and a set of innovative, syncretistic meditations and trances based on the Seven Names of Lamaštu. Child of Heaven. Watchful One of the Gods of the Streets. Decapitator. Fire-Starter. Wild-Countenance. Trusted. Oathbound, Free to Fly. Seven names of an ancient goddess. Seven names to remember. "Sometimes, what appears to be horrible has a valid and divine function in the world. Lamaštu is an exalted goddess, a victorious lady, a ruler of mankind, and performs the tasks given to her by the assembly of the gods. Most of her errands may seem savage, but the Mesopotamians were aware that they had to be done." - Jan Fries

Product Specifications

Brand: Avalonia
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1910191051
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Ancient History & Civilisation > Middle East
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 31 March 2017
Listed Since: 19 March 2017

Barcode

No barcode data available

Avalonia The Seven Names of Lamastu: A Journey through Mesopotamian Magick and Beyond

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price Distribution

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Lamastu: An Edition of the Canonical Series of Lamashtu Incantations and Rituals and Related Texts from the Second and First Millennia B.C. ... from the Second and First Millennia B.C.

In the Current of Satan-Set: The Path of Dark Initiation

Mesopotamian Magic: A Comprehensive Course in Sumerian & Babylonian Mardukite Systems of Ancient Magick & Religion

Ancient Egyptian Rituals and Symbolism: Esoterica of Egypt History - Pharaohs, Gods, Its Religious Books, Hieroglyphs, Magic & Mythology: Mitzraim's ... of the Kings (Esoteric Religious Studies)

Necronomicon Anunnaki Bible: 10th Anniversary (Seventh Edition)

Necronomicon Gnosis: The Anunnaki Legacy Edition (Gold Edition)

Shinto: Japanese Indigenous Religion: Symbolism, Syncretism, and Sacred Esoteric Nature Rituals of Japan: Spiritual Mysticism, Kami, Shimenawa & ... the Sun's Origin (Esoteric Religious Studies)

THE PRIESTHOOD OF THE ILLES: HIDDEN FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION

Rastafarianism: Spirituality and Social Movement: The Religion of Ras Tafari, Haile Selassie the Messiah and Lion of Judah: Rastafarian Jamaican ... Diet, and Dreads (Esoteric Religious Studies)

Kabbalah: Jewish Mystical Tradition: The Tree of Life with Sephiroth, Tzimtzum, & Four Worlds and Their Connections to Kabbalistic Astrology, Angels ... Mysticism (Esoteric Religious Studies)

Druidism and Celtic Mysticism: The Magic of Érenn and Its Civilizations: Shapeshifting, the Otherworld, Ogham, the Wild Hunt, Hy Brasil, the Green ... Tuatha Dé Danann (Esoteric Religious Studies)

Lemurian Witchcraft (Esoteric Witchcraft)

Gold of Praise: Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honor of Edward F. Wente: 58 (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilisation)

Fierce Feminine Divinities of Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, Kālī, Pombagira, and Santa Muerte

Necronomicon (Deluxe Edition): The Complete Anunnaki Bible (15th Anniversary)

Manasā and Neta: Myth and Magick of East India’s Serpent Goddesses

BEELZEBUB: Lord of the Flies (The Nine Demonic Gatekeepers Saga)

BAAL: The King of Kings: 7 (The Nine Demonic Gatekeepers Saga)

NOXOBNIA: Feminine Deities of the Left Hand Path

The Systemology Handbook: Unlocking True Power of the Human Spirit & The Highest State of Knowing and Being

The Complete Anunnaki Bible: A Source Book of Esoteric Archaeology

Routledge River and Goddess Worship in India - Sarasvati Study

Necronomicon: The Complete Anunnaki Legacy

BEELZEBUB: Lord of the Flies: 6 (The Nine Demonic Gatekeepers Saga)