Inanna Returns - Metaphysical Musing

276 Pages·2013·7.4 MB·English

By VS. Ferguson

INANNA RETURNS
Part I
The Family ofAnu
Part II
Melinar and theMultidimensional Selves
By VS. Ferguson
Edited by Tera Thomas
Designed by The Ferguson Company
Seattle, Washington
Thel Oar Publishing Company
Seattle, Washington
1995
Copyright 1995VS. Ferguson
INANNA RETURNS
Part I:The Family ofAnu
Part II:Melinar and the Multidimensional Selves
Copyright ©1995 by VS. Ferguson.
Allrights reserved. Printed inthe United States ofAmerica.
No portion ofthis book may be reproduced inany form
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by BarbFerguson and The Ferguson Company
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Stars cover photo byJack B.Newton/Masterfile
ISBN0-9647276-1-7
This book
is dedicated
to all those
who long
for freedom.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments 8
Introduction by Tera Thomas 11
Cast of Characters and Places 14
PART I: The Family of Anu
I: lnanna Speaks 17
II: Nibiru 22
III: Ninhursag 28
IV Enlil 35
V Enki 42
VI: Dumuzi 48
VII: Ereshkigal 53
VIII: The Temples of Love 60
IX: Marduk and War 68
X: The Ekur 74
XI: Gilgamesh 84
XII: Utu and the Serpent Tunnels 93
XIII: Sarqon the Great 99
XIV Tara 109
XV Gandiva 114
XVI: Interference 122
XVII: Descent 129
XVIII: For the Children 135
Interim 141
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PART II:Melinar and theMultidimensional Selves
I: The Red Shoes i43
II: The Brilliants 147
III: .Olnwynn
i 52
IV Lost Mountain i6i
V The Keeper of the Crystals i69
VI: The Non-Existent Past i 77
VII: Some Interaction i83
VIII: Chandhroma i91
IX: Books and Shoes 201
X: The World of Appearances 207
XI: The Curtain 2i4
XII: Flying in Tibet 220
XIII: Lunch with Marduk 228
XIV Mister Right 236
XV A Black Helicopter 243
XVI: The Mother Ship
251
XVII: AMerging
258
XVIII: Stardust : : 264
XIX: After 270
Sources for Inanna's Return 272
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
As Iwas writing lnanna Returns, I began to feel as if
I were out on a vast ocean in a tiny boat, and the people
who loved me enough to read my first drafts became my
compass and lighthouse on that ocean.
So, I thank my dear friend Anne for caring enough to
tackle my first rough draft, for having the courage to tell
me the truth and give me structure.
Without Tera Thomas' gift for editing, this book
would never have been. Inanna's undoubted assistance, syn-
chronicity, and the planet Jupiter brought us together,
while a growing friendship and love sculpted the book.
Tera, I am grateful to your Mars in Virgo, your spiritual
depth and your boundless heart.
I thank my husband for his humor, his photography,
his editing, and his help with "my science"! I love you,
Charles.
I also thank Barb Ferguson, my art director, for being
what she is as well as for her creativity and inspiration. And
Pat Welch, for her essential proofreading.
Thank you to Quentin, my favorite graduate of the
Star Fleet Academy, for encouraging me when I needed it;
to Anthony for reminding me to remember; thanks also
to Suzette, and to my Jenny in England for standing by
me; and to Debbi and Nicole for reading lnanna Returns so
lovingly. Last but not least, I thank my faithful Rhiannon
for staying so close, and my beloved Bear.
Inanna Returns is loosely based on four sources: the
Hindu epic, The Mahabharata, as translated by JA.B. van
Buitenen, the works of Zecharia Sitch in, especially The
i 2th Planet and The Wars of Gods and Men; the Sumerian
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translations of the hymns and stories of Inanna, Inanna,
Queen of Heaven and Earth, by Diane Wolkstein and Samuel
Noah Kramer; and a book entitled The Greatest Story Never
Told, by Lana Corrine Cantrell. I am indebted to all four of
these sources as well as many others, especially Doris
Lessing for her Briefingfor a Descent into Hell and her series
of science fiction novels, Canopus inArgos-Archives.
The Mahabharata is the most wonderful book I have
ever read. lA.B. van Buitenen's recent translation is filled
with descriptions of space ships, flying celestial cities, radi-
ation weapons, and beings whose adventures defy the
imagination. The idea of the "gods" incarnating in the bod-
ies of humans is also expressed in The Mahabharata.
In 1990, I read the first three books in the Sitchin
series. Part I of Inanna Returns springs from my own imagi-
nation, but is generally based on Mr. Sitchin's scholarship
in these books, for which I am very grateful. As I read The
Wars of Gods and Men, I found myself carried into Inanna's
being, feeling as if I were her, vividly experiencing the
scenes of her life. I remembered Nibiru, saw myself as a
child there and felt Iknew all of Inanna's family intimately.
I knew what motivated them and how they felt. I loved
them, especially Ninhursag. Inmy mind, I stood beside the
pyramid, striking it with my weapon, and cursing Marduk. I
could see Sargon and I knew Inanna's feelings for him. I
even purchased a necklace of lapis lazuli.
For me, Inanna's life was like one long exciting movie,
and a little bewildering. I have never really known why
Inanna's story affected me so profoundly, but eventually it
found its way into this book. Inanna shared her life with
me in a way that brought me adventure, excitement, confu-
sion, and wisdom. I hope Inanna Returns will do the same
for you. Iknow she wants me to bring you this gift, to tell
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