As relevant today as ever
3000 BC - Inanna, the Sumerian queen of Heaven and Earth, defies the Sky Gods and abandons her throne to meet her rejected ‘dark’ sister, Ereshkigal, Queen of the Underworld. After a humiliating descent Inanna is tried and hung for her hubris. She is dead for three days before she comes back to life and sends another deserving soul down.
who are we now?
We are the current incarnation of a species which has roamed this Earth for over 200,000 years. About two-hundred and fifty generations ago, we settled into civilizations. Less than three hundred years ago, we entered the first industrial revolution. We alive today are witnessing and participating in a mass extinction event caused by an exploding population and our unquestioning dominance over each other and the natural world. We are the generations tasked with reframing our understanding of ourselves and healing this beautiful world.
How hard can that be? ;)
about sandy ibrahim
Pragmatist, poet, rebel, and mystic, Sandy is a so-called Canadian of Egyptian and German descent. She isn’t sure if her grandmothers are cheering her on or rolling over in their graves. After leaving her childhood home at 17, she has been doing her best to maintain a state of reverent bewilderment. She lives uninvited on the unceded territory of the Lekwungen peoples, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ First Nations (Victoria, B.C..)
“It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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