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Symbolic illustration of the goddess Inanna descending into the underworld, standing before a dark gate as her divine regalia is removed, watched by shadowy chthonic figures.

Innana Descending: Desire, Power, and Fluidity by André Consciência (Part V)

An esoteric reading of Inanna’s descent as initiatory striptease, ego death, and ontological transformation, where power is stripped, judged, and reborn through the seven gates of the underworld.

Illustration of the Sumerian goddess Inanna as Mistress of Cosmic Sovereignty, holding a sacred tablet inscribed with cuneiform signs and the eight-pointed star of Venus, conferring divine kingship, while Dumuzi appears as a sacrificial king carved into a temple column behind her.

Innana Descending: Desire, Power, and Fluidity by André Consciência (Part IV)

An exploration of Inanna as the grantor of divine sovereignty, examining sacred kingship, the hieros gamos with Dumuzi, and the esoteric foundations of authority, sacrifice, and cosmic order in Mesopotamian tradition.

An ecstatic, mystical depiction of Inanna standing before the ziggurats of ancient Mesopotamia at night. She holds a radiant eight-pointed star aloft, eyes closed in trance. Golden currents swirl around her, carrying floating Me tablets. Behind her, the shadow of the Bull of Heaven emerges from the darkness. The scene glows with earthy gold and deep night-blue tones, blending sensuality, power, and cosmic mystery.

Innana Descending: Desire, Power, and Fluidity by André Consciência (Part III)

Esoteric exploration of Inanna as the ecstatic force that transforms primordial wisdom into the fire of civilization. This article follows Her journey from Eridu to Uruk, Her seizure of the Me, and Her role as the sovereign of desire, chaos, beauty, and ascent. Through myth, analysis, and magical philosophy, it reveals Inanna as the goddess who ignites culture, shatters limits, and leads the soul through ecstasy.

Illustration of the Mesopotamian goddess Inanna standing beside a powerful lion under a luminous full moon, wearing a red gown and horned crown, holding an eight-pointed star staff; symbolic depiction of the Sumerian goddess of love, war, and sovereignty.

Innana Descending: Desire, Power, and Fluidity by André Consciência (Part I)

A deep esoteric exploration of Inanna and Ishtar, tracing their Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian origins, the magical formulas encoded in their names, their astral and mystical functions, and their roles as sovereign goddesses who govern fate, ecstasy, and the netherworld.

Horus-Maat Lodge Mandala – Hoor-Paar-Kraat – Studies – Self examination and questionnaires

I will be adding a series of texts commenting on the working zonules of the Horus-Maat Lodge, in them expressing my view and experience.

This entry comments on the study of History.

Horus-Maat Lodge Mandala – Hoor-Paar-Kraat – Studies – Familiarization with HML materials

I will be adding a series of texts commenting on the working zonules of the Horus-Maat Lodge, in them expressing my view and experience.

This entry comments on the study of History.

Horus-Maat Lodge Mandala – Hoor-Paar-Kraat – Studies – History

I will be adding a series of texts commenting on the working zonules of the Horus-Maat Lodge, in them expressing my view and experience.

This entry comments on the study of History.

Horus-Maat Lodge Mandala – Hoor-Paar-Kraat – Studies – Philosophy

I will be adding a series of texts commenting on the working zonules of the Horus-Maat Lodge, in them expressing my view and experience.

This entry comments on the study of philosophy.

Horus-Maat Lodge Mandala – Hoor-Paar-Kraat – Studies – Psychology

Psychology has a close connection to magic, not only practically but in the history of thought.

Pratically, because, while Nema used to say 90% of magick is trash removal, in another context, I’ll say that 90% of magic is what I call “a placebo”. The 90% treats you but does not cure you, yet if you use it well, the remaining 10% will become active in the experience and finish the work of healing.

What I mean is, even if you do evoke a djinn in the flesh, for everyone to see and touch and interact with, it does not work as magic unless it has a psychological component.

For this reason, altough I do not advocate a radical position that magic is only psychological, I do believe without psychology it isn’t magic.

Historically, you might be reminded of Giordano Bruno trying to reach all religions and scholars with his practical philosophy and eventually being rejected by both clerks and doctors. His pratical philosophy was nothing else but magic. Psychology is the version of pratical philosophy that has conquered the world out in the open. Any smart magician will find in it a valuable tool.