Dumuzi

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.