THUNDER MOON
A Hymn to Inanna, Great Mistress of Heaven: She Who Holds the Divine Powers
I am devoted to the Goddess. She goes by many names: Babalon, Venus, Inanna - Ishtar. Great Mistress of Heaven, the Holy Whore of Love and War, She who holds the Divine Powers, She for whom Sex is a Sacred Act: a divine deliciousness to savour and enjoy.
I am feeling closer to the Goddess lately, or perhaps it is She who moves closer to me. It’s in the little things: when I’m sat under my favourite tree on a sunny summer’s afternoon, or late at night by candlelight. There She comes, reaching into my heart, filling my soul with tenderness. Reminding me that I am safe, I am loved, I am protected (no matter how wild I may be). Opening a space inside myself, to receive Her love, and to know that I am worthy of this delicious divinity.
I am a WXTCH, but some may consider me a Priestess. For my life is dedicated to Her quiet contemplation, to feast upon Her exquisite beauty and illuminate Her mysteries. My Kinky Queen! Fountain of erotic desire, unwavering strength and awesome, earth shattering power.
I am thinking a lot lately about the Priestesses of the Past, Present and Future. All the femmes, queers and other divine souls who’ve carried Her candle and kept Her Flame burning across time and history. Against all odds. Even though society tried to destroy them.
I am thinking about the actually existing people, their day to day lives, the troubles they faced - the magick and merriment too. But in the face of persecution, in face of being cast out into the margins, or thrown upon the pyre, they’ve kept her radiant spirit alive, and the delicious power of possibility.
I am thinking too of Enheduanna, the first recorded writer, a high priestess whose Hymn to Inanna exalts the great Goddess. Our righteous woman clothed in radiance: She who holds the divine powers, She before whom the Gods tremble, She who descended into the underworld, hanging upon her hook in torment and pain, She who traversed the darkness, before standing tall again. With her timeless words, Enheduanna1 shines the light of the Goddess for 4300 years and exalts Her as the pinnacle of majesty.
I am reflecting upon all this after reading the Book of Longings, a poetic tale that makes visible the invisible wxmen of history. It reimagines the life of the female author who brought forth into this realm another particularly sacred text: Thunder Perfect Mind. Written in 3AD, Thunder was rediscovered in 1945 amongst the Nag Hammadi scrolls, a treasure trove of gnostic gospels, buried deep in the Egyptian desert for almost 2000 years. A revelatory discourse, this ancient hymn is written from the perspective of the Goddess herself, and speaks of a divine feminine force, one that’s dripping with erotic power. And what’s more, it was created and performed by wxmen.
I am thinking about all these wxmen, and the stories they’ve told. I am thinking about my zine, Venus Unfolds The Rose: my hymn to the Goddess, envisioned late at night, my hymn to the Goddess, that wants to see the light. All these fiery femmes defied convention to sing Her song, to ensure Her lustful legacy is not forgotten. Venus Unfolds shall be my song. I lay my petals within Her flowered bed, so that She can cum to us once more. My contribution to the channel of the Goddess.
🌹LET IT BE KNOWN! That the first writer was a woman, a priestess of the moon, who speaks of an erotic, fierce & supreme female Goddess, and She is not White.
🌹LET IT BE KNOWN! That You are a Vessel of Her Resplendent beauty, a container of Her wisdom, a channel for Her Power.
🌹LET IT BE KNOWN! She is the glimmering presence, the flicker of the wind, She is inside all of us, in every living thing.
🌹LET IT BE KNOWN! That Her wild spirit cannot be tamed & shall continue to blaze across the ages.
🌹LET IT BE KNOWN! My name is Rosa Ray, and this shall be my song.
This Devotional Hymn was furiously channeled late one night in July 2023 on the Capricorn Thunder Moon. It was conceived as a spiral - and I transformed it into a mini zine which you can see below. That whole summer I was deep in Goddess Mode, reading Enheudanna’s beautiful hymns to the Great Goddess, and crafting the Pergamon chapter of my story Venus Unfolds the Rose.
Today is my Venus Return, and on this day our Great Goddess is also meeting with Mercury, all ontop of my North Node - so thought it would be a perfect time to share this text here with you.
I also made a youtube video discussing some of these themes, which you can find here. Thanks for reading - may you be blessed by the Goddess! ✨✨
Read more about Enheudana’s fascinating life on the website enheuduana.org