The ancient mystery of Ishtar, Queen of Heaven
Friday, May 15, 2015
As we had glimpsed last week, her story begins in pre-Flood times, when Virgo, the Age of the Virgin, reigned in the heavens according to an astronomical-geophysical phenomenon known as the Precession of the Equinoxes, which has to do with the cyclical tilting of the Earth on its axis. Virgo, we saw last week, was dedicated to Inanna, then a young girl.
According to the Sumerian pre-Flood Kings List, her brother and twin Ubar-Tutu (Abol-Utu) was the last pre-Flood god-king to rule before disaster struck in 10983 BC, just as Virgo was giving way to Leo, the Age of the Lion (10800- 8640 BC). Leo, Loê in half-forgotten Setswana lore, was not a person but an age in which everything had to begin anew; when, geologically, the Ice Age ended in catastrophe and our present Holocene epoch began.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...