(or else.)
Daughters of Ishtar : Serpent-Women and The Dionesiac Menad Dance of the Animus
Some called his mother, Queen Olympias, a sorceress...
and said that Alexander was the child of Zeus.
Others, Dionysus.
But truly, there was not a man in Macedonia who didn't look...
at father and son, side by side, and wonder....
Olympias, The Dionysiac Queen-Mother Serpent-Woman :
If you hesitate, she will strike.
Yes.
They are like people.
You can love them for years. Feed them, nurture them...
but still, they can turn on you.
Don't hurt her.
Good.
Now...
[ Drunken roaring and sounds of debauchery from without ]
He calls me a barbarian...
He makes a mockery of Dionysus every night.
Women are the only ones who know Dionysus.
My little Achilles.
[ ...who was as gay as a window - no interest in girls whatsoever.
In Fruedian terms, Achillees represents the perfect narcissist, the ideal homosexual type, without group loyalty and absent any patriotism - which is more or less just how Brad Pitt portrays him in Troy, albeit without edge and with a decent amount of finesse and subtlety.
She is grooming him, because no girl will ever be good enough in Her eyes... Except for breeding purposes and political statecraft utility. ]
Stay, Alexander, down. Down.
What is it you want?
What is it you want?
King Philip "The One-Eye" II of Macedon:
Six months. Did you miss me?
Olympias, The Dionysiac Queen-Mother Serpent-Woman :
Olympias, The Dionysiac Queen-Mother Serpent-Woman :
No. Not here!
[ Why not here? Because it's a sacred sanctuary, where the snakes are. ]
King Philip "The One-Eye" II of Macedon:
Proud bitch. I'm still your king.
Olympias, The Dionysiac Queen-Mother Serpent-Woman :
[ Why not here? Because it's a sacred sanctuary, where the snakes are. ]
King Philip "The One-Eye" II of Macedon:
Proud bitch. I'm still your king.
Olympias, The Dionysiac Queen-Mother Serpent-Woman :
King of what? Sheep-herders?
[ True, at this point. ]
King Philip "The One-Eye" II of Macedon:
[ True, at this point. ]
King Philip "The One-Eye" II of Macedon:
I am of Achilles' royal blood.
The blood of Herakles runs in my veins.
Olympias, The Dionysiac Queen-Mother Serpent-Woman :
The blood of Herakles runs in my veins.
Olympias, The Dionysiac Queen-Mother Serpent-Woman :
You are nothing but a drunken whore.
Shut your mouth.
King Philip "The One-Eye" II of Macedon:
Shut your mouth.
King Philip "The One-Eye" II of Macedon:
You 10-titted bitch from Hades!
Olympias, The Dionysiac Queen-Mother Serpent-Woman :
Olympias, The Dionysiac Queen-Mother Serpent-Woman :
Which god could I curse to have ever laid eyes on you!
Do you think people respect you?
You think they don't know your bastards?
King Philip "The One-Eye" II of Macedon:
King Philip "The One-Eye" II of Macedon:
Damn your sorceress soul!
You keep him here like one of your snakes!
You keep him here like one of your snakes!
I told you not! I told you not.
You'll obey me.
[ To Love, Honour and Obey - not unreasonable. ]
Olympias, The Dionysiac Queen-Mother Serpent-Woman :
I will not.
[ To Love, Honour and Obey - not unreasonable. ]
Olympias, The Dionysiac Queen-Mother Serpent-Woman :
I will not.
King Philip "The One-Eye" II of Macedon:
You'll obey me, or I'll kill you with my own hands.
Alexander DeLarge :
Let her go! No! Stop! Papa!
King Philip "The One-Eye" II of Macedon:
King Philip "The One-Eye" II of Macedon:
Obey me!
Lady-in-Waiting :
Your Majesty! No!
Olympias, The Dionysiac Queen-Mother Serpent-Woman :
Lady-in-Waiting :
Your Majesty! No!
Olympias, The Dionysiac Queen-Mother Serpent-Woman :
In the name of the gods.
He will never be yours! Never!
In my womb, I carried my avenger!
[ Don't you have to be dead for that...? Otherwise it's just plain revenge. ]
So She assumes that he will follow-through and succeed in murdering her or having her done-away-with, which would have to include the sidelining and exclusion of her son, her 'Barbarian' blood from the order of succcession - to sane thinking anyway, but Philip's actions (while alive) show no sign or indictations in that direction suggestive of his being inclined toward thinking that way, or of that being the case. And any notional offspring or male princes (that's assuming that they get a male offspring out of the marriage straight away) to Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon would be 15-20 years behind Alexander in their maturity at best, and as such posed little of a threat or rivalry to any claim of Alexander to be Philip's sole heri. To sane thinking, that is... Huh.]
[ Don't you have to be dead for that...? Otherwise it's just plain revenge. ]
So She assumes that he will follow-through and succeed in murdering her or having her done-away-with, which would have to include the sidelining and exclusion of her son, her 'Barbarian' blood from the order of succcession - to sane thinking anyway, but Philip's actions (while alive) show no sign or indictations in that direction suggestive of his being inclined toward thinking that way, or of that being the case. And any notional offspring or male princes (that's assuming that they get a male offspring out of the marriage straight away) to Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon would be 15-20 years behind Alexander in their maturity at best, and as such posed little of a threat or rivalry to any claim of Alexander to be Philip's sole heri. To sane thinking, that is... Huh.]
Yes, she would be a perfect match for you...
but you do nothing.
Three months you've been in Babylon and leave me in Pella...
at the mercy of your enemies, of which you have many.
Antipater, accustomed now to the power that you have given him.
I must watch him grow stronger.
I'm certain that he communicates secretly with Parmenion, who is dangerous.
But beware, most of all, of those closest to you.
They are like snakes...
and can be turned.
General Crateros.
Cassander is Antipater's son.
Even Cleitus, your father's favorite...
and Ptolemy, your friend, yes.
But beware of men who think too much.
They blind themselves.
Only Hephaistion do I leave out.
[ Why? Because he's his lover, and She recognises that if She attacks his lover arbitrarily, and forces the boy to choose between his Mother and his Lover, She will lose - She must lose. And so She defaults to a strategic policy of Love-Bombing The Lover with flattery and praise. For now. ]
But all of them you make rich...
while Your Mother and Your Self, you leave in generous poverty.
Why won't you ever believe me?
It is only a dark mind like mine that can know these secrets of the heart.
For they are dark, Alexander.
So dark.
But in you, the son of Zeus...
lies The Light of The World.
Your companions will be shadows in the underworld...
when you are a name living forever in history as the most glorious...
shining light of youth, forever young, forever inspiring.
Never will there be an Alexander like you.
Alexander the Great.
Remember, bring me to Babylon as you promised.
[ I think that you're already there - and have been for a very long time.... ]
I can only help you, for They know if They harm you...
They will face my wrath, as Queen of Babylon.
Alexander DeLarge :
It's a high ransom she charges for nine months' lodging in the womb.
Hephaistion :
Bring her, Alexander.
It'll give her such joy.
Alexander DeLarge :
Joy?
When I'm the cracked mirror of her dreams?
*****
Roxanne,
She Who Puts on The Red Light
(She's a Whore) :
You have no fear.
It's fitting.
A man searches for a woman at Earth's top...
and finds her.
The myth becomes real.
Roxanne,
(She's a Whore) :
You have no fear.
It's fitting.
A man searches for a woman at Earth's top...
and finds her.
The myth becomes real.
Roxanne,
She Who Puts on The Red Light
(She's a Whore) :
Great man, Sikander...
you I kill now.
[ He Tames Her. ]
Roxanne,
(She's a Whore) :
Great man, Sikander...
you I kill now.
[ He Tames Her. ]
Roxanne,
She Who Puts on The Red Light
(She's a Whore) :
Do it.
End it. I would do the...
I would do the same.
Alexander DeLarge :
I'll die a fool...
for this love.
Roxanne,
(She's a Whore) :
Do it.
End it. I would do the...
I would do the same.
Alexander DeLarge :
I'll die a fool...
for this love.
Roxanne,
She Who Puts on The Red Light
(She's a Whore) :
My life is now yours.
Alexander DeLarge :
You will have my son.
[ Pimps refer to this as the act of "Turning Out" a girl they have just tamed. ]
Olympias,
The Dionysiac Queen-Mother Serpent-Woman :
Who is this woman you call your queen, Alexander? A hill girl?
You with your breeding.
Already she makes enemies with her strong, clumsy nature.
Do not confuse us.
I was never a barbarian as Philip said.
[ That's a matter of opinion... ]
We are of Achilles' royal blood.
Zeus is your father.
Oh, I understand she brings you some happiness...
but how can she help you?
[ Eve was created to be a help-mate to Adam - not merely a mate (which is the business and domain of the animals) ]
You must know that she does not speak In Your Name...
which is yours and yours alone.
[ So how can he ever sire a Son & Heir...? If he is semi-divine, and that means that his son won't be (the son of a demigod can only be a Hero, - at best- and never a God or a Demigod), then how... what hope is there for The Future then, if that's to be the case...?
He must still die, just as even the Biblical Patriarchs did (except for Enoch....), even though they lived for far longer than most, longer than might even seem possible to lesser men of some far distant, future age - but even Noah had three sons.
As did Adam himself, although the true fate and nature of The Sethians remains mysterious at best.
So - what is the point in breeding, in a non-patrilinial system of succession not established upon primogeniture, where you cannot pass along even your name? (as was the practice of the Caesers) ]
Preserve it, secret it...
[ Where, exactly..? ]
and hear me when I tell you, act...
and act soon.
After seven years, people wonder:
(She's a Whore) :
My life is now yours.
Alexander DeLarge :
You will have my son.
[ Pimps refer to this as the act of "Turning Out" a girl they have just tamed. ]
Olympias,
The Dionysiac Queen-Mother Serpent-Woman :
Who is this woman you call your queen, Alexander? A hill girl?
You with your breeding.
Already she makes enemies with her strong, clumsy nature.
Do not confuse us.
I was never a barbarian as Philip said.
[ That's a matter of opinion... ]
We are of Achilles' royal blood.
Zeus is your father.
Oh, I understand she brings you some happiness...
but how can she help you?
[ Eve was created to be a help-mate to Adam - not merely a mate (which is the business and domain of the animals) ]
You must know that she does not speak In Your Name...
which is yours and yours alone.
[ So how can he ever sire a Son & Heir...? If he is semi-divine, and that means that his son won't be (the son of a demigod can only be a Hero, - at best- and never a God or a Demigod), then how... what hope is there for The Future then, if that's to be the case...?
He must still die, just as even the Biblical Patriarchs did (except for Enoch....), even though they lived for far longer than most, longer than might even seem possible to lesser men of some far distant, future age - but even Noah had three sons.
As did Adam himself, although the true fate and nature of The Sethians remains mysterious at best.
So - what is the point in breeding, in a non-patrilinial system of succession not established upon primogeniture, where you cannot pass along even your name? (as was the practice of the Caesers) ]
Preserve it, secret it...
[ Where, exactly..? ]
and hear me when I tell you, act...
and act soon.
After seven years, people wonder:
"Who is this King Alexander?"
I have given you ample proof. Antipater daily undermines your authority.
[ Does he? What is this proof..? ]
Return to Babylon and strengthen your center.
Or come home to Macedonia and reorganize.
But do not chase your dream...
further east.
Your life and mine depend on it.
Remember...
my only thoughts are of you.
As you, too, must face your glorious destiny.
Think kindly of your mother.
Provide for me.
Protect me from your enemies when you are gone.
[ Hang on - why is she expecting him to die before she does? ]
And remember always...
It is I who love you more than any.
Alexander DeLarge :
If only you were not a pale reflection...
of my mother's heart.
Inanna/Ishtar (Isis)
Isis in Egypt. Astaroth. Father Enki. Inanna came first, the goddess of the Sumerians. Ishtar came after, the goddess of the Babylonians and Assyrians.]
Symbols: Snake Asclepius & Caduceus Lion Dragon 8-point sun wheel Whore of Babylon Building symbology
Quotes: Astaroth (also Ashtaroth, Astarot, and Asteroth), in demonology, is a Crowned Prince of Hell. He is a male figure named after the Canaanite goddess Ashtoreth. The name Astaroth was ultimately derived from that of 2nd millennium BC Phoenician goddess Astarte,[1] an equivalent of the Babylonian Ishtar, and the earlier Sumerian Inanna.
The name Ishtar is Semitic for the goddess Inanna of Sumeria.
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| Sumerian, Not Babylonian |
Sacred “prostitution” was part of the religion as Ishtar was the courtesan of the gods”
...Ishtar possessed a litany of weapons and one of her totems was the lion...Ishtar was called the Lady of Battles, the Queen of Attack, The Lady of Victory, Queen of Hand-to-Hand Fighting and the Guardian of Law and Order; all linking her to the planet Mars.
Again, in her aspect of Warrior Queen, Ishtar held a labrys, scepter or a staff with either one or two snakes coiled around it. In this aspect, the snake stood for the ability to take a life. It seems that this staff/scepter started out with only one snake and then ended up with two. The healing god Ningishzide, who goes back to Mesopotamia, was a lover of Inanna/Ishtar. He carried a single-serpent wand, but this snake had two heads and both male and female sex organs in the one body. This kind of Mesopotamian snake was called a Sachan, and was Ningishzide’s symbol. Regardless as to how many snakes, there were, the staff, which became the healing caduceus of Hermes, was a symbol of Inanna/Ishtar’s power to grant life, to heal, or to take life away. Before it became the Greek caduceus, this staff had a solar disc on top with two snakes that looked like horns (see below for “cow”). Later, Hermes came to own the staff, by this time it had two snakes intertwined around it, and this was his symbol as the Psychopomp, the Conductor of Souls.
Inanna/Ishtar was known as the Eye Goddess and she had Eye Temples. One of the oldest of these Eye Temples, dating back to about 3000 BCE, is at Tell Brak in eastern Syria. Found inside were thousands of figurines of the Eye Goddess, each with staring, wide, owl-like eyes which are coiled like snakes. It is thought that these eyes that stare are eyes that see justice.
A larger version of the serpent, Ishtar was shown with dragons by her sides when she was in her aspect of the Goddess of War or when protecting her people. Inanna was one of the three main deities involved with a major battle between good and evil. The evil was known as he dragon Kur.
COWS Like Isis and Hathor of Egypt and Io and Ionia, Inanna/Ishtar was a Cow Mother Goddess. She, like Kybele/Cybele, was pictured with bovine horns or as cows with lunar horns. Inanna/Ishtar, because of her association with the Moon, is also linked to the horns of a bull. These bull horns also link her to fertility, due to their similarity in shape to the fallopian tubes. Some myths have Inanna/Ishtar giving birth to bulls or golden calves.
Ishtar (a.k.a. Inanna in Babylon, Isis in Eygypt, Astarte or Aphrodite in Greece and Libertas/Venus in Rome to name just a few)
The destructive nature of the Canaanites upon other nations in which they settled is nowhere more strongly demonstrated than in Egypt, the first land to be corrupted by their barbaric practices.
Originally, "Baal" simply meant Lord in the Canaanite language. The obscenity of the rites soon developed a popular image of Baal which had three heads, the head of a cat, the head of a man, and the head of a toad.
His wife, Ashtoreth, also known as Astarte and Ishtar, was the principal goddess of the Canaanites. She also represented the reproductive principle in nature, and in case anyone might overlook it, all of her rites were sexual observances. In Babylon, the temples of Baal and Ashtoreth were usually together.
Mainly, they served as houses of prostitution, in which the priestesses were prostitutes, and the male priests were Sodomites who were available for the worshippers who were of that persuasion. The worship of the Canaanite gods consisted of orgies, and all their temples were known as centers of vice. They also originated voodoo ceremonies, which became the rites of observance in Ethiopia through the Ethiopian Jethro, the tutor of Moses.
These same rites now enthrall tourists in the Caribbean.
It was not long before the simple ceremonies of vice began to pall on the worshippers of Baal. They sought greater excitement in rites of human sacrifice and cannibalism, in which the torture and murder of small children were featured. To consolidate their power over the people, the priests of the Canaanites claimed that all firstborn children were owed to their demon gods, and they were given over for sacrifice.
This lewd and barbaric practice was noted in Isaiah 57:3-5:"But you, draw near hither, sons of the sorceress, offspring of the adulterer and the harlot. Of whom 'are you making sport? Against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood? Inflaming yourself with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the cleft of the rocks?"
Ishtar held a labrys, scepter or a staff with either one or two snakes coiled around it
One version of the star symbol of Inanna/Ishtar
Shen-ropes We have in the Burney relief an amalgamation of symbols and images that depict both Innana (the rod and ring, the shugurra crown, the lions, the owls, the beads and bracelets) and Lilith.
Lilith's symbols are the draped wings, her frontal nakedness, owl-feet, and also the horned crown.
Clearly, the figure is that of Lilith, but some of the symbols are associated with Innana/Ishtar.
The Babylonian Ishtar usually has wings, but they are always outstretched, never folded as Lilith's.
The overall message is one of active sexuality, fertility, and dominion over nature with all its inherent oppositions -
Birth + Death,
Peace + Violence
Animal + Human
Obelisk So in St. Peter's square, the symbol of Baal is within the symbol of Ishtar, and at the center is an Egyptian obelisk, all representing pagan sun worship.
Here is an old photo of the center of St. Peter's square, and note that around the obelisk, at the center of the huge eight-point sun wheel, is a smaller four-pointed sun wheel, the same symbol as found on the altar stone in the temple of Baal in Hatzor!
A decorative wheel found on the altar of a Roman Catholic church.
Triumphant Inanna-Ishtar, winged, with foot on her roaring lion and star symbol, being worshipped by a lesser goddess. Black-stone cylinder seal. Akkadian, ca. 2334-2154 BCE.
S. Beaulieu, after Wolkstein & Kramer 1983:92
Istanbul, Turkey: Museum of the Ancient Orient: Ishtar Gate, dragon 'Mushushu' panel (reconstructed, original was c 575 BC)
