I JOINED FOR INANNA THIS PAST WEEK AND WOKE UP AT 6 SO I COULD BE LIVE WITH YOUR GROUP AND WEPT WEPT WEPT EVERY MORNING HEARING THE POETRY. I HAD READ THIS JUNGIAN ANALYSIS BOOK SEVERAL YEARS AGO CALLED DESCENT TO THE GODDESS: A WAY OF INITIATION FOR WOMEN WHICH ANALYZES THE DESCENT STORY AND ERESHKIGAL AND WOMEN'S LIVES UNDER PATRIARCHY. WHEN I READ IT I WAS IN THE THROWS OF A VERY DEEP UNDERWORLD TIME IN MY LIFE. GRIEVING LOTS OF LOSS - LOSS OF A PARENT (MY DAD WHO HAD DIED SUDDENLY A FEW YEARS BEFORE) AS WELL AS THE END OF A MARRIAGE. THE BOOK, THE STORY OF INANNA AND ERESHKIGAL PERFORMED A STRANGE REVIVAL IN ME THAT I WAS STUNNED BY. READING WITH YOU ALL AND READING THE WHOOOLLLLLLEEE STORY OF INANNA - THE LOVE POEMS AND THE WHOLE THING THIS WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME - JUST UNDID ME. IT FEELS LIKE THIS 3 YEARS LATER CONCLUSION AND I AM IN AWE. HOW SOME WHATEVER SPIRIT WORKS AND LEADS WHEN WE SUBMIT TO IT'S PATH IS TRULY STUNNING. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO WRITE ALL THAT WHEN I CAME TO WRITE YOU. I FEEL SUCH A STRONG KINSHIP AND AM TRULY GRATEFUL TO HAVE FOUND IT AND TO HEAR YOU AND SEE YOUR WAYS OF WORKING, EVEN DISTANTLY. WITH LOVE

-CARRIE COOK