Ishtar's Gate

Welcome to the Ishtar's Gate.

  1. About Us Threads / Posts  Last Post

    1. Our Journey

      If you're thinking of joining us, you'll be very welcome. But please do read this first so that you'll know where we're coming from . . . . and traveling to.

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    2. Introductions

      Tell us something about yourself - why you're here, what your interests are .... that sort of thing.

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    3. Forum Rules

      It will only take a couple of minutes to read our rules, so do check them out.

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    4. How To Do Stuff On Here

      If you have a question that's not already covered in here, please start a new thread on it.

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  2. Gaia Threads / Posts  Last Post

    Gaia: Our Mother, the Middle World

    1. Environment

      The ongoing aims of living on Gaia sustainably and fruitfully, honouring our stewardship and passing it on to our grandchildren's grandchildren.

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    2. Connecting with the Land

      Connecting with the Land doesn’t just mean tending an organic garden, or growing herbs, or living off grid. It encompasses all of those in the reinstitution of a tangible connection with the spirits of the Land, of the living Gaia.

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    3. Holistic Health

      Otherwise known as mind-body-spirit healing, alternative medicine or complementary medicine....natural ways of staying well.

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    4. Sacred Sound

      Our ancestors used their caves and cliffs, megaliths and temples to create sound frequencies which raised the consciousness of those attending the rituals.

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  3. The Cosmos Threads / Posts  Last Post

    Much larger, and with many more dimensions than the Universe

    1. Cosmogeny

      Are we alone in the universe, and is this the only universe that there is? What is Space, beyond the constraints of consensual reality, and what is Time? Will new visitors arrive soon or have they always been here?

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    2. Archaeo-astronomy

      From star maps and lunar calendars of the Palaeolithic to the astronomy of Gobekli Tepe in the Neolithic and the priest astronomers of Babylon and Egypt.

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  4. The Worlds Threads / Posts  Last Post

    The World Above, the Middle World, and the World Below. The departure from Plato’s Cave, and what happens next

    1. The Shamanic

      Shamanism is the oldest form of spirituality and medicine healing, and shamans were once leaders of tribes in every civilised country on Earth.

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    2. Shamanic Guidance

      If you have any questions about your own experiences, or would like some spiritual guidance from Ishtar, please start a thread here. Always happy to help!

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    3. Mystery Teachings

      These teachings were a way of disseminating shamanic or mystical techniques during the Neolithic to the widest number of people that could receive them.

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  5. The Old Ones Threads / Posts  Last Post

    The Old Ones: Part human, part spirit; beings of the SemiDios

    1. Old Ones of the East

      Al Khidr, Osiris, Krishna, Ram, Sariswati, Ishtar, Isis, Buddha

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    2. Old Ones of the West

      The Green Man, Pan, Cernunnos, Dionysus, Brigit, Ana, Freya, Odin, etc etc

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  6. The Astral Planes Threads / Posts  Last Post

    All that man has ever thought, feared, hoped or dreamed takes on form here, and can be accessed through various disciplines.

    1. High Magic

      Sometimes called 'the science of the sacred', high magic deals with the ‘unseen’ and its laws which act for the highest good and bring harm to no-one.

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    2. Low Magic

      The low or unillumined magic that's been practised for thousands of years to control and steal the power of the masses.

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    3. Divination

      Everything from clairvoyance and clairsentience to the i-Ching, Tarot card interpretations and scrying the future from tea leaves and animal entrails.

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    4. Alchemy

      The Great Art as practised by the Khem of ancient Egypt through the Greeks and the Arabs, the medieval practitioners and up to the present day.

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    5. Astrology

      All subjects to do with the Zodiacal stellar influences on our planet and on our lives.

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    6. Meditation

      The purpose of meditation is to help us reach higher frequencies of being. If you've got a good technique, please let us know about it.

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    7. WayShowers and WaySeekers

      For those who work with both Light and Shadow.

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  7. The Palaeolithic Threads / Posts  Last Post

    Human-kind from the beginning to perhaps 15,000 years ago

    1. Paleolithic Anthropology and Archaeology

      Artifacts, ancient settlements, migratory trails and maps showing the story of human-kind from the beginning to perhaps 15,000 years ago.

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    2. The Arts of the Palaeolithic

      Palaeolithic Art . . . . Reflections in the cognitive mirror of the First Ones.

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  8. The Neolithic Threads / Posts  Last Post

    A human mutation from 15,000 years ago to the present

    1. Neolithic Anthropology and Archaeology

      Artifacts, ancient settlements, migratory trails and maps showing the story of human-kind during the last 15,000 years.

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    2. The Arts of the Neolithic

      Neolithic Art . . . . Reflections in the cognitive mirror of our recent ancestors.

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  9. Mythos: The Shamanic World-view Threads / Posts  Last Post

    Of the Double Helices, the Labyrinths, the Worlds, and the Fractal

    1. Archetypes, Symbols and Signs

      The graphic expressions of the cognitive lineage of our shared ancestral memories.

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    2. The Oral Tradition

      Comparative mythology finds commonalities of meaning within the substratas of stories expressed in songs and legends across different cultures.

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    3. The Written Tradition

      Identifying the earliest expressed communications as they evolved through pictographic hieroglyphic forms to the writing we know today.

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  10. Logos: The Scientific World-View Threads / Posts  Last Post

    The World-View resulting from the Neolithic Shift

    1. Mathematics

      Claimed by Scientists as their own and only universal language, mathematics is a derivative of the daily doings of the Cosmos and can be appreciated quite nicely without Scientific Approval.

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    2. Philosophy

      From the early Greek philosophers like Pythagorus, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle to current ideas about the meaning of life.

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    3. Science

      This is where we try to achieve the impossible ~ to join the Ouroboros's head of the original shamanic science to the quantum physics of today. It's not quite eating its tail yet ...

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    4. Medicine

      From childbirth in the Palaeolithic era to Imhotep, the earliest known holistic physician from Egypt, to Hippocrates and Paracelsus onwards.

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  11. The Double Helix Threads / Posts  Last Post

    The genomancy of the human genome and other sentient beings

    1. Palaeolithic Genetics

      Tracing the DNA of the First Ones to learn who we all are and where we all come from.

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    2. Neolithic Genetics

      Tracing the DNA of our later ancestors to learn who we all are and where we all recently came from.

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    3. FrankenGenetics

      The GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) and the Horror of the Transhuman Agenda.

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    4. (R)evolution

      Evolution just ain't all its cracked up to be, or, "Darwin, schmarwin!".

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  12. Sacred Architecture Threads / Posts  Last Post

    The other Philosophić Naturalis Principia Mathematica . . . . banned, blasted and burned but still with us.

    1. Sacred Architecture

      Neolithic cities were built around their temples, according to the sacred geometric principles of 'as above, so below', thus bringing the heavens down to the Earth.

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    2. Sacred Geometry

      The earliest form of mathematics as it was used in temple building and altars through to how it's used today in art, design and advertising.

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    3. Leylines

      Dragon lines and any sacred or energetic alignments across the Earth, including prayer lines and song lines

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    4. Ancient Temples

      The first temples were aligned astronomically and built according to geometric principles for the purposes of accessing the harmony of the spheres.

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    5. Henges and Stone Circles

      Megalithic ritual sites including mounds, serpent mounds and all earthworks apart from burial mounds which go in Tombs and Wombs.

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    6. Pyramids and Labyrinths

      Pyramids, labyrinths, mazes and underground tunnel networks used for initiation rites, from ancient Egypt, China, Bosnia, Crete...

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    7. Tombs and Wombs

      Evidence from burial mounds, long barrows, cists, cairns, passage tombs and funerary rites of our earliest ancestors indicate that they saw 'death' as not just an end, but also a beginning.

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  13. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Threads / Posts  Last Post

    Politics, Economics, Organized Religion and Warfare. A Special Note: These subjects hit a lot of very hot buttons - careful honesty and mutual respect are the watchwords here

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    5. The Daily Snooze

      The baggage train of spin control and double speak, propaganda and not so psubtle psy-persuasion

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  14. Cafe du "42" Threads / Posts  Last Post

    The all & everything mundane and wond'rous corner

    1. Da Zone in which to Re-Zone your Own Zone

      A cool place for hanging out and sharing a joke or two or chatting about anything and everything.

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    2. From Singing Bowls to Stratocasters: Your choice of music

      Tell us what you're listening to and share what rocks your soul . . .

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