Sometimes lessons present themselves again and again.
If we don’t learn the first time perhaps we’ll learn the second, or the third or the fourth.
We will just keep repeating the same pattern until the lesson has been learnt – this is the way of the Universe.
So the quicker we become aware, the quicker we can learn and move on to the next lesson.
During Inanna’s short life forgiveness was rather a large theme and now she was under the guidance of Lilith she would be able to work on this so she didn’t have to learn it over and over again, forgiveness would become second nature.
Lilith could see Inanna was coming back to her self.
She was more self-assured these days and every so often a glimpse of that wicked wit would rise up to the surface.
She was getting more comfortable with the rituals and seemed to be a little bit more comfortable connecting with the sexual energy inside.
Obviously under the control of Beircheart, the connection to this energy, this divine feminine energy was lost. Rather than celebrating it, Inanna would repress it out of fear.
She would do anything she could to make it disappear, to make herself seem more unattractive and less alluring. She didn’t want him anywhere near her.
The scars from this wound would take many years to heal but Inanna was determined to bring herself back to wholeness, back to the carefree and wild spirit she once was.
The rituals that took place in the Sacred Temple were as old as time.
The women would harness their sexual energy and use it to heal and transform.
Inanna had well and truly shut down that part of herself but Lilith knew it was where her power lay – it’s where all the High Priestesses harnessed their power, it was what made them extraordinary healers and gifted teachers.
It was an ancient art and one that Inanna would become passionately involved with over time.
It was Lilith’s job to help her harness the sexual energy, to teach her the ways of the High Priestess.
To the villagers Inanna was mysterious, and many would pass by Mrs Emmett’s to try and find out who she was and from where she came.
Everyone knew everyone in the village and some made it their business to know all. She steered clear of old Mrs Emmett, if she caught her eye, she wouldn’t be let loose for hours. If anyone in the village wanted to know anything, they would just pay Mrs Emmett a visit. She had a knack and a way of extracting all your personal information and then made it her duty to share it with all.
The villagers were intrigued with Inanna – there was little known about her background, only that an old farmer had brought her here some time ago, to see the healer.
There was no-one like Inanna in the town. When she walked past everyone noticed her.
She oozed sexuality – it was the first thing one noticed about her. It radiated from her eyes – but it was also present in the way she held herself.
She was quietly confident and held her head high. She would look directly into your eyes as she passed and always gave a smile and a polite nod of the head. She wasn’t aloof, she was warm and gentle and people knew she could be trusted.
Inanna was beginning to make a name for herself as the preferred healer in town and Lilith was more than happy to hand the baton to her. Lilith had to make sure the visitors were genuine however as there seemed to be a definite increase in male visitors to the temple since her arrival.
Inanna was making some good friends too.
One such friend was William Able.