poems for Lilītu & Lamaštû

Today I make available divine fury: poems for Lilītu & Lamaštû from Posthuman Poetry & Prose. I am also about to release Tara is the fire, but I shall give that a separate post. Here is the first of these books on sale direct, probably coming at Amazon soon. After the Tara book, I am writing one solely about Lamaštû - partly from gratitude to Her for favours received, partly because Her role in preventing conception makes Her very well adapted to my antinatalist predilections.

In the Lilītu & Lamaštû book, with which I am rather pleased, I do deal with my usual themes: humanist narcissism, how Dark Mother has become dea abscondita, the bogus patriarchal religions with their daddy kinks, the narcissistic fear of chaos, the "bipolar" contrast between spicy forms of goddess & the more vanilla aspects of divinity, masculinism & sexism within religion & the occult, &, of course, last but not least, the incommensurability of intensity & the shortcomings of language.

I am hugely grateful to Nausicaa Morgue for the cover images & for discussion of both these aspects of Dark Mother.

Blurb & cover follow, &, since I have neglected to post samples recently, four sample poems:

This book extends McLean's series about goddess to include Lilītu & Lamaštû, & removes Lilītu completely from the fictional image of Her as a creature of the patriarchal god. She is a black moon Kali & a central aspect of Dark Mother.

Seeing Lilītu as a demon is not seeing Her in Her full bipolar divinity as goddess, with Her benevolent & "malevolent" aspects incorporated.

If we cannot accept the spicy aspects of goddess, then we do not deserve Her incalculable bounty.

Forthcoming work, of Lilītu & Lamashtu in particular

There are a few books forthcoming fairly soon from Posthuman Poetry & Prose. These will appear as time permits.

Carolyn Srygley-Moore has a collection of poems called Laying Flowers on the Boundary that should be completed relatively soon. I am putting it together.

I myself am working on two books, with lengthy prose introductions. One of these is about Tara, the second Mahavidya, it is called Tara is the fire, & I shall obviously distance Her very much from the eponymous Buddhist divinity because nobody likes narcissism. I am also doing some minor alterations to the original book Kali breathes this fire because that has been my intention all along.

But before this book I am writing one about Lilītu ("Lilith"), ,Lamaštû & associated divinities that are all differentiated from Inanna, on account of killing babies & various other forms of spicy behaviour. (I do not take it upon myself to judge any behaviour that pleases any aspect of Dark Mother.) This book will be fairly controversial, since I wholeheartedly despise both the Kabbalistic & occult interpretations of "Lilith" as filthy patriarchal bullshit, based upon dismissing aspects of primal goddess as demonic due to occasional spiciness. The same goes for astrological interpretations, though the various "Lilith" figures there have similar functions based upon a less offensive interpretation of Her. 

This book is very little censored to render it palatable; Lilītu is having none of that nonsense. I have actually tried to tone parts of it down because even I find them sarcastic, cruel, & full of raw hatred, but Lilītu thinks I would be a little bitch if I did that because my hatred is strong & beautiful. I really really want the motherfuckers that I abuse in this book to try to curse me. That would be sweet. Lilītu has not said what this book is to be called yet.

Lilītu is a Mesopotamian goddess, & the religions of the book can all fuck off.

EDIT: Because of a promise to Lamaštû I shall be writing a book directly about Her now, & this will come directly after the Tara book is published.

AmaLilith online store

I'm pleased to announce the arrival of AmaLilith online shop at Big Cartel, with arts, crafts, & bone sculptures, created without harmful chemicals with traditional methods, by Nausicaa Morgue. The shop is online at this link. There is also a blog that I previously mentioned here.

Nausicaa's products are inspired by, & imbued with, the powers of Lilith, Hecate, Asmodeus, & Astaroth, the goddesses & demons with whom Nausicaa works. Lilith & Hecate are both forms of our Dark Mother goddess, & both of these are subjects of future books by me, obviously. The products, however, are of great aesthetic value even for those of a secular inclination. Some sample photos are included below. 

Whatever one's faith, Nausicaa's products channel the power & beauty of nature, & these pieces, none of which is particularly expensive, are full of life & vitality, fragility & immense power. The Divine Mother has directed me to be of assistance to Nausicaa in whatever way I can, & I think that her artistic expression adumbrates the beauty of incarnate spirit as a simple expression of goddess, in more or less the same way that I aspire to do through words. The pieces are transformative in their celebration of the ecstasy of becoming, rooted safely in decay, of the profound love that preserves the inconsequential, & sees the essential in the interstitial & the liminal.

These are offerings for the crossroads where Hecate & Matangi shepherd the broken ghosts home, the impure purity of the fragmentary that is all that ever deserves to return.

 

Leo season tomorrow

I note here that all those books, see the post below, are now listed at Amazon, & should be available in pounds sterling on UK Amazon soon.

Here is Durga sings every night on Amazon & also on Amazon UK.

Tomorrow is Leo season, obviously symbolised by the Barbie movie. Generally speaking, Leo season gives confidence & energy, it comes, of course, after the sucky emotional Cancer season, & before the fussy but meticulous Virgo season. But, most importantly, it brings DRAMA! Leo, the lion, for some reason always summons the drama llama. Apart from Venus Rx, I am delighted to say that Lilith is in Leo too. Mercury is in Leo during the start of the season. Lilith, Venus Rx, & Mercury are all good for Aries.

Anyway, concerting the Aries/Libra NN/SN axis, I reiterate, stop cutting cunts slack, like Libra. Cut them out, like Aries. Lilith says "enforce your boundaries."

Concerning Leo season, I shall mention Aries, who will get a creative boost & maybe romance & joy. However, it's Venus Rx, so NO EXES! Text ex BAD!! Lilith again says "enforce your boundaries." Chiron is Rx in Aries, so healing energy but not to be rushed.

Gemini, it's a good time for communication & writing, as Gemini moon I might work a lot on Lalita drinks too much & maybe even finish it. Geminis might also consider how they relate to the world & what their basic values are. Lilith, yet again, says "enforce your boundaries." See what a blessing She is?

Capricorn, we maybe need to consider finances, & realise that we can be utter cunts. We should maybe cut back on that cuntishness a little. Pluto retrograde doesn't help the NN in the start of August so just take it easy & reflect.

Anyway, Leo season is fun, & the llama is always willing. Finally, this is probably a good few weeks to buy clothes, Leo being conscious of that sort of thing.