Gavin White's Blog
December 24, 2013
Introduction
Hi my name is Gavin, I've been interested in pagan and magical symbolism since my teenage years. The first mythic tradition that ignited my imagination was the Norse myths but I soon ran out of material to read and had to start casting my net wider. First I got into Greek star-myths and from there I arrived in ancient Mesopotamia, which I have been avidly researching for the last 10 years or so.
This quest led me to write my first book on the stars and constellations of Babylon calld 'Babylonian Star-lore'.
In the last few years I have become much more focused on Inanna and the goddesses. Although I do read the written myths I have found that ancient art provides an alternative vision of the goddesses - one that only partly chimes with the written accounts. At the end of 2013 I published my second book about the symbolism of the goddesses in the Ancient Near East called 'The Queen of Heaven'.
I live with 120 other misfits, artists, pagans and musicians in a housing co-operative in SE London (UK).
This quest led me to write my first book on the stars and constellations of Babylon calld 'Babylonian Star-lore'.
In the last few years I have become much more focused on Inanna and the goddesses. Although I do read the written myths I have found that ancient art provides an alternative vision of the goddesses - one that only partly chimes with the written accounts. At the end of 2013 I published my second book about the symbolism of the goddesses in the Ancient Near East called 'The Queen of Heaven'.
I live with 120 other misfits, artists, pagans and musicians in a housing co-operative in SE London (UK).
