Embodying Lilith: A Guide to Self Empowerment, Volume 2

by Rosa Reyes

248 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2025

Reviews

[Shay Suffocatress · Rating 3 out of 5]

Frequently tries to debunk Lilith having any negative influence or destructive impact, and tries to negate her possibly having ties to the negative things she’s often associated with in mythology, taking the common approach of labelling her thousands of years old history as patriarchal abrahamic slander that wasn’t true for previous pagan religions, “However, it is also important to note that Sumerians didn’t necessarily view demons as evil and in many cases were just another form of spirit” (the lilītu were certainly aligned with malevolence and Pazuzu had the title “king of the evil lilû-spectres”) “however if it is true that she is a reincarnation of Ninlil then this negates her being something negative”. So while I did enjoy and appreciate the rituals (which are the main focus of the book anyways), the perspective just doesn’t align with my beliefs (nor the beliefs of the ancient people, because it’d be objectively wrong to deny them fearing Lilith’s incarnations). It promotes theories that have been debunked, such as Lilith (or lilītu) being the hand of Inanna and also promotes theories with little to no supporting evidence, like her supposedly being connected to Sud and Ninlil because of the name containing “lil2” and so does lilītu. I wish the introduction to Lilith was larger and contained more related beings, perhaps beings that have a clear direct connection to Lilith (like Mesopotamian goddess Lamaštu, Greek Gello and Jewish Abyzou).