Yo, Inanna, regreso para contar cómo hace 500,000 años, mi familia de las Pléyades tomó posesión de la tierra y alteró el genoma humano con el fin de producir una raza de trabajadores creada para extraer oro destinado a la agotada atmósfera de Nibiru, nuestro planeta y hogar. Como éramos técnicamente muy superiores, esta raza de trabajadores -la especie humana-, nos adoraba como a dioses. Nos aprovechamos de ellos para librar guerras en medio de nuestras disputas familiares interminables, hasta que de un modo estúpido, desatamos sobre la tierra la terrible arma gandiva, que envió una onda de radiación destructiva por toda la galaxia. Esto enfureció a la Federación Intergaláctica. A causa de nuestras propias acciones, nos vimos restringidos por La Pared, una prisión de frecuencia que congeló nuestra evolución. Regresen conmigo a la antigua Sumeria, Babilonia y Egipto. Dentro de mis Templos del Amor, doy a conocer secretos antiguos de la unión sexual cósmica pleyadense y de mis matrimonios sagrados. A través de mis ojos, contemplen la Torre de Babel, el Gran Diluvio, los Túneles de las Serpientes y los cristales en espiral en la pirámide de Giza. Viajen conmigo por el tiempo hasta la Atlántida, Cachemira y el Pacífico Nororeste de los EE.UU. a medida que encarno en mis Yo multidimensionales para poner a funcionar los códigos genéticos que están latentes dentro de su especie y para liberar a la tierra del control por frecuencias que ejerce mi primo, el tirano Marduk.
I read this book 17 years ago and after re-reading it I was still so moved by the story. The book is written as fiction yet the truth of the story is so obvious.
Initially, V.S. Ferguson's Inanna Returns came off as a weak mythological fantasy by an author trying so hard to let you know that everything you had been reading about Inanna being an alien from the Pleiadian star system and all that about Sumerian myth is actually true, or who knows, maybe you are one of those starseeds abducted by an alien. I actually found it quite corny, despite my clear interest in cosmology, aliens, UFOs, and especially Inanna. But as the book progressed, the mythical part genuinely surprised me and delivered something I wasn't expecting near the end. So, it's quite a well-done fantasy and cosmological work, which can also be interpreted as one of those hypersigil works that could have an effect on planet Earth (which I am not stating with absolute certainty, by the way).
Also, Inanna or Ishtar came off as completely different from how I had actually imagined her based on the stories I knew before. I was expecting a larger focus on the Dumuzi aspect, but it looked like Dumuzi was just a pawn for Marduk anyway. Marduk came off as one of the most complex assholes clearly an archetype of the Antichrist or the Kali Purusha of the dark age of Kali Yuga. Not sure if reading the book can truly activate my genetic codes! Gracie was also a good character; at some point, we had a full Loki-like multidimensional selves storyline. I wonder if the Marvel Universe actually took inspiration from this, given all the "variant" stuff we are currently seeing in the MCU.
It was also fascinating to see the lawful versions of the intergalactic council (they are also like TVA don't you think?) along with many different weird alien rules, regulations, and their perceptions of sex, magic, drugs, etc. Inanna was presented more like an intimate human friend rather than an untouchable goddess; we get to see her mistakes as well as her graceful charm, which was also a strong point of the book.
The ending came off very easily and was predictable, so that's something I might hedge on a little. I have been looking forward to reading Inanna Hyperluminal soon!
Also, while I did like the author's writing, from a literary standpoint, it still seems very childish and amateur to me.
I read this book about 13 years ago and it moved me then. It was just brought to my remembrance by a conversation I was having. I may have to read it again.