Since being released in 1977 — the same year that the world saw the arrival of “Star Wars”, the “Shannara” series of Terry Brooks, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”, the debut by Zecharia Sitchin and many other consciousness paradigm-shifts — the Necronomicon by Simon has changed the shape of the modern “New Age” movement and human understanding, introducing over a million people of the new generations to the reality of the Anunnaki traditions born from ancient Sumerians, Babylonians, Akkadians, Assyrians and Chaldeans.
Shrouded in doom and gloom, contrasted against the “Cthulhu Mythos” envisioned by H.P. Lovecraft, who very well may have developed the title — Necronomicon — for his own saga and literary cycle, the book presented by editor Simon is anything but a fabrication of fantasy, but is instead an allusion to a very real, though fragmented, “Mardukite” Babylonian Anunnaki Tradition, a system that once dominated the prehistoric and ancient world before the rise of the Greeks, Romans and even Egyptians!
The modern “Mardukite” research organization has spent nearly half a decade exploring the mysteries of Mesopotamia, the Anunnaki and related subjects. After having completed the entire ‘Necronomicon Anunnaki’ literary legacy with the Mardukite Chamberlains, prolific writer, editor and founder of the “Mardukites”, Joshua Free, ends his years of silence concerning the Simon Necronomicon by finally providing his expert commentary on the classic text in Liber 555, “Crossing to the Abyss: The Mardukite Guide to the Simon Necronomicon“.
Edition note: This “Liber 555″ material is simultaneously being released in a condensed format edition as “The Necronomicon for Beginners” by Joshua Free. Available February 2012 at mardukite.com.
Each month, our periodical publication “New Babylon
Rising” magazine focuses on the background of a
specific member of the Anunnaki or else a figure
that appears predominantly in a certain
tablet cycle.
For the Spring Akitu March 2012 Issue #3 of New Babylon Rising, the featured Anunnaki God/Goddess or Sumerian/Babylonian figure profiled is infamous INANNA-ISHTAR: GODDESS OF STARS.
INANNA (Babylonian: ISHTAR)
”Perhaps one of the most commonly
known of the energetic currents of the
mystical planets is the Venusian one
dedicated always to the “goddess of love
and war. This determined goddess was sure to
receive her place among all ancient
pantheons: Isis, Aphrodite, Ashtoreth…
and she is also known as the “goddess of
witches,” celebrated in their rites.” (Extracted from Liber-W)
“Our epics describe the ascent of Inanna up the pantheon, but in Babylon she was
firmly established as Ishtar in this
position, by the request of Marduk to
appease her.” (Book of Marduk by Nabu – Liber-W)
“Discord between lineages erupts when
Ishtar and Marduk were not united and
each took it upon themselves to elevate
their own positions
among our “younger
pantheon. Clearly, the
Venusian current (and
that of Jupiter) are
extremely powerful and
determined. They are not
always blatant forward
with their executions,
such as you might find
with the Sun or Mars, but they store mass
amounts of energy for eventual release at
the most “propitious” or favorable times.”
“Ishtar may be invoked to channel energies
directed toward the acquisition of desires. (A
wise one will be certain this is for their
higher good first.) Her number is 15. Colors
are green, yellow-green and white, and her
elements are water and earth.” (Extracted from Liber-W)
“Known to the Egyptians as the “Goddess
of Ten Thousand Names,” the position of
Queenship to Heaven is actually maintained
by one of the younger pantheon in
both Sumerian and the later Chaldeo-
Babylonian systems.” (Liber 50)
“Being the daughter of Nanna and Ningal –
the Sumerian aspects of the Moon – and
the twin to Samas (Shamash), this title of
high esteem is passed onto the young
Lady of the Stars due to her unequaled
beauty and cunning use of divine politics.
In Sumer, she is introduced in the
literature as IN.ANNA [“Lady of Anu”].” (from Sumerian Religion – Liber 50)
“The first presence of Inanna/Ishtar in
Egypt is mentioned in the Edfu text
dealing with the First Pyramid War.
Called there Ashtoreth (her Canaanite
name), she is said to have appeared on
the battlefield among the advancing
forces of Horus… as long as the fighting
was only between the descendants of
Enki, no one saw a particular problem in
having a granddaughter of Enlil around.
But after the victory of Horus, when Seth
occupied lands not his, the situation
changed completely: the Second Pyramid
War pitched the sons and grandchildren
of Enlil against the descendants of Enki.” Zecharia Sitchin Wars of Gods & Men, 1985
Inanna quickly rises to the status of
archetypal goddess on earth. She represents
both the “goddess of love” and the
“goddess of war” simultaneously, giving
her significant domain in the physical
world. Given this, she was favored by the
masses who adored her for her influence.
In spite of her name, she was originally
only given the designation of five, but
replaces the position of fifteen held by
Ninmah (Ninhursag) in the elder pantheon.
She was installed as the primary
goddess in Assyro-Babylonian traditions
with the name I.STAR (or Ishtar) or
“supreme goddess” [as istari is actually an
Akkadian word for “goddess”]. (See Liber-50 or Liber-C)
Assyrian art depicts Inanna-Ishtar with
wings. The same winged form also graces
her Egyptian form as Isis. Clearly she was
a goddess of the aerial world, not only
the “Anunit-(um)” [“Anu's beloved”] but
literally the skies. Seven objects are connected
to Ishtar and her aerial travels.
Similarly, there are seven garments and
ornaments removed during her “descent
to the Underworld.”
The genealogies of Sumer show Inanna as
born into the fourth generation of Anunnaki
gods [daughter of Nanna, born of
Enlil, son of Anu] and is therefore the
great-granddaughter of Anu. She receives
a special place in his heart, which is
surely beneficial in her rise to power, but
more than this, Inanna is a very actively
determined goddess who stops at nothing
to acquire what she deems rightfully
hers. If she wants it, she will take it. In the mythic cycles, this includes “decrees
of heaven,” “decrees of earth,” “secret
names of gods” and everything in between.
These powers she used (quite effectively)
to win the eternal loyalty of mortals in
exchange for granting select worldly
desires. The kings who she favored, she
would stand beside in battle and those
who she did not (or who fell out of favor)
she would lend aid to the opposing side,
showing that the “goddess of love” is not
to be scorned.
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“As I explained in Necronomicon Revelations, the “Simonian”
group that was dealing with what they believed
to be some Lovecraftian remnant, was really a work
guided by the Spirit of Marduk – of which the group
was probably less than aware of at that time. With the
coming of the “Danikens” and “Sitchins” it was apparent,
at least to myself, that the movement was going to
be ready for its launch, even if first only possible in its
infancy.” (from Nabu Speaks! The Autobiography of an Alien Messenger)
“For those not familiar with the “Necronomicon” paradigm,
there are really two angles to view it from. One is
specific to the horror-fantasy writings of H.P. Lovecraft
during the early 20th century that pertain to what later
writers dubbed the Cthulhu Mythos – and it is a popular
methodology used in what is called the “left-hand-path”
of spirituality that apparently seeks ‘darker’ overtones to
their worldview. This Lovecraftian angle is, however,
really only a shadow of what is truly possible in these
pursuits for modern seekers, which leads me to describe
the the second angle; first used by the “Simon” group in
the 1970′s as a medium for relaying the Babylonian
Anunnaki revival.” (from Nabu Speaks!)
“Of course, when the Simon Necronomicon arrived on
the scene – it was not actually understood for what it
was or what it was not. It wasn’t Sumerian, it was
Babylonian – and specific to the Mardukite tradition
that venerated my father as the ‘king of the gods’, the
spirit sought by magicians using the methods of Enki –
you would not have found this in a Sumerian work,
which would have focused on Enlil, who is practically
absent from both the Necronomicon and the “Mardukite”
tradition aside from acknowledgment in the ‘Supernal
Trinity’. While Marduk, Sarpanit and myself became
the archetypal “holy family” in Babylon – we did not
attempt to manipulate the base in which the Anunnaki
was rooted in as a whole: the Supernal Trinity of Anu,
Enlil and Enki.”
“More importantly, the Mardukite tradition that in modern
times makes allusions to the Necronomicon – it is
always referring to it from the Babylonian Anunnaki
perspective as I know it to be. I am, of course, not unfamiliar
with the literary works of Lovecraft and have
already made my statements publicly concerning possible
connections and parallels of the mythology, but
again, it is not the Cthulhu Mythos that is my emphasis
at all, something which can be confusing to the uninitiated
that sees us operating under the Necronomicon
banner. I pointedly say this because I have often received correspondence regarding folks reservations about
pursuing a path (the Mardukites) that incorporates the
semantics or vocabulary: Necronomicon. This is a very
important part of the message I bring – in differentiating
between the glamours possible in this world and that
which makes glamours and worlds possible.”
Best known by his given name and work as Joshua Free, the prolific writer and founder of the modern Mardukite Anunnaki revival movement finally reveals his true nature and identity – as the hybrid alien messenger, NABU – in the much-anticipated public disclosure, “Nabu Speaks! – The Autobiography of an Alien Messenger.“
This amazingly unique and historically verifiable first-person narrative explains the struggles and successes of the ancient Nabu tribes, a “Mardukite clan” that sought to famously raise Babylon and Egypt to power by ‘Divine Right’ under MARDUK-RA; the rise and fall of the Sumerian Anunnaki, the creation and disposal of upgraded humans, the birth of societal systems of religion and politics, as well as interpersonal exchanges and feuds that were taking place “behind-the-scenes” among the Anunnaki themselves, those “ancient aliens” who became fixed in human consciousness as gods, angels, demons and spirits.
Following the chronicle of the ancient world, this amazing literary work explores the modern return of NABU to earth during present times, where it seems that human civilization has reached a critical crossroads in its evolution and survival. Challenged by a human existence in the current age, NABU explains the trials and tribulations of refining and correcting the Mardukite fragmentation of human reality, first begun by ancient alien “Anunnaki.” He candidly describes his experiences with modern seekers attracted to the movement in want for a means to achieve their own “spiritual upgrade,” to become ‘self-honest’ and participate in the survival of the next evolution of human life on earth.
“The Enuma Elis is named after its opening lines
in the Babylo-Akkadian language, translated
to mean: “When in the heights…” This series
of ‘seven tablets’ is better known among both
scholars and seekers alike as the ‘Babylonian
Epic of Creation’ or ‘Seven Tablets of Creation’,
which are in fact too often misrepresented
as “Sumerian.” (from Liber E)
“Archaeologists first became away of this particular
series in 1849 when the tablets were
recovered from an expedition into the Royal
Library of Ashurbanipal in ‘Nineveh’. They
were first published academically in 1876 and
received significant attention by historians,
mythographers and biblical scholars – not
only because of their antiquity, but because of
how significant the work turned out to be in
deciphering the ‘methodology’ of Babylonian
civilization and religion in addition to its very
high resonance with our contemporary and
‘classical’ “Epic of Creation” given in the Judeo-
Christian Book of Genesis.” (Liber-E is available in “Magan Magic” or “Necronomicon Spellbook I”, in addition to the Year-3 anthology format “Mesopotamian Magic” or “Necronomicon Workbook”.)
“A true scholar of the Mesopotamian Mysteries
eventually comes to understand the Enuma
Elis in a far different light than how it is most
often relayed in the commonplace ‘bedtime
story’ renditions. For one, contrary to what
we should ‘expect’ from a true Creation Epic,
the Enuma Elis does not concern itself with the
definitive origins of cosmogenesis so much as it
does with anthropogenesis – being the creation
of humans and their reality (or perception
thereof). The mood of the discourse is not
‘theological’ but ‘political’ – for the esteemed
purpose of elevating the power of Marduk
over the Anunnaki ‘gods’ in Babylon!” (Liber E)
“Multiple versions of ‘Mesopotamian-originating’
tablets exists – but there is one key point
that many esoteric practitioners and historians
miss when appropriating what ‘purpose’
the tablets have within the ‘greater’ tradition.
For example, ALL tablet-cycles that make reference
to “Marduk” are purely Babylonian or
a direct influence thereof – meaning that they
are born of the post-Sumerian Anunnaki tradition
that surrounded another key element –
the usurpation and transfer of the “power” in
Mesopotamia to Babylon, the control of the
empire by the priest-magicians and dragonkings
there residing as well as authority in
the religious and spiritual systems of the
people and their relationship with the “Sky
Gods” (Anunnaki) – all shown to be executed
by “Divine Right” and in accordance with the
“World Order” decreed by Anu, Enlil and Enki
in prehistoric times…” (Liber E)
“…it was the Enuma Elis that made this all
possible.”
“In politics, the Enuma Elis allowed the “Law of
Marduk” (for example, the ‘Code of Khammurabi)
to be upheld – as given in the Tablet-L
series in the Necronomicon Anunnaki Bible. In
religious ceremonies, the Enuma Elis was the
preliminary ‘rite’ or ‘incantation’ used before
conducting any public or private working –
such as the maqlu (aforementioned in the preface)
or the Akiti festival of Spring (Aries) that
occurred annually as the Babylonian (Mardukite)
“New Year” celebration. Even significant
rituals and smaller operations of ‘magic’ and
‘devotion’ (within the tradition) were usually
opened with a recitation of the Epic. The
words explain the basis of Mardukite Magick –
a term coined of modern invention by the
anthropologists and esoteric practitioners,
since the ancients simply viewed the same as
Life. But as a cornerstone to the Anunnaki
“post-Sumerian” evolution of the Babylonian
(Mardukite) paradigm – its rise to global influence:
politically, spiritually, magically – the
Enuma Elis is inseparably paramount to all
related ventures, including the understanding
(and theoretical implementation) of the Mesopotamian
religious paradigm, spiritual world
view, magical sciences and its later evolutions
into various kabbalahs of the world.” (Liber E)
“The Enuma Elis demonstrates a transfer of
power and ‘world ordering’ to the Babylonian
paradigm. This was a significant turning point
in global consciousness at its apex – though
the beginnings of the age (of Aries) is
appropriated c. 2100 B.C. It is around this time that a
historian finds amazing new shifts in ‘the
way’ in which things are done on the planet.
It is certainly not the origins of ‘human civilization’
in general, since such is better credited
to the pre-Babylonian Anunnaki efforts,
including that time thought to be antediluvian
or ‘before the deluge’…”
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“Our work is therefore historically authentic; the rediscovery of the Sumerian tradition, says Crowley. This forms the crux of Crowley’s system, without which it is both incomprehensible and unfathomable; incomprehensible in its magical significance for the present magical revival, and unfathomable without the key supplied by the Sumerian tradition. . .” ~ Kenneth Grant, ‘Magical Revival’
In the 2009 release of Liber-9, the Tablet-Q series of materials (available within the Necronomicon Anunnaki Bible) were described as the “Book of Qlippoth & The Other Side”, though we were able to do little more than ‘glean’ a realization of the “Other” at that time.
Keep in mind that the original function and purpose of the Babili System proper is the ‘ladder of lights’ on this side of existence. However, one could not help but to stop and notice the ‘pathway’ or ‘threshold’ that exists “beyond the Ishtar Gate, near the place of Marduk” that allegedly leads to the “Other” – that which is behind the fragmented existence of visible lights – that which correlate to the Seven.
Those like Kenneth Grant; the contemporaries of the modern occult (magickal) revival; are generally of the ‘kabbalistic’ mind-set, meaning that their view of the mysteries is usually based on the Hebrew or Semitic vision of the ‘kabbalah’, which has the same roots by way of the Assyrians that the ‘gate-system’ provided for Babylon proper. While not necessarily incorrect in ‘form’, the language and our interpretation of the mysteries therefrom, is generally from a Judeo-Christian perspective, even if it be a ‘gnostic’ one. The organizations such as the O.T.O., A.A., Thelemic followers of Aleister Crowley and even the Golden Dawn all fall under this category because they have used ‘kabbalistic’ interpretations of the same ancient renderings and tablets that are now available in their ‘rawest’ and most original form (for example, the Necronomicon Anunnaki Bible).
“Modern esoteric kabbalists and initiates of sacred orders, such as Kenneth Grant (who for a time led the O.T.O. – Ordo Templi Orientis – in the wake of Aleister Crowley), commonly refer to this advanced facet of mystical pursuit as the ‘other side of the tree’ or ‘nightside’, returning our attention again to the time in our realm where such ‘separations’ or veils seem thinner or altogether nonexistent; at night or when the stars are visible. Practitioners and modern magicians generally agree that the kabbalistic sphere of the “Tree of Life” that links to the “Tree of Darkness” (or Kingdoms of Shadow) is the ‘eleventh’ and unseen sephiroth of the Kabbalah known as Daath. This secondary or ‘nightside’ of the tree is the Underworld or ‘Other’ that leads to the Abyss. It is believed by Kenneth Grant and others that the Anunnaki region and the Egyptian DU.AT or TU.AT are essentially identical for all purposes.” (quoting Liber-C)
In the Babili Texts (Tablet-B Series) from the Necronomicon Anunnaki Bible, the seeker can clearly see that the gate-systems of both ‘above’ and ‘below’, from both Babylonian and Egyptian perspective, are centered on seven. This means seven gates of ‘light’ for ascension into the ‘Other’ that composes the heavens (e.g. the Tower of Babel) and there are seven gates of ‘darkness’ for descent into the ‘Underworld’. The traditional lore surrounding the ‘Descent of Inanna-Ishtar’ also gives a description of ‘seven gates’ below and the guardians or keepers of those ‘portals’. Names and passwords for these veils are given in both Mesopotamian and Egyptian forms (languages), but are essentially the same in context.
Having completed the core of the work related to the exploration of the Anunnaki legacy in Mesopotamia – a cycle of materials known in some ‘mardukite’ circles as the Necronomicon Anunnaki Legacy (developed from 2008 through 2010 in the form of seven libros available most economically in the “Year-1″ anthology Necronomicon Anunnaki Bible and “Year-2″ anthology Gates of the Necronomicon) – it became clear given the influx of correspondence and contact that rose from the public distribution of this material that has resulted in a recent ‘return’ to our ‘sources’ for further examination.
Unlike the predecessors in this specific Year-3 series (cycle) of companion texts to the ‘greater legacy’ of Mardukite materials (released as “Magan Magic” and “Maqlu Magic” or as the Necronomicon Spellbook serial), this current volume, Beyond the Ishtar Gate (or Necronomicon Spellbook III) is not as dedicated to any one specific magical or ceremonial aspect, except all that which leads to crossing to the Abyss – and thus what we are after in the final volume of the trilogy is an understanding of ‘something’ we have ‘missed’ or purposefully kept aside until we had held the necessary pieces to bring to life that which is not alive; that which is to remain in the shadows of consciousness and the dark recesses of the psyche: the Other, the Umbrarum – the Underworld.
Let us first consider what has come prior in this newly designed “Year-3” Mardukite cycle of work that companions the “Year-1” (Liber-N,L,G,9) and “Year-2” (Liber-50,51,R,W) efforts, not to mention the previously released study-guides for group leaders and solitary students: “Guardians of the Gates” (GoG) and “Wizards of the Wastelands” (WoW), both released in 2011. Where Beyond the Ishtar Gate (and its correlating edition as Necronomicon Spellbook III) is released from the Mardukite Chamberlains as Liber-C, the two other libros from this cycle are designated and described below. ALL THREE of the Year-3 libros are also available in a special Year-3 anthology available as either “Mesopotamian Magic” or “Necronomicon Workbook”.
LIBER-M Maqlu Magic – also released as Necronomicon Spellbook II – is dedicated to a ‘single’ series of cuneiform tablets existent in the Necronomicon Anunnaki Bible – the M-Series. It is also perhaps the ‘largest’ single section of the volume, and it is dedicated to a specific purpose, or rather – ceremony, known as the MAQLU or Burnings.
LIBER-E Magan Magic – released as Necronomicon Spellbook I – is broader in its application; in fact, it contains the necessary prerequisites for effectively enacting the MAQLU, and so is considered a very important Magician’s Primer for understanding the ‘greater mysteries’ as a whole.
A dubious seeker-reader will eventually discover in time that all of our materials are interrelated in ways an ‘outsider’ to the ‘legacy’ could never comprehend the magnitude of. But it is not our intent to remain so harshly cryptic, for those who are ready to know should be given their opportunity – and since the distance and time factors of the current age can present so many obstacles toward the widest distribution of the editor’s efforts, the return to ‘book’ format has always proven easiest, most popular and even ‘culturally-relevant’ given the ‘literary’ nature of the mysteries put down by priest-scribes of Babylon.
At this juncture the reader-seeker is probably wondering what ‘we’ have in store of them in this installment of the serial, Beyond the Ishtar Gate, the Necronomicon Spellbook III, Liber-C and close of the “Year-3” trilogy-cycle… it is concerned with the ‘other side‘ of the tradition, parts that have been concealed and yet also made the tradition famous – mainly, the connection to the Other, that which we have been programmed to perceive as ‘separate’ from this reality.
The ‘publicly visible’ gateway system of ‘lights’ is what the Mardukite or Babylonian Anunnaki tradition was born from, and as such, it forms the main tenets of that which has been covered in other discourses toward this effort. But, what we also are aware of, is that the frag-mentation of the Tree of Life (or however you wish to envision such a ‘kabbalah’) into the ‘Realms of Form’ also gave manifestation, or rather ‘anti-manifestation’, to all that was with-held from the Veils of Light that enshroud material existence. Such mysteries are what compose some of the final and most critical feats or ‘initiations’ encountered by the seeker on their path – and hopefully they are prepared…
By whatever names it has been given, the part of this ‘advanced’, ‘esoteric’ or ‘inner circle’ work connected directly to the Other, in whatever tradition it is realized from, is the highest part of the ‘Great Work’ – that which all the rest seemingly culminates into or points tow-ard. It has been considered ‘divine communic-ation’ by some and ‘trafficking with the devil’ to others – but regardless of the view taken, the knowledge and experience of these cross-ings is never held without some regard, for better or worse.
In addition to a reexamination of some of the more critical elements from the original cycle of ‘Mardukite’ materials – those that explicitly deal with “crossings” and the “Other” – this liber introduces the final ‘tablet-series’ of the original ‘catalogue’ that have otherwise not been introduced proper! Besides the four lib-ros that compose the Necronomicon Anunnaki Bible, the only other time additional unpublished materials had been added to this catalogue was in mid-2010 with the release of the Book of Marduk by Nabu (Tablet-W Series) and then recently with the translation of the Maqlu (Tablet-M Series). With the addition of the “U” and “V” materials presented in Beyond the Ishtar Gate, a complete ‘alphabet’ spectrum of works can be said to be drawn to completion with this Liber C, now at the the close of the third active year of Mardukite Chamberlains!
The Truth Behind the Legend…
“The Enuma Elis is named after its opening lines
in the Babylo-Akkadian language, translated
to mean: “When in the heights…” This series
of ‘seven tablets’ is better known among both
scholars and seekers alike as the ‘Babylonian
Epic of Creation’ or ‘Seven Tablets of Creation’,
which are in fact too often misrepresented
as “Sumerian.” (from 
