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!