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  • Descent & Rising

  • Women's Stories & the Embodiment of the Inanna Myth
  • By: Carly Mountain
  • Narrated by: Carly Mountain
  • Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (11 ratings)

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Summary

“The heroine is one who has remembered, reclaimed and reconnected with her unfettered red thread. She has been initiated into the spirit of the depths by her dark sister, and walks with newfound, embodied authority into the upperworld.”

When our lives fall apart, we often feel broken, ashamed, and deeply alone. But what if you knew, as you experienced this descent, that it was mapped out in a myth thousands of years old? What if, despite the uniqueness of your own life and experiences, each stage of the process was universal? The journey of descent and rising is the core initiation of the feminine—the heroine’s journey—one traveled by billions of women before you.

Descent & Rising explores real stories of women’s descents into the underworld of the psyche–journeys of dissolution, grief and breakdown precipitated by trauma, fertility issues, loss of loved ones, mental health struggles, FGM, sexual abuse, birthing experiences, illness, war, burnout and more.

This is territory that Carly Mountain, psychotherapist and women’s initiatory guide, knows intimately, and guides us through with exquisite care and insight, using the ancient Sumerian myth of the goddess Inanna as a blueprint. She maps not only the descent but the rising and familiarizes us with a process of female psycho-spiritual growth overlooked in patriarchal culture.

“The heroine’s journey is an erotic, mystical initiation that revivifies our place in the shape of things...the fodder of our descents provides the compost from which the richest fruits of our lives can grow. If only we can turn towards our pain and let it work in us.”

©2023 Carly Mountain (P)2023 Carly Mountain
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Loving and grounding

Thank you Carly, this book is amazing and deep.
It has given me so much wisdom to bring with me!

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So much wisdom in one creation

I devoured this audio book and have gone back in for a second listen to let it sink in more deeply. The story found me at the perfect time in my life, while I'm in a period of deep change and transformation.. Carly's wisdom and grace is so richly weaved throughout the book, and hearing it read by the author adds even more to the experience. Through the ancient myth of inanna, descent and rising provided a supportive and deeply aligned framework to help me navigate a very difficult time in my life.. I can't recommend it enough.

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Phenomenal

Powerful, enlightening, beautifully written and wonderfully narrated. It’s an utter gem of a book and one I have already recommended to fellow heroines. Thank you, Carly.

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Insightful and poetic I loved it.

This is such a beautiful and poignant book. I hung on the author’s every word and identified so much with the story of Inanna and Ereshkigal and the testimonies of other women. I think it should be read by all. Looking forward to her next book because Carly is an absolutely fantastic and compelling writer. 5 stars!

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wonderful

I absolutely loved this audio book ... thank you Carly...insightful, gentle, necessary and needed ... to descend is to really know joy.

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Beautifully Structured Book

I love how the book literally followed the descent and Rising of Inanna. Powerful, Moving, inspiring.

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Beautifully resonant and essential stories

So well researched and read. I can’t thank you enough for this work. It has helped me in ways that I could not have predicted.
Thank you for bringing Inanna into focus for me, and telling me her story.

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A Necessary Read

Having descended a few times it was good to finally find a map that gives clear direction in this patriarchal world. Anyone curious about understanding the feminine and what it means needs to read this book.

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