So glad to be a part of this interesting community! And grateful to find conversations to join that are meaningful and important. My own exploration of mythology for the last several years has been of Inanna and her descent, a myth I stumbled upon and have grown with. She has provided me with a map of sorts, an orientation to my own life and to those around me. As I tried to apply the content/sensibilities to a broader culture, however, I ran into glitches, questions, puzzles to engage that have led me here -- to where resolution is not the goal, but rather full-being engagement (body + mind, heart + soul). I want to be less afraid not only as an individual, but also as a part of this culture, and as a being of the universe. For many years I have engaged my burning questions through the field of psychology, and yet the methods and results there seemed to have come up thin, without enough substance, too ego-centric and isolating. Gratefully, it has been through the study of and relationship to the story of Inanna that clarification and consolation has come most readily. I am thrilled to be a student here, grateful to you all, and Bonnie + Craig, and optimistic that our dance in this time together will dream the myth forward as CG Jung so beautifully encouraged.