Today I claim the presence of Inanna, who rescued the World Tree, a huluppu poplar tree, with roots in the earth, branches in the sky.  At its roots was a sacred snake, in its truth a lilitu a female spirit, and in its branches the Anzu bird, with a head of a lion.

Thus I am grounded deep.  I am female and flexible.  I am a boundary creature, slithering on the earth, swimming without limbs and climbing in spirals.  I fly above the earth, I rest in the branches and I am strong as a lion.

Today I rescue the world.