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When ancient deities mirror our shadow selves

My therapist suggested I explore my anger issues and I found myself drawn to Mesopotamian war gods like Nergal - now I don't know if I'm healing or just finding divine permission to be destructive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The seeker struggles to distinguish between integrating difficult emotions and enabling harmful impulses through spiritual practice.

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“Where Are You with Mesopotamian religion — Sumerian Babylonian Assyrian?”

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