''Ishtar Rising'', fully titled ''Ishtar Rising: Why the Goddess Went to Hell and What to Expect Now That She's Returning'', is a book by

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson; January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007) was an American author, futurist, psychologist, and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized within Discordianism as an Episkopos, pope and saint, Wilson ...

published in 1989. It is a revision of Wilson's earlier ''The Book of the Breast'', first published by

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in 1974, which contained many images not present in the current version. In it Wilson discusses his ideas on the female form,

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and ancient Goddess worship. Image:Ishtar2.jpg, Alternative cover design Image:Bobbk.jpg, Cover of ''The Book of the Breast''

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