Lisa England
Mesopotamian ancestral remembrance
guided by the light of the moon
writer, artist, sound alchemist & votaress
tending the memory of early lunar devotion
through essays, music and images
Luminous Wisdom
My research and creative work anchor custodianship of memory for the moon god Nanna-Sîn, his priestesses and his temples.
Land As Archive
My scholarship flows from a sustained, embodied relationship with the topography of Harran, a powerful lunar cult center.
Living Voices
My creative platforms and sounds invite modern encounters with ancient devotion, where lunar liturgies echo again.
About Lisa
ואם רץ לבך שוב למקום
Ve’im ratz lev’cha shuv la’makom
“When your heart runs, return to the place”
— Sefer YetzirahLisa is a writer, artist, sound alchemist and votaress tending four thousand years of Mesopotamian ancestral remembrance, guided by the luminous cycles of the moon.Her independent research and creative work are devoted to anchoring a modern place of remembrance and ritual return for the primordial lunar god Nanna-Sîn, his En priestesses and the temple traditions through which lunar time was once lived, honored and consulted as a source of righteous royal decisions.She keeps Eḫulḫul — a contemporary frame for Nanna-Sîn’s much-honored cult house at Harran — as a votaress bound by vow of service rather than by institution or affiliation. Within its digital chambers, she explores lunar devotion as a cyclical way of being: a matrix of sacred relationship expressed through land, text, ritual and sound.She is currently based in downtown Cairo, where she writes, paints, plays Mesopotamian instruments and moongazes from her rooftop giparu (priestess house).More about Lisa
About Harran
Harran is Lisa's spiritual home and the fertile ground of her life’s work.First encountered in 2023, this storied north Mesopotamian outpost — later a city-state, caravanserai and center of lunar devotion before its eventual fall to the Mongols — has become her enduring teacher through memory, relationship and return.Though now a Turkish village populated by Arab and Kurdish aşiretler (clans), clustered around an as-yet-to-be-fully-excavated archaeological field, the topography of Harran stands as silent witness to early cosmologies and archive of embodied wisdom for those who attune.The land and people of Harran have deeply shaped a body of work rooted in lunar time, ancestral presence and the ethics of remembrance. Lisa extends her gratitude to the local community, as well as to the government of Türkiye and officials in Şanlıurfa Province, for their continued welcome and hospitality throughout her visits.More about Harran
About Eḫulḫul
Eḫulḫul is a digital temple devoted to lunar time, Mesopotamian ancestral remembrance, and the lineage of Nanna-Sîn.Its name comes directly from the beloved cult center of the moon god Nanna-Sîn at Harran and means in ceremonial Sumerian House of Rejoicing.Within its chambers are curated written and multimedia offerings exploring sacred cycles; righteous decision-making; collaborative models of authority between the masculine and feminine polarities; and the cosmology of early Mesopotamia.Articles are to be published quarterly, or sometimes sooner.More about Nanna-Sîn