Here is a good article by Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold on Lilith. The whole blog is very good.
Contemporary neo pagan ideas of Lilith tend to see in her a sort of spirit of joyous ecstasy and female sexual potency. In the same vein there are also attempts of merging Lilith with Belili and Baalat given the motive of both names referring to a ‘beautiful maiden’. In fact these epitaphs refer back on Astarte-Ishtar as the Queen of these restless and disturbing spirits.
Lilith herself is a truly dangerous spirit, the Queen of lilins – she, herself the ecliptic daughter of Ishtar. Lilith is a volatile venusian potency balanced in itself, but prone to sow disharmony and frustration. She is a witch-protector, but is also a mother who feeds upon her own. Her mystery speaks of the beginning before beginnings and her grace is fear and tears. Her kindness is the black holes of exploding stars…
If we look at the Ugarit texts to our disposal, like Maqlû and of course the story of Gilgamesh it will appear that Astarte-Ishtar is in truth the Queen of the ‘beautiful maidens’ –the hostile as well as the benevolent ones – as they complete her totality.
Lilith, like Astarte-Ishtar possesses wings. The presence of wings suggests several matters; the relation with the winds being one – the connection with the Netherworld being another. The latter motive is found in the poem of Ishtar’s decent to the Netherworld where we read that the inhabitants are ‘clothed like birds, with wings for garments’. There is a agility to move between states and realms by spirits and divinities possessing wings.
Demonesses in general possess wings and in this case the winds take prime importance. In Mesopotamia the winds and their spirits were of great importance. The winds brought omens, blessings, demons – and illness. A cold northern wind in the night would be judged as inauspicious as the cool eastern breeze during the day would be seen as a welcoming spirit host blowing over the land. Maqlû speaks of Ardat-lili as an ‘ice woman’ and Lilith being an ice cold wind from the north. We find here the lilin spirits defined by ice, coldness and nocturnal winds. We all have witnessed cold winds blowing in the night that bends the branches on trees and generate a certain atmosphere of threat and danger. This is the winds from the wings of Lilith as she searches a window or door welcoming her.
Some states that Lilith gave birth to the moon – but this is incorrect, the lilin’s are spirits that carry the winds of nocturnal Venus. They thrive in the light of the moon – the divine eye that watches over them – but the idea that Lilith is a moon goddess is most likely incorrect even if the beautiful maidens drench themselves in the silvery waters of the moon…
She is the beautiful maiden that dominates lions, like Astarte-Ishtar - this theme carry deep meaning – and one of them being a spirit that dominates the powers of the royal crown. We might understand this to take place in Astarte-Ishtar being the powers in the royal crown and the lilin being the forces that supports – and in case of rebellion, attacks. This means that the harmful effects of lilin in our life are always a consequence of welcoming these spirits in by allowing ‘the lion to go wild’…
you can read the rest here: [url=http://www.starrycave.com/2012/05/lilith-mashkim-ninanna.html]http://www.starrycave.com/2012/05/lilith-mashkim-ninanna.html[/url]