The cult of ishtar or astarte - the mother goddess and ' queen of heaven ' - involved , or example , a seven-stage initiation [ the seven veils ] .
伊师塔或阿施塔特的祭礼女神母亲和“天后”相关或者实例，一个七个台阶的开始（七层面纱）。
Under the two preceding kings , amon and manasse , idolatry had been introduced in the most shameful forms ( especially the cult of baal and astarte ) into the holy city , and with this foreign cult came a foreign culture and a great corruption of morals .
