The Cult of the Black Virgin

Author:   Ean Begg
Publisher:   Chiron Publications
ISBN:  

9781630510510


Pages:   196
Publication Date:   14 November 2013
Format:   Hardback
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The Cult of the Black Virgin


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Why are over 500 of the world's images of the Madonna ""black"" or ""dark""? And why are they so little known? A resurfacing of the powerful pagan goddesses of sexuality, the underworld and earth-wisdom, the Black Virgins are symbols of power and majesty, the other aspect of the traditional Madonna's maidenhood or tender maternity. They personify the Holy Grail and the Ark of the Covenant in a quest for lost feminine wisdom and the search for soul. There are many icons of Mary that show black faces and hands. In France, these are called Vierge Noires-Black Virgins. Elsewhere, may be called Black Madonnas or the ""other Mary."" Jung called her Isis, while others claim she is the symbolic remains of a prehistoric worship of the Earth Mother. She is generally connected with Cybele, Diana, Isis, and Venus, as well as with Kali, Inanna, and Lilith. Historically she is connected with the Crusades, the Islamic occupation of Spain, the Conquistadors, as well as the Merovingians and Knights Templars, who viewed her as Mary Magdalene. Ean Begg's fascinating book investigates the pagan origins of the phenomenon as well as the heretical Gnostic-Christian underground stream that flowed west with the cult of Mary Magdalene and resurfaced in Catharism at the time of the Crusades, especially with the Templars.

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Author:   Ean Begg
Publisher:   Chiron Publications
Imprint:   Chiron Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.322kg
ISBN:  

9781630510510


ISBN 10:   1630510513
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   14 November 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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