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Author: Elizabeth Cunningham
Publisher: Monkfish Book Publishing
Published: 2015-04-14
Total Pages: 479
ISBN-13: 1939681014
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe long-awaited paperback edition of the sequel to the best-selling novel The Passion of Mary Magdalen.
Author: Davis Bunn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2010-09-07
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1439164894
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollowing the internationally acclaimed Gold of Kings, Storm Syrrell returns in the compelling story of The Black Madonna. Antiques expert Storm Syrrell heads to Europe to investigate the clandestine trade in religious artifacts. She dismisses superstitious tales of miraculous healings and divine omens. Yet when an obsessive Russian oligarch calls—just as her friend Harry Bennett vanishes—all assumptions must be cast aside. Storm seeks answers in a medieval monastery. There, the scarred visage of an icon provokes ever more startling questions. Is she prepared to confront both earthly and spiritual powers? Storm remains haunted by lessons in love and betrayal that lie just outside her grasp. But hesitation now holds mortal consequences.
Author: Fred Gustafson
Publisher: Daimon
Published:
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 3856309314
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is not easy to quickly or simply answer the question of what the Black Madonna actually represents. One answer leads to more questions which in turn demand more explanations. A possible reason for this turmoil lies in the difficulty our culture has always had in consciously integrating the feminine side of life, and especially its dark side. Another reason is the nature of the dark feminine itself, which defies attempts to give eternally fixed limits to what she represents. Still, she reflects herself in our personal and collective lives and gives intimations of her most essential meaning through images, myths, dreams, and fantasies. If we are willing to receive and be open to such phenomena, we stand a chance of not only knowing in part what she might represent but, more so, experiencing the healing force she embodies in our time. This darker aspect of the feminine has throughout history been both feared and sought after, both hated and admired. The Black Madonna of Einsiedeln stands among the many Black Virgins that seem to imagistically express this dark side of the feminine in a creative transformational manner for both the individual and the collective. Beginning with a history of the Einsiedeln Madonna, Dr. Gustafson broadens his analysis into a psychological and historical examination of the Black Madonna, from her roots in the pagan deity Lilith and the archetype of the Great Mother, to her resurgence as the Virgin in the Middle Ages, to her life today as the unheeded unconscious archetype of the feminine.
Author: Annine E. G. van der Meer
Publisher:
Published: 2020-01-31
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789082672954
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy is it that France has a disproportionally larger number of statues of the Black Madonna than any other country? Why they are generally found in power spots in the countryside with an increased energy level? Why is in France the figure of the Black Madonna closely connected to Mary Magdalene? Answers to these questions can be found in this book. This book not only introduces scientific explanations for the earth's higher level of energy in power spots with Black Madonna-statues, but also traces the Dark Mother in France throughout the ages and varying cultures. She is manifested in the Black Venus from primal times, in the Black Primal Mother Mari of the Basques, in the black Ancient Mother Ana of the Celts, in Oriental Black Goddesses from Classical times such as Black Isis, Black Artemis, Black Cybele and the Black Venus; and finally in Black Sara, who is the tribal mother of the European gypsies. Furthermore, this book links the many Black Madonna-centers in the South of France with Mary Magdalene, who was responsible for introducing a female friendly Christianity. Her presence is one of the explanations why France has so many more Black Madonna-centres than other countries. This book then traces the Black Madonna via the Merovingians, the Crusades, the Cathars and the Templar Nights, culminating in her golden age in the 11th, 12th and 13th century, and explains why in later centuries she was destroyed, transformed and 'whitewashed' into a white Mary. The Black Madonna has a black face, but sometimes displays white hands or is carrying a light-coloured Child. Symbolically speaking, she plays with Dark and Light and integrates this on both a collective and an individual level. By doing so, she is announcing a final end that at the same time will also be a new beginning; a new period of spiritual awakening. Chapter 10 offers a impressive list of 450 Black Madonna centers in France with short descriptions, arranged by department. This renewed inventory mak
Author: Tataya Mato
Publisher: Open Court Publishing
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780812692495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the story, in words and pictures, of one woman's quest for wholeness and release from despair. Fighting the scars of abuse and a war-ravaged childhood, Tataya Mato looked inward - to her dreams and active imaginations, and to her drawings, which increasingly became pervaded by the luminous presence of the divine feminine figure, the Black Madonna. Long a folk image in Europe, the Black Madonna archetype has recently begun to appear in the dreams and other unconscious material of hundreds of North American women and men. Some Jungian thinkers have identified this striking phenomenon with the emergence of a latent feminine force, demanding conscious recognition. The collective dream pattern, so often in advance of consciousness, here asserts a new caring relationship to the Earth and all its creatures. The Black Madonna Within includes 191 of Tataya's drawings, offering insight and healing through their development from the earliest and most naive images to their more matureartistic form. The drawings are accompanied by the artist-author's poignant narrative text.
Author: Davis Bunn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2009-05-12
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 1439163960
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first in an exciting new adventure series from the award-winning and internationally bestselling author of The Presence whose books have sold more than 6 million copies—Indiana Jones meets The Venetian Betrayal in this thrilling, rollicking read! Storm Syrell sells antiques in Palm Beach, Florida. An art historian, Storm arranges her life as she does her work—into neat, orderly categories. However when her grandfather dies under suspicious circumstances, she struggles to uncover clues he left behind in a frayed leather journal. Leaving behind Palm Beach for the untamed wilds of Cypress, Africa, and beyond, Storm is joined by one Harry Bennett—a scruffy, professional treasure hunter (aka, ex-con) who claims he must be the one to help solve her grandfather’s murder. Can Storm trust Harry? Does she have a choice? Before long the two form an unlikely alliance as they dash across the globe to figure out what Storm’s grandfather had been working on before his death…and get tangled up in a quest for secret historical writings that could spark a new crisis in Middle Eastern politics. Racing from the teeming gold markets of an Arabian souk to the highest ranks of European governments—and even to the depths of the Mediterranean Sea—Storm and Harry set out to find the documents before they fall into the wrong hands. Clearly they’re up against some formidable enemies, shady characters who will kill with impunity… and who won’t hesitate to kill again. And now Storm senses that someone is watching her very closely. With seconds to spare, the CIA, FBI, and then Interpol become involved in this hotblooded game of international intrigue, but Storm and Harry may learn the hard way that the only ones they can rely on are themselves. Gold of Kings is an exhilarating, atmospheric read. Like the best of James Rollins, Dan Brown, and Steve Berry, Davis Bunn combines an intoxicating blend of adventure and romance to keep readers gripping their seats and yearning for more.
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Published: 2019
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ISBN-13: 9781913294298
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard Summers
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Published: 1952
Total Pages: 182
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Elise Valmorbida
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2018-06-12
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 0399592431
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“A riveting adventure for the soul . . . just the kind of evocative historical fiction I love.”—Sara Gruen, author of At the Water’s Edge and Water for Elephants An epic, inspiring novel about one woman’s survival in the hardscrabble Italian countryside and her determination to protect her family throughout the Second World War—by any means possible Maria Vittoria is twenty-five when her father brings home the man who will become her husband. It is 1923 in the austere Italian mountain village where her family has lived for generations, and the man she sees is tall and handsome and has survived the First World War without any noticeable scars. Taking just the linens she has sewn that make up her dowry and a statue of the Madonna that sits by her bedside, Maria leaves the only life she has ever known to begin a family. But her future will not be what she imagines. The Madonna of the Mountains follows Maria over the next three decades, as she moves to the town where she and her husband become shopkeepers, through the birth of their five children, through the hardships and cruelties of the National Fascist Party Rule and the Second World War. Struggling with the cost of survival at a time when food is scarce and allegiances are questioned, Maria trusts no one and fears everyone—her Fascist cousin, the madwoman from her childhood, her watchful neighbors, the Nazis and the Partisans who show up hungry at her door. As Maria’s children grow up and her marriage endures its own hardships, she must hold her family together with resilience, love, and faith, until she makes a fateful decision that will change the course of all their lives. A sweeping saga about womanhood, loyalty, war, religion, family, food, motherhood, and marriage, The Madonna of the Mountains is a poignant look at the span of one woman’s life as the rules change and her world becomes unrecognizable. In depicting the great cost of war and the ineluctable power of time on a life, Elise Valmorbida has created an unforgettable portrait of a woman navigating both the unforeseen and the inevitable. Advance praise for Madonna of the Mountains “The moral and ethical questions raised propel the story beyond the particulars into the universal.”—Kirkus Reviews “It is a bewitching but entirely unsentimental portrait of one woman’s attempt to keep her family safe in turbulent times.”—The Times (UK), Book of the Month “A solid choice for readers who appreciate layered family sagas.”—Library Journal
Author: China Galland
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780140121841
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith this book, China Galland brought increased attention to the spiritual traditions of the Black Madonna and other cross-cultural expressions of the feminine divine. The popularity of recent works by authors like Sue Monk Kidd and Kathleen Norris have only increased readers fascination. Now with a new introduction by the author, "Longing for Darkness" explores Gallands spellbinding and deeply personal journey from New Mexico through Nepal, India, Switzerland, France, the former Yugoslavia, and Polandplaces where such figures as Tara, the female Buddha of the Tibetan tradition, and the Black Madonna are venerated today.
