![]() ![]() In the “good old days”, when calamity struck, it was time for fervent prayers and a Black Madonna procession she took care of business. Like any real Black Madonna she works miracles and her specialty seems to be bringing rain in times of drought, a frequent problem in the South of France. Here is a testimony Kayleen Asbo, my dear friend who was my guest during the 2022 pilgrimage.Since the end of the 13th century, this Black Virgin has been the object of fervent popular devotion during Candlemas week. Use the energies of Mary Magdalene and the Black Madonnas to heal your soul and your body. Visit to Martha, Mary Magdalene’s sister at Tarascon and other surprises will await you !!īy going to these high places of energy, to meditate, pray or recharge, one can rise spiritually towards the higher vibratory planes and worlds, where there reign subtle forces full of light and stimulating forces of a high energy quality.Manosque : the Black Madona “Our Lady of the Romigier”, the oldest in France and the visit of the Occitane factory.Abbaye de St Victor: refuge of the first Christians guided by Mary Magdalene and Lazarus, her brother with her magnificent Black Madonna “Our Lady of Confession”.There, Sara, in the crypt of the church, is the Black Virgin of the Gypsies who come from all over the world to pay tribute to her every 24th of May. The fishermen village of Les Saintes Maries de la mer where Mary Magdalene and the companions came ashore.The St Baume mountain and the hike to Mary Magdalene grotto through the sacred forest of Artemis.With this journey, you will better understand how the cult of the Black Virgins developed from the Mediterranean Basin and ancient rites dedicated to Isis, Cybele or Artemis. We will evoke the history of each through the legends attached to them and the particular devotions to which they are the subject. Provence shelters an impressive number of places with Black Madonnas.Īs we walk in Mary Magdalene’s footsteps, we will also find beautiful Black Virgins on our way. They represented both Virgin goddess and mother goddess, holding her son Horus in his arms these effigies became the Romanesque Black Virgins. At the beginning of the Christian era, the statues of Isis were in caves. In addition, the Virgins of the pagan and druidic tradition are also assimilated to the Egyptian goddess Isis, emblem of Mother Earth. They soaked up its beneficial impulses and filled up with new energies. To renew their fruitful relationship with the land, the Celts used to make pilgrimages to these vital points. ![]() We can find them on intersections of telluric currents, sacred and divine, which are often symbolized by a snake. Thus, her cycles encompassed all phases, all states of mind. Her half-white, half-black face represented her duality. Indeed, they represented the different aspects of nature and its destinies: storms, shortages, drought, but also the great harvest and abundance of Earth. That is why, in the Druidic shrines, this black-faced female figure was a gift giver. Indeed, the worship of the Black Virgins is much older, since it descends from the worship of mother goddesses.Ī black stone represented the Great Mother, which confirms the ritual and symbolic values of this color. Furthermore, people think that Christians are at the origin of Black Virgins, but the truth is quite different. People venerated them in underground crypts for their specific powers related to fertility and childbirth. In very remote times, the black color referred to positive and favorable symbols, beneficial and regenerating, as we can see with the iconography of the dark-tinted Gallo-Roman goddesses. June, 17 to 24, 2023 Black virgins, witnesses of forgotten spirituality ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |