Behind the image of the black virgin is a small chapel. In the above picture, you can see the gold. The gold is the back side of the virgin. The room is circular. It also holds 8 archangels with varying mudra. And, what I saw as the 8 spoked wheel of Buddhism.
Directly behind the Virgin, there is a striking sculpture. The photo below.
It is St George slaying the dragon. Lightness destroying darkness. One above the other.
How they fear her! How they fear the great serpent. How they want to remind us of the light's victory over darkness.
And yet, there she is, the white turned black. They say the lead in her paint changed her darker through the years. But what ever they say, the fact remains, naturally, she became black. And hundreds if not thousands of people line up to touch her, kiss her, bow to her, pray to her, give her worship, to take luck, to ask forgiveness, to be healed, to be loved, to be blessed.
This is the sacred image of the Virgin of Montserrat. It is not the original. The original is in a cave not far from the Abbey. She holds, by the way, a globe in one hand and a pine cone in the other. One of Enki's symbol is also the pine cone.
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This is the Kali energetic also. . and the pine cone shaped is also found in Eastern religions. . .Many of the Islamic and Hindu temples have the shape of the pine cone on their mosques. . .i know the word but it is not coming to me, maybe it will later. . .My Native ancestors highly revere the pine tree and pine cone. . .I have been drawn to the image because of the inner work these days with the weavers. . .and a few years back i read that the pine cone is so prevalent through out sacred cultures because it is the symbol for the pineal gland. . . sure makes sense these days with the greater opening of the third-eye doesn't it Tiffany?. . .
love reading this. . .and truly we must find out more about the 8 archangels with the varying mudra. . .what it reminds me of is Durga and the goddesses around her that are worshiped during the Navarati each Octoberish. . .
Tiffany they say it was the candles that turned her black??? From what i have read, i think she came black but the modern church has used that to deny or cover up the kundalini transformation by way of fire to the layity???. . .
this cathedral really is beautiful. . .
I like you new little picture. Looks happy and vibrant.
Yes about the pineal gland!
Sparrow, the stories about her are endless. There is even a story that the holy grail was buried in the mountain.
There is much more I want to say - but I am creeping my way there so as not to confuse everything too much.
much love
yes, sorry, back to the tent. . .lol!
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