tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post5201397342867528644..comments2023-08-27T10:10:30.032+02:00Comments on Laws of Silence: Two Black Madonnas of ParisDauradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-89455698132968467232012-01-01T12:07:48.541+01:002012-01-01T12:07:48.541+01:00Well, that's just the thing. I'm not exac...Well, that's just the thing. I'm not exactly sure they do date back that far...there are BM's (haha) in places known to have a cult back that far, but the statues are ususally much more recent. The antiquity of the cults is the best evidence that they BM's are based on pagan models. Like I mention here, there's a case where a cult of Isis was destroyed and a few years laterDauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-49479477954036345662011-12-31T01:41:18.276+01:002011-12-31T01:41:18.276+01:00Wow--you packed a lot into this essay! I really li...Wow--you packed a lot into this essay! I really like the pics--very definitivly black regardless of any questions about being Black.<br /><br />Didn't realize Black Madonnas (BMs?) dated back to the beginning of the 4th century. Donno what century I figgered, but certainly not that early, though in hindsight it makes since, given the generally greater variety of "christian" The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-58120652633229179632011-12-28T11:38:20.258+01:002011-12-28T11:38:20.258+01:00Here's a perfect example of what I am speaking...<a href="http://www.bouldermasterbuilders.com/resources/Black-Madonna-and-Sacred-Sites.pdf" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> a perfect example of what I am speaking about with the unfortunate aspects of the "sacred feminine" approach. In this essay, Anne Parker has some genuinely perceptive things to say about Black Madonna (first of all, given that Jesus is also pictured, and black, why Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.com