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fyblackwomenart · 9 months

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"Our Mother of Embodied Love" by Margaret Trost

#art #print #fine art #artist #margaret trost #purple #mother #love #mountains #goddess #mystical #healing #prayer #divine feminine #sacred feminine #black madonna

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calabria-mediterranea · 1 month

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Seminara, Calabria, Italy

Seminara is located at the tip of the Italian boot about 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Reggio Calabria. Its noteworthy political past includes turn-of-the-15th-century battles associated with the Italian Wars and a 1535 visit by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who entered Seminara in a triumphal cortege to celebrate his victory over the Ottomans in Tunis.

Historically, the town has also had a reputation for its fine olive oil and silk.

Its two most distinguished citizens reflect southern Calabria’s Greek heritage, which endured long past the periods of Greater Greece and the Early Middle Ages when Orthodox Churches were established throughout the territory. Barlaam of Seminara (1290-1348) was an influential Byzantine-Greek clergyman and philosopher, and Leonzio Pilato (died 1364) was the first to translate Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey into Latin. His translations were used by the likes of Petrarca and Boccaccio.

The sanctuary of Maria Santissima dei Poveri is the main place of worship in Seminara, a town in the city of Reggio Calabria. It is well known because it preserves the statue of the Madonna dei Poveri, known as the Greek Black Madonna of San Basilio Magno. It is the oldest wooden statue in Calabria, carved in cedar wood and covered in gold and with its 92 cm, it is the second tallest black Madonna in the world, after that of Verdelot, in France.

In Seminara there is also one of the most interesting Greek Orthodox monastery of Southern Italy. Founded in 9th century by Sant’Elia of Enna, a Sicilian monk who lived in asceticism in a nearby cave, the monastery was endowed with rich goods and privileges by the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise, who appreciated its sanctity and wisdom.

The monastery soon became a center of spiritual and cultural radiation, attracting numerous disciples and pilgrims, including the famous Filareto l’Ortolano, who died there in the odor of sanctity.

Unfortunately, it duffered the historical vicissitudes of Calabria, including invasions, earthquakes and persecutions. In the 16th century, following the forced Latinization of the Southern Orthodox churches, the monastery was abandoned and fell into ruin. 9th century Greek Orthodox Monastery. It was restored in 2005 and is now open for pilgrims and travelers.

Photos by Calabria Straordinaria, @piervalentino_pierva, @karim.ayed.1976, @dmncdlc, @morgana_zeta, , @esplorando_dietro_casa e @giuliaeats

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achristopaganbreviary · 2 years

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alternative Hail Mary prayers

alternative prayers to pray on the rosary beads

Hail Lady of Roses, blessed be your many names. Shelter us beneath your starry mantle, O Mother of the world, and open our hearts. Queen of the cosmos, portal of life and death, guide us throughout the cycle of our being. Amen.

Hail Mary, Lady of deep soil, all life is within you. Blessed be your fruitful bounty, and blessed be our ancestral dead underfoot. Black Madonna, Mother of the earth, pray for us now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Hail Guadalupe, maize mother, the serpent is with thee. Blessed is your starry mantle, and blessed is the moon beneath your feet. Lady of roses, radiant as the sun, pray for us now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Black Madonna, earth mother, alchemize our sorrows. Root us in deep ancestral soil, that we may know the eternal source of peace within us.

Hail Sophia, source of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are your many names, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Wisdom. Holy Spirit, Mother and God, be with us, your children, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Oh Queen of Heaven, Star of the Sea, Gate of Dawn, we fly to thee. Moon-bright Mother, Mystical Rose, stay with us now and at life's close.

#hail mary #prayers #alternative #pagan #christopagan #catholic witch #folk catholicism #rosary #black madonna #guadalupe #divine feminine #goddess #holy spirit #sophia

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akonoadham · 3 months

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#black madonna #the original Madonna #Hebrew #uploads #black history

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00waywardalma00 · 6 months

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She who had and forever will have the crown.👑

Ella quién tenía y siempre tendrá la corona.👑

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occvltswim · 1 year

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Baroque style altar with an icon of the Black Madonna inside the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Skierbieszów, Poland, 17th century.

#black madonna #virgin mary #orthodox christianity #catholicism #icons #17th century #baroque #holy mother of god #poland #eastern europe

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divaricca · 2 years

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Awaken your Inner Temptress.

An exercise I often do to get in touch with my Inner Temptress.

Create a create a seductive atmosphere.. dim the lights in your room, decorate your room and possibly your altar, decorate it with dried roses, shells, symbols and images associated with beauty and sensuality. Burn roses or lavender incense, possibly put the Empress, the Star, the Queen of Wands of the Tarot on your altar, meditate on it, attune yourself to it. Put on dark erotic music, or music that awakens your inner stripper goddess... Wear sexy clothes or lingerie, do your makeup and don't forget to do it with intentions; for example, red lips symbolize strength and sexuality, purple eye pencil stands for mysticism and psychic powers, the black eyeliner for opening your witch's eye and protecting you against the evil eye... and so highlighter, glitter and shine for shining like a Star.

Ground and center yourself first, do a short meditative breathing exercise (for example: 4 count in, hold 4 count and 4 out), connect with the energies and archetypal powers of the Dark Goddess, the energies of the Femme Fatale's, the Sirens and Succubussen.

Dance rhythmically and sensually, imagine (visualize, see, hear, taste and feel) what you want to embody, feel yourself shapeshifting into the form you want, it doesn't even have to be human-like: I often imagine that I am some kind of Dark Angel with a devilish beauty, monstrous-feminine or dangerous angelic beauty with a provocative allure. I personally visualise a smoky magenta (or another preferred color, look at correspondences) atmosphere or aura around me. I imagine my eyes glowing golden-green, my skin gleaming like pearls under the morning sun, or the ocean under full moonlight... I imagine my claws growing like a feline humanoid. Depending on the mood, I visualize wings growing out of my back or horns growing out of my head. I dance with my hands going down, pulling earthly power to me, then I pull heavenly powers from above and start dancing with these energies...

I say affirmations or sing incantations (infront of my mirror) : "I am a terrifying beauty, my aura is magnetic and sensual, I mesmerize and intimidate, bewitch and enchant whoever I want."

After the ritual, I believe I am charged, blessed and empowered. I release the overabundant energies with gratitude and respect and then quietly come to myself and into a normal state (non-trance, non-magical, mundane.)

I feel blessed by the Venus, I celebrate her beauty. I see myself rising from a magical sea, like some kind of Daughter-Aphrodite; my show, my dance, beautifying myself are devotions and ways to honor the Goddess of Love and Beauty. I also honor the Moon Goddess and Witch Mother Diana Lucifera of the Black Madonna. Dea Illuminatrix.

I let her divine light shine on me, I allow myself to be charged and blessed by her power.

After the ritual, I believe I am charged, blessed and empowered. I release the abundant energies with gratitude and respect and then calmly come to myself and into a normal state (mundane).

#seductress #temptress witch #witch dance #siren #femme fatale #venus #lucifera #black madonna #enchant yourself #glamour magick #beauty witch

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saint-selene · 11 months

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Photos pulled from Google Images

#blessed mother #devotion #marian devotion #black madonna #our lady #digital temple

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pink-fiat003 · 3 months

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Finally finished a recreation of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa! Very happy with how this came out, but wow did it take forever. It’s the first time I’ve created something so detailed.

I posted on my Insta if anyone would like to check more of my art! It’s private but I’ll follow back pretty much anyone https://www.instagram.com/angelite17?igsh=ZmZvaDNkN2FiYnpz&utm_source=qr

#catholic #christian #black Madonna #art #traditional art #mother Mary #Virgin Mary #mary mother of god #baby jesus #Christ #Polska

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nettedtangible · 7 months

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Band AU Remus writing Social Cues by Cage the Elephant

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jameslmartellojr · 2 months

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#catholic #catholicism #christianity #blessed virgin mary #our lady #church #poland #black madonna

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saint-stanthony · 7 months

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Our lady🗡🥀

#I finally set up a shrine just for Mary herself after almost a year of work with her #I love her sm #Mother Mary #Our Lady of Sorrows #Mary shrine #Mary Altar #Folk catholic #Marin art #Our Lady Undoer of Knots #Black Madonna #Folk practitioner

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fierysword · 1 year

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The Marian cult cannot be viewed apart from the ancient worship of the waters. The same is true for Lourdes, as in all the chapels dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In the immediate vicinity of these sanctuaries, if not inside the sanctuary itself, there is always a well or a spring, or sometimes a simple pond, or often a washing place that serves as a swimming pool.

Cathedral of the Black Madonna by Jean Markale

Edit, since this came up in the notes: I'm not thrilled with the term "worship" but I do think there's room to consider water sacred.

#water #black madonna #mary #virgin mary

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akonoadham · 1 year

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