Publication
Imprint: London ; Boston : Arkana, an imprint of Routledge and Kegan Paul, Inc., 1985. Responsibility: Ean Begg. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 289 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, gazetteer, index.
Call number
Myth / Begg
ISBN
1850630224 / 9781850630227
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: "Why are over 500 of the world's images of the Madonna 'black' or 'dark'? And why are they so little known?" "Ean Begg's fascinating book investigates the pagan origins of the phenomenon as well as the heretical Gnostic-Christian underground stream that flowed west with the cult of Mary Magdalene and resurfaced in Catharism at the time of the Crusades, especially with the Templars."--Jacket.
Table of Contents: 1. The influence of the east --
2. The classical tradition --
3. Natural religion: the Celtic and Teutonic sources --
4. The whore wisdom in the Christian era --
5. The symbolic meaning of the Black Virgin.
FY1989 /
Table of Contents: 1. The influence of the east --
2. The classical tradition --
3. Natural religion: the Celtic and Teutonic sources --
4. The whore wisdom in the Christian era --
5. The symbolic meaning of the Black Virgin.
FY1989 /
Physical description
289 p.; 20 cm
Description
Ean Begg's groundbreaking book presents an explanation of the pagan origins of the phenomenon of the black Madonna, as well as its connections with the heretical Gnostic-Christian underground which flowed West with the cult of Mary Magdalene. Nov newly revised, it also contains a comprehensive g de to the sites where black Virgins can be found.
Language
Original language
English