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HONORING DARKNESS:
Exploring the Power of Black Madonnas in Italy
by Mary Beth Moser (Edition Three, June
2008)
A scholarly and spiritual exploration into the history, traditions, images,
and miracles of the Black Madonnas in Italy |
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• Over thirty
color images
of Black Madonnas in Italy
• Analysis using leading-edge feminist theories
• Personal stories from on-site experiences
• Survey of American women travelers
• Detailed references and bibliography for further study |
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“The immense
power of Black Madonnas, rooted in the primordial past, and evident in the
present, is an active Source available to all. By honoring her dark image,
we honor the power of darkness. By acknowledging her full power we can
receive it for ourselves and move forward, not only in the holiness of her
presence but in the wholeness of our being.” (excerpt
from book) |
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Mary Beth Moser's
thesis is a bright example of scholarship in Women's Spirituality. She
brings passion, an acute awareness of the power of black madonnas, wide
learning, and first hand experience to this study. Brava! |
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Dr. Lucia
Chiavola Birnbaum, Professor of Women’s Spirituality, California
Institute of Integral Studies, Author of Liberazione della Donna, Black
Madonnas, and Dark Mother |
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I ate up every word
and gained a deeper appreciation for the Black Madonna and her dark,
courageous power, her lineage in the long line of the Feminine Divine. I
love how you shared what other women and men also felt about their own
experiences/ encounters with the Black Madonna. |
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Mary
Saracino, Author of No Matter What, Finding Grace, Voices
of the Soft-bellied Warrior, and The Singing of Swans |
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It was FANTASTIC
and we felt really in communion with you and your journey. I am humbled by
your work and willingness to share and be open to where she takes you. I
can't put it down. |
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Laura
Scaccia Beagle, Italian American |
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I want to send you
a long-overdue thank you for your absolutely wonderful work and scholarship.
I'm delighted that my work made a difference and has been helpful to you. We
need to build on what each of us is doing and what we've done!
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China
Galland, Author of The Bond Between Women, Longing for
Darkness , and Love Cemetery |
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To order a copy of
Honoring Darkness:
Exploring the Power of Black Madonnas in Italy (Edition Three, June
2008)
By Mary Beth MoserSend a check for:
$35 ($30 book, $5 USA shipping and packaging)
(please add $2.85 tax if you are a Washington State resident)
To:
DEA MADRE Publishing
P.O. Box 1953
Vashon Island, WA 98070 USA |
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Mary
Beth Moser holds a Masters Degree in Women’s Spirituality and is currently a Ph.D. student at
the California Institute of Integral Studies in Philosophy and Religion in
San Francisco. Mary Beth is passionate about her ancestral
home of Italy where she has traveled widely doing research for the last 25
years. She is the author of “Hidden No More: The Black Madonna Adonai of
Sicily” published in the anthology of feminist writings
She Is Everywhere (iUniverse 2005); and "Blood Relics: Menstrual
Roots of Miraculous Black Madonnas in Italy" published in Metaformia: A
Journal of Menstruation and Culture,
www.metaformia.com. When Mary
Beth is not traveling the back roads of Italy, she resides among the natural
beauty and tall trees of the Northwest. |
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DEA MADRE
Publishing, P.O. Box 1953, Vashon Island, WA 98070 USA |
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