Black Madonna of Marsat |
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Green Man/Guardian,
watching Her from opposite pillar |
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Green Man/Devotee
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Church of Marsat |
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Two Green Men guard the entrance of Clermont Cathedral |
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The first
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The second |
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Clermont's Madonna of "Good Death"
Manifestation of death-aspect of Great Mother |
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Her joyful follower
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Virgin of Orcival |
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The Virgin at the Centre of the main Altar |
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Enthroned, like Isis |
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Crypt under the church, symbolizing the Womb |
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Shrine in the Crypt: Bird as symbol of Great Mother ("Holy Spirit") |
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Church of Orcival |
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Madonna at Saulzet-le-Froid |
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Closed doors |
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Black Virgin of Thuret
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Her humble servant |
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How sovereign She looks! |
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Curious e.g. very rare "abstract" Green Men |
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Close up |
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Church of Thuret |