Black Madonna of Montserrat "celtic the only sort that reaches

the only sort that reaches backward and forward

extends her power over altars

Goddess in the form of a lovely young Gaelic woman in Celtic garb gazing confidently into the living flame cupped in her hand

National Museum of Anthropology

Laxshmi is the modern face of the ancient Great Mother Goddess

Black Madonna of Montserrat "celtic the only sort that reachesSpiritual Mother Queen of the Middle Ages. Many Black Madonnas are though to depict Mary Magdalene with her child, Saint Sarah. Her dark image appears across Europe and is passionately venerated in hundreds of locales. Actually, these ancient Ladies are the enduring face of the Great Dark Mother Goddess, some dating from Neolithic times. Often their shrines are associated with caves, wells or mountains, and her unvaryingly dark or black skin