Black Madonnas
As I was reading the Daily Meditation last week, in inspired me to cover this subject of the Black Madonnas.
Did you know that there are some 500 Black Madonnas around the world with over 300 documented in France alone, mostly in the South part of the country.
The meaning of their existence has been lost through time. When I was at the Abbey of the Benedictines in Einseideln, Switzerland, people believed that thevirgin and baby turned black possibly because of a fire or candle soot. Well, that is not so. Their existence is most profound and relates to an alchemical process. Enjoy the discovery of it:
"The existence of Black Madonnas is linked to the alchemical secrets of the transmutation of matter. The base material, which alchemists seek to transform, is said to be black, unorganized, raw matter: chaos. The Black Madonnas are related to this original alchemical substance. This is why these statues were usually placed underground in caves or crypts, because the matter they symbolize is extracted from the primitive virgin earth; this is what the term ‘black’ expresses. Alchemists used to say that just as the Virgin Mary suffered when giving birth to Christ, so matter has to be cooked for a long time in fire before giving birth to the philosopher’s stone." *
Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
* Thought of Monday, November 13, 2023
We are all alchemist in our ability to transform our raw matter into sublime things such as fault and shortcomings into qualities and virtues. It is a matter of coming within, observing oneself, recognizing the forces that move through us and making the adjustments so good comes out of our thoughts, feelings and actions. By doing this work, we create the conditions for our higher Self to begin manifesting in us. This is how the Christ child is born: as a new consciousness, pure and powerful that drives all darkness away, when one never feels alone again and experiences an abundance of life springing forth as strength and joy. This is also called the Buddhic consciousness, the Christ consciousness or the Second Birth.
Now is the perfect time of the year to embark on the cosmic currents coming with the winter solstice and to go within pondering the mystery of Christmas and preparing the conditions to give birth to the Christ Child within.
Carmen for The Aquarian Team
Inspired by 2 little pocket books entitled "The Philosopher's stone in the Gospels and in Alchemy"
https://prosveta.ca/en/boutique/books-english-only/izvor-collection/the-philosophers-stone-in-the-gospels-and-in-alchemy/
and "by Christmas and Easter in the Initiatic Tradition"
https://prosveta.ca/en/boutique/books-english-only/izvor-collection/christmas-and-easter-in-initiatic-tradition/
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