The Empress as the White Madonna

SolSionnach

The BVM is all that's left of the Great Goddess in Christianity. Most of her symbolism looks back to the various Goddesses of antiquity and beyond.
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More later: see The Myth of the Goddess by Baring...
 

EmpyreanKnight

A curious fact: in the Dark Goddess Tarot, the Empress is represented by the Black Madonna.
 

Richard

The BVM is all that's left of the Great Goddess in Christianity. Most of her symbolism looks back to the various Goddesses of antiquity and beyond.
I wish i could write more, but I'm heading out the door this instant!

More later: see The Myth of the Goddess by Baring...

The Empress represents the BVM after the Assumption. Like Isis, the BVM is a conflation of various goddesses. This makes Christianity almost palatable.