#Black Madonna

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"Our Mother of Embodied Love" by Margaret Trost

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Just remember ladies that Erzulie Dantor is always watching over us!

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Seminara, Calabria, Italy

Seminara is located at the tip of the Italian boot about 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Reggio Calabria. Its noteworthy political past includes turn-of-the-15th-century battles associated with the Italian Wars and a 1535 visit by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who entered Seminara in a triumphal cortege to celebrate his victory over the Ottomans in Tunis.

Historically, the town has also had a reputation for its fine olive oil and silk.

Its two most distinguished citizens reflect southern Calabria’s Greek heritage, which endured long past the periods of Greater Greece and the Early Middle Ages when Orthodox Churches were established throughout the territory. Barlaam of Seminara (1290-1348) was an influential Byzantine-Greek clergyman and philosopher, and Leonzio Pilato (died 1364) was the first to translate Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey into Latin. His translations were used by the likes of Petrarca and Boccaccio.

The sanctuary of Maria Santissima dei Poveri is the main place of worship in Seminara, a town in the city of Reggio Calabria. It is well known because it preserves the statue of the Madonna dei Poveri, known as the Greek Black Madonna of San Basilio Magno. It is the oldest wooden statue in Calabria, carved in cedar wood and covered in gold and with its 92 cm, it is the second tallest black Madonna in the world, after that of Verdelot, in France.

In Seminara there is also one of the most interesting Greek Orthodox monastery of Southern Italy. Founded in 9th century by Sant’Elia of Enna, a Sicilian monk who lived in asceticism in a nearby cave, the monastery was endowed with rich goods and privileges by the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise, who appreciated its sanctity and wisdom.

The monastery soon became a center of spiritual and cultural radiation, attracting numerous disciples and pilgrims, including the famous Filareto l’Ortolano, who died there in the odor of sanctity.

Unfortunately, it duffered the historical vicissitudes of Calabria, including invasions, earthquakes and persecutions. In the 16th century, following the forced Latinization of the Southern Orthodox churches, the monastery was abandoned and fell into ruin. 9th century Greek Orthodox Monastery. It was restored in 2005 and is now open for pilgrims and travelers.

Photos by Calabria Straordinaria, @piervalentino_pierva, @karim.ayed.1976, @dmncdlc, @morgana_zeta, , @esplorando_dietro_casa e @giuliaeats

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Postcards from my recent Black Madonna pilgrimage and tarantella workshop in Naples.

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She who had and forever will have the crown.👑

Ella quién tenía y siempre tendrá la corona.👑

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La Moreneta (Black Madonna), Montserrat.

08/2024.

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Photos pulled from Google Images

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What is compassion?

Or rather, what does compassion require?

What do you think of when you think “compassion”?

I’ve come to understand that compassion is neutrality.

It is the neutral mind,  the emptying heart, - empathetic with the pleasures and suffering of the world.

It is cultivated reverence for the facts of our dimension.

That there is life, and there is death.

That things will not be born until they are ready. And things will not die until it’s time.

Compassion is void, begetting void. 

Kalidescoping emotions.

When she comes down,

She will be there to listen.

She will be there to understand

Whichever decision you’d like to make

You feel you need to make

She will be there to understand your reasons

Not without reminding you

That things will not be born until they are ready, and things will not die until it’s time.

Respect natural order

And compassion is all yours.

The next morning after receiving this revelation

Everything will be the same. It will be right where it was before.

You may even feel the same.

But here’s the thing with wisdom…

It consumes from the edges, beyond our three eyes.

It dissolves our centers, with a little gripe

It’s intention is to meet in the middle.

Compassion is learning how to meet yourself.

Where does radical change take place in the realms of Compassion?

Compassion is a radical change.

She meditates with a smile and sorrowful tears.

Listening

And when it’s time she will rise, with control

And Destroy

That which rots before wisdom can finish it’s process

Mercy kill

“Let me put you out of your misery”

The most disturbed, are the most miserable, Greif stricken, and actively confronting forces beyond them. Some with the drive to taunt God, Others through the word of God, in spite of God, questioning God, defying God, wanting to impress God, see God, know God, unknow God, become God.

We play with so much fire.

Yet so cold to one another 

Compassion is the understanding that deep down you wish you could go back

Return to that moment when you smelt yourself begin to rot

Maybe stop the process

Maybe present yourself as Sweet, ready-to-eat, 

Cut off the bitter ends

Compassion works best in hindsight.

The work is to develop this in foresight.

Always neutral

Knowing

That when things are born only when they are ready, and things die only when it’s time

Disturb those facets

There will be consequences for attempting to know more than God.

You can command all you want.

As long as you respect, the forces greater than you.

Turn off your senses 

And listen

With Compassion.

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Finally finished a recreation of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa! Very happy with how this came out, but wow did it take forever. It’s the first time I’ve created something so detailed.

I posted on my Insta if anyone would like to check more of my art! It’s private but I’ll follow back pretty much anyone https://www.instagram.com/angelite17?igsh=ZmZvaDNkN2FiYnpz&utm_source=qr