The cult of the Black Virgin

Ean C. M. Begg

first published 1985 Arkana, 1985 289 pages

Colección Enigmas del cristianismo

"Why are over 500 of the world's images of the Madonna 'black' or 'dark'? And why are they so little known?" "Ean Begg's fascinating book investigates the pagan origins of the phenomenon as well as the heretical Gnostic-Christian underground stream that flowed west with the cult of Mary Magdalene and resurfaced in Catharism at the time of the Crusades, especially with the Templars."--Jacket.

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The cult of the Black Virgin edition · 1996 · Arkana · 318 pages
Las Vírgenes Negras edition · 1987 · Ediciones Martínez Roca · 258 pages
The cult of the Black Virgin edition · 1985 · Arkana · 289 pages

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