{"product_id":"the-black-madonna","title":"The Black Madonna","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is not easy to answer the question of what the Black Madonna actually represents. One answer leads to more questions  which  in turn  demand more explanations. Still  she reflects herself in our personal and collective lives and gives intimations of her most essential meaning through images  myths  dreams  and fantasies. If we are willing to receive and be open to such phenomena  we might not only learn what she could represent  but we could also experience the healing force she embodies in our time. Throughout history  this darker aspect of the feminine has been both feared and sought after  both hated and admired. The Black Madonna of Einsiedeln stands among the many Black Virgins that seem to imagistically express this dark side of the feminine in a creative transformational manner for both the individual and the collective. Beginning with a history of the Einsiedeln Madonna  Dr. Gustafson broadens his analysis into a psychological and historical examination of the Black Madonna  from her roots in the pagan deity Lilith and the archetype of the Great Mother  to her resurgence as the Virgin in the Middle Ages  to her life today as the unheeded  unconscious archetype of the feminine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44965940461621,"sku":"ByrdShop_0938434489","price":227.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780938434481.jpg?v=1770550071","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-black-madonna","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}