num_pages: 432
description: An experiential guide to the ancient healing rituals of the Black Madonna  Reveals the practices and rites of the still-living cult of the Black Madonna in the remote villages of Southern Italy including the healing rites of the tarantella dance  Details shamanic chants rhythms and songs and how to use them for self-healing transformation and recovery from abuse trauma depression and addiction  Explores the many sacred sites of the Madonnas and connects them to other Great Goddesses such as Isis Aphrodite Cybeles and the Orisha Yemanja and Ochun  Includes access to 12 audio tracks The mysteries of the Black Madonna can be traced to pre-Christian times to the ancient devotion to Isis the Earth Goddess and the African Mother to the era when God was not only female but also black. Sacred sites of the Black Madonna are still revered in Italy and as Alessandra Belloni reveals the shamanic healing traditions of the Black Madonna are still alive today and just as powerful as they were millennia ago. Sharing her more than 35 years of research and fieldwork at sacred sites around the world Belloni takes you on a mystical pilgrimage of empowerment initiation and transformation with the Black Madonna. She explains how her love for Italian folk music led her to learn the ancient tammorriata musical tradition of the Earth Goddess Cybele and the Moon Goddess Diana and discover the still-living cult of the Black Madonna in the remote villages of Southern Italy. She vividly describes the sensual shamanic drumming and ecstatic trance dance rituals she experienced there including the rites of the tammorriata the transgender rite of Femminielli and the erotic spider dance of the tarantella which has been used for centuries in the Mediterranean for healing. Sharing chants rhythms and sacred songs she details how she uses these therapeutic musical and trance practices to heal women and men from abuse trauma depression and addiction and shows how these practices can be used for self-healing and transformation including her personal story of using the tarantella to overcome cervical cancer. Revealing the profound transformative power of the Black Madonna Belloni shows how She is the womb of the earth the dark side of the moon and the Universal Mother to all. Truly alive for all to call upon She embraces and gives everyone access to Her divine strength and unconditional love.
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title: Healing Journeys with the Black Madonna: Chants, Music, and Sacred Practices of the Great Goddess
publisher: Bear  Company