The Black Madonna: Patron and Protector of the GBLTQ & Other Outcasts of Dominant Society

June 29, 2022

7:00pm-8:30pm ET, 6:00pm-7:30pm CT, 4:00pm-5:30pm PT

Lecture/Conversation with Alessandra Belloni & Matthew Fox exploring the wisdom of The Black Madonna and how it relates to the GBLTQ community Explore the spiritual journey of the Four Paths as they apply specifically to homosexuals as laid out in the study “The Spiritual Journey of the Homosexual…and Just About Everybody Else.” by Matthew Fox, Ph. D. Hear the Neapolitan legend, of the seven Madonnas, & Mamma Schiavona, especially sacred to the femminielli -- a community of third-gender people and transgender women in Italian ancient tradition. Live music by Alessandra Belloni and original compositions by John La Barbera from the opera the Voyage of the Black Madonna in honor of the Earth Goddess, sacred healing chants to the Black Madonna of Montevergine, & the ritual drumming of the tammorriata Today the femminielli and LGBTQ people around the world make an annual pilgrimage to Mamma Schiavona, coming to sing, dance, and heal at the feet of the Great Mother who loves and accepts everyone.