Longing For Darkness: Tara And the Black Madonna Paperback – 25 Jun. 1998

All went well and item arrived before date.

I was hoping for a more informative account of the black madonna. This book is too much about the personallife of the author. I found it to be self indulgent and not particularly well written.

This is a moving, well described journey into some of the world's greatest living goddess traditions. Rather than looking into the past for goddesses to admire, Galland looks to divine women in modern Christianity and Buddhism. And though it may be surprising to some, these are powerful, inspiring, popular religions. Galland finds the age of the goddess alive and well. She takes these traditions as she finds them. Many devotees take their goddesses as supernatural beings, made of a spiritual substance, and able to respond to prayers. Others see the divine women as historical, literary, or psychological realities. Galland does not tell you what to think, she just appreciates what's good and beautiful.--author A Galaxy of Immortal Women: The Yin Side of Chinese Civilization