Kidd characterized the Black Madonna as powerful. In the novel she states, "Her darkness has great power in it." (Kidd). The Madonna teaches you how to search your heart and not to be afraid of your pain. If people forgive, it will strengthen them and allow them to get through all their problems. Eckhart Meister said, "All the names we give to God come from an understanding of ourselves. To give God the name "Black Madonna" is to honor blackness and all people of color and to get over an excessive whiteness of soul and culture." People who worship the Black Madonna have a simplified image of others and do not
Kidd characterized the Black Madonna as powerful. In the novel she states, "Her darkness has great power in it." (Kidd). The Madonna teaches you how to search your heart and not to be afraid of your pain. If people forgive, it will strengthen them and allow them to get through all their problems. Eckhart Meister said, "All the names we give to God come from an understanding of ourselves. To give God the name "Black Madonna" is to honor blackness and all people of color and to get over an excessive whiteness of soul and culture." People who worship the Black Madonna have a simplified image of others and do not