This Black Madonna certainly comes from a location reputed for Gnostic Wisdom.
Aurillac is known for the golden fleeces or lambskins stretched in the local river to catch gold particles, and for links to the pilgrim site at Compostella, Spain. Aurillac was the home of Gebert (later the first French Pope, Sylvester II the Gnostic) After a "liberating experience" with a Pagan priestess he apprenticed to a Moslem Alchemist and reportedly achieved the Great Work. He also bestowed his trust in the Goddess MeriDiana and in return received the gifts of her body, her riches, and her magical wisdom. He also supposedly invented a prophesizing magical head, the mechanical clock, the astrolabe, and brought Arabic numerals to Europe.
Through time, the names and sometimes the images of the Madonna and child have changed, but the location of these shrines, and the wide devotion to them has remained constant.
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