"Mary"
stained glass, bronze, sandstone 30" x 40" x 20"
Europe, 1200 A.D.
Through an
immaculate conception
This mortal mother gave virgin birth
To a Christian God-in-Man.
By the reign of Genghis Kahn,
She was deified as Queen-of-Heaven
In her gothic palace, Notre Dame cathedral.
Archetypal mother, creatrix of life,
She contained God, Christ,
And the rulers of the temporal and spiritual spheres.