Annie Sprinkle moderate filter

Annie Sprinkle strict filter

 
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European exploits

Gold Fever Exhibit at Oakland Museum

Isabelle Allende

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World Arts West

Conceicao Damasceno

 
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Queen Califia

"Now I wish you to know about the strangest thing ever found anywhere in written texts or in human memory. […] I tell you that on the right-hand side of the Indies there was an island called California, which was very close to the region of the Earthly Paradise. This island was inhabited by black women, and there were no males among them at all, for their life style was similar to that of the Amazons. The island was made up of the wildest cliffs and the sharpest precipices found anywhere in the world. These women had energetic bodies and courageous, ardent hearts, and they were very strong. Their armor was made entirely out of gold—which was the only metal found on the island—as were the trappings on the fierce beasts that they rode once they were tamed. 

This excerpt about the namesake of the State of California, a  fascinating yet forbidding dark Amazon Queen was   part of one of the first tales of chivalry to receive wide circulation in Spain. In 1510 the Spanish Editor Ordónez de Montalvo added his own sequel, starring a gallant warrior, to his translation of the popular Amadís de Guala by Portuguese writer, Vvasco de Lobeira. It inspired many a conquistador and led Cortez himself to name California after a Black Goddess more

Triple Goddess is the archetype of our hour in the land of living myths know as California