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Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow
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Thomas De Quincey - 1827
Beginning with a discussion of Levana, the ancient Roman goddess of childbirth, De Quincey imagines three companions for her: Mater Lachrymarum, Our Lady of Tears; Mater Suspiriorum, Our Lady of Sighs; and Mater Tenebrarum, Our Lady of Darkness.
This is the essay, as part of the collection Suspiria de Profundis (Sighs From the Depths) that inspired Dario Argento’s horror movie Suspiria.
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