Fee 22: Toney Brooks author and retired broadcaster writes on my blog:
Water is symbolic of the Universal Womb. Emerging from water, this lady announces herself as a type of Great Mother goddess.
The universality of her message may be emphasized by Vancouver, host of the Winter Olympics, a gathering of nations. Winter itself promises spring rebirth. In this regard, the painting is prophetic -- she is depicted emerging, soon to rise above the water with unfolded arms beckoning to all.
She may be the Lady of All Nations ("formerly known as Mary," to cite her own words). This prophecy/apparition dates to the 50s in Holland. To fully understand her message, and her, one first must reinterpret the Catholic, and to a lesser extent, the Christian wrappings and presumptions.
Both in the painting and the prophecy, she herself is in transformation from Mary to the more inclusive Lady of All Nations.
She speaks of a Oneness transcending religious dogmas that often divide and oppress her children. She speaks of a post-Christian, post-dogmatic conceptualization of the Great Mother goddess, a quite controversial notion.
In short, the Lady of All Nations may manifest the long anticipated return of the Sacred Feminine.
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