Reply #61: Probably right. However, didn't Theresa of Avilla see Jesus supposedly?

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Not sure I got the name right. I was a devout Catholic at one time, but that time is far in the distance, so my memory of all the names is not so good.

My guess, though, is that the Goddess is an older and deeper archetype, and so she is seen more often than her son, or whatever one wants to believe he might be. No disrespect intended. I think Jesus existed but I do not accept current Christian doctrine about who he was, which, of course, makes me not a Christian. I think he was a great teacher, like many others, but not the Son of God in the way Christians think of him.

In any case, it is interesting to me that there are so many more 'sightings' of Mary.