">That is quite true. There is an allegory in the OT about King Solomon welcoming his mother Bathsheba who of curse was David's Queen and that thus the BVM is the "Queen Mother"..." Now I thought it was David who was a type of Christ, mystigogically anyway? That would make David the type of Christ, Bathsheba a type of the Church and Solomon a type of the individual soul. I bet I can find some ascetical-mystical theologicans who agree with that. gms+