Guadalupe Mysteries: Deciphering the Code

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By Grzegorz Gorny, Janusz Rosikon

Our Lady of Guadalupe is the most beloved symbol of Mexican Catholicism, and devotion to her is widespread in the USA. While she has entranced and encouraged Mexican Catholics for several centuries, believers and even nonbelievers the world over are inspired and intrigued by her. Scientists from many disciplines have studied the amazing attributes of her mysterious image. This glorious, lavishly illustrated book, takes the reader on an illustrated pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe. They tell the amazing story of her apparition to Juan Diego in 1531 and its dramatic impact upon the destiny of an entire people. They interview the various experts on the image and reveal its symbolic messages, those of the past and those speaking to us today. 280 pages. Hardcover.