Mother Mary had a clever duel set of tagline messaging in anticipation for the release of the film with one main movie poster featuring Anne Hathaway's character, Mother Mary, with the tagline, "this is not a ghost story," in contrast to Michaela Coel's character, Sam Anselm, with the tagline, "this is not a love story."
"We have a connection, and I can't explain it." —Mother Mary
The Relationship Between Aspects of the Divine Feminine
Very few films have ever captured the relationship between aspects of the divine feminine quite like how the movie Mother Mary has. There was tension, passion, bitterness, separation, desire, and everything in between. If you've ever considered the relationship between the light goddesses and the dark goddesses, that is what you'll see embodied between Mother Mary and Sam.
In addition to the characters of Mother Mary and Sam Anselm, there is also the vivid red ghost, or dress, or garment, that is yet another form of the goddess. Much like the veil, the in between, the misunderstood... and somehow, David Lowery manages to make her equally a part of the story. A connecting thread of magic between the two ladies with human forms.
No one really teaches on this topic in the pagan or witchcraft spaces, but there is a powerful connection between the goddesses Astarte: the Queen of Heaven, Hekate: the Anima Mundi, World Soul, and Queen of Witches, and Lady Lilith: the Queen and Ruler of the Material Realm. They are distinctly different and yet all connected, merely separated by the nature of the respective realms they preside over with Astarte mainly operating in the spiritual realm, Hekate mainly operating in the psychological realm, and Lilith mainly operating in the physical realm. Stacked one on top of the other, nearly one and the same, while also having their own unique personas and roles.
Between them is love that can't be fully understood or described. Passion that is intense and fierce and intimidating. There is distance and to some degree, jealousy and heartache due to the difference in their nature. But always love in the end, as their interconnectedness cannot be escaped.
Of course, without spoiling any of the plot, I'll finish with saying this, if you desire to know the relationship amongst the individual personifications of the divine feminine, watch Mother Mary. And if you don't understand what you watched, watch it again. And again. Because the story is there and it is beautiful and breathtaking.
