Above: As a line in the manuscript of Dark as the Grave suggests, the original of Laruelle's picture was to be found in Taxco. Given this hint, one may see in a painting on the wall of the Cathedral of Santa Prisca some of the elements described by the Consul.
Below: Source unknown. Another representation of the theme of salvation and damnation.
Above: The dark-skinned Virgin, patron saint of Mexico, first appeared in 1531 to a newly converted Indian named Juan Diego, on the hill of Tepayac just north of Mexico City, where a shrine built in her honour is now to be found.
