The Ancient Serpent

Hic clavis, alias porta.

[dictionnaire-infernal]

Relic of Saint Victorious from the Roman catacombs

[dustoncrowns-blog]

The Nekromanteion (Νεκρομαντεῖον) was an ancient Greek temple of necromancy devoted to Hades and Persephone.

[diablorum666]

[zhoupheusjournal]

Austin Osman Spare

[ancient-serpent]

Every person is an abyss; it makes you dizzy when you look down inside.

Woyzeck - Georg Büchner

[ritualknife]

Decorated Skeleton, Basilica Of Waldsassen (Empire Of Death Book)

[ancient-serpent]

Home is where your weird stuff is... by ancient-serpent.tumblr.com/

[all-changes-pass-me-like-a-dream]

Rogier van der Weyden: Portrait of a Lady, detail (c. 1460)

[ancient-serpent]

[lexa-is-eternal]

[klassizismus]

Portrait of a Lady (detail), 1615, by Anonymous artist (Southern Netherlands).

[ancient-serpent]

...so ist denn alles was ihr Sünde, Zerstörung, kurz das Böse nennt, Mein eigentliches Element.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust I

[enchantedbook]

Venus (from The Seven Planets) by Monogrammist IB, 1528

[ducissatenebrarum]

Fused skulls, Mutter Museum, Philadelphia (Source)

[silenceformysoul]

Francesco Hayez - Meditation, 1850

[witchesiris]

[ancient-serpent]

Self portrait with Death, Arnold Bocklin, 1872.