[enchantedbook]

Ophelia from ‘The Illustrated Library Shakespeare ’ illustration by Sir John Gilbert, 1890

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Mary Magdalene in the Cave (1868) by Hugues Merle (1822–1881)

[187o]

Ruins, ruins, ruins. 

[detailedart]

Details: Ghost clouds - Les Nuages Fantômes. Ca. 1897, by Richard Riemerschmid.

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Nymphe à la cruche, c. 1837. Isidore Hippolyte Brion (French, 1798-1863) Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France | Ackteon

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[dubmill]

Perivale, London; 18.9.2016

[aqua-regia009]

The Birth of Venus (2021) - Guillermo Lorca

[shisasan]

𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡

[lmxmhr]

Jane Eyre (2011) dir. Cary Fukunaga

[veneficanoctis]

“There is nothing noteworthy about these tribes individually, but they share a common worship of Nerthus, or Mother Earth. They believe that she takes part in human affairs, riding in a chariot among her people. On an island of the sea stands an inviolate grove, in which, veiled with a cloth, is a chariot that none but the priest may touch. The priest can feel the presence of the goddess in this holy of holies, and attends her with deepest reverence as her chariot is drawn along by cows. Then follow days of rejoicing and merrymaking in every place that she condescends to visit and sojourn in. No one goes to war, no one takes up arms; every iron object is locked away. Then, and then only, are peace and quiet known and welcomed, until the goddess, when she has had enough of the society of men, is restored to her sacred precinct by the priest. After that, the chariot, the vestments, and (believe it if you will) the goddess herself, are cleansed in a secluded lake. This service is performed by slaves who are immediately afterwards drowned in the lake. Thus mystery begets terror and a pious reluctance to ask what that sight can be which is seen only by men doomed to die.”

— Tacitus’s Germania, trans. Mattingly

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kinda got lost in a fairy forest today.

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Sommernebel mit Auwaldresten an der Lahn by Felix Wesch Instagram | Facebook | 500px | Twitter | Website

[deathandmysticism]

Werewolf devouring a woman, 19th century

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equinoxl

[nemfrog]

Astrological signs and their relation to parts of the body. Aristotle’s works, illustrated. 1900. 

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