fumorak

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Made of Blackness by Ben J

[dappermouth]

- Dog star, burning through a vast black sky -

In memory of Laika: a greater friend to mankind than mankind was to her.

[fairymorrigan]

A taste of Babylon on my tongue, as close to heaven as I’ll ever be.

[pauljosephrovelli]

[havencraft-deactivated20200917]

“Don’t Work with Death!”

“Don’t work with death, because then you invite it into your house.”

Death is already in my house. Death is everywhere. Death is what decays the plant matter that feeds my garden. Death is what feeds the herbs I use in my spells, for each grows from what died before it.

Death is what feeds my family - death of plants, the death of animals. I would not disrespect the spirits of that which feeds us by ignoring their sacrifice. 

Death is the veil between my ancestors and myself, keeping them at rest and then acting as the gate for them to step into their next life.

When I do hospice work and sit with someone who is accepting their approaching death, I don’t tell them death is something to fear or avoid. I tell them death is the friend that walked beside them, every step of their life, maintaining the balance of the world, and waiting for them with open arms, to escort them to rebirth. 

“Don’t work with death!” 

I would not ignore life’s partner, not for arrogance or fear or ignorance. When I go to my own, I want to greet death with respect, acceptance, and gratitude. 

[lostnbetween]

cat kaczmareck

[noise-vs-signal]

Duchess Astaroth and King Asmodeus, from “Handbook of Sacred Anatomy” by Jose Gabriel Alegria (2014).

[maviyenot]

[figandthewasp]

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

H. Piffard

[figandthewasp]

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Ratcatcher by Bogdan Rezunenko

[loneronin85-deactivated20260131]

In progress #tattooartist #tattoolife #tattooing #vicenza #japanesetattoos #horimono #hebi #ink #inkedup #irezumi #snake #tat #tengu #tattoos #tattooflash #art #horimono #tsubaki #blacktattoo #bestoftheday #blackandwhite #kyoto #kyotostyle #kyototattoo by horiokami http://ift.tt/1IUrudj August 10, 2015 at 11:54PM

[horrorland-net]

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Ylthin by Babs Webb on Instagram

[skylark-234]

[santoschristos]

The Cosmic Egg

In Greek mythology the egg and snake represent the cosmos encircled by the creative spirit. The Orphic Egg is named after Orpheus, who was a musician, poet, and prophet in Greek mythology. This image stems from the teachings of Orpheus that the universe originated from a silver egg. The legend goes that Chronos, the personification of time, created the silver egg which was warmed by a snake. From the silver egg hatched the primordial deity Phanes or Protogonus (“first-born”). Phanes is an androgynous deity of procreation and life. As the egg splits, the upper portion becomes the heavens and the lower portion becomes the earth.