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[zmiyina]

We are doing this all May, sweets.

Mary Magdalene as the Verdant Queen, Lady of Resurrection. Praise be🥀

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[tiaochan]

God Speaks to the Soul by Mechthild of Magdeburg, trans. Oliver Davies

[argonavta]

Greco-Roman curse doll

2nd century CE

[the-evil-clergyman]

Endpapers from Anatole France’s Thaïs by Frank C. Pape (1926)

[idyllisk]

“Do not unsheath me without reason. Do not wield me without valor.”

inscription on the sword of a Giovanni della Bande Nere statue on the facade of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.

[catchymemes]

[eesirachs]

reading the old testament for the first time?

read it in nrsv(ue) with a commentary, like this one ed. coogan, or online on biblegateway

read it with an introductory textbook, like this one by collins

rely on hebrew lexicons, like sefaria or the bdb

or, teach yourself hebrew with books like those by seow or lambdin

use critical theory resources, like these recs

keep a timeline, like this tumblr one, by you

here is more on languages, software like accordance, or oxford handbpoks

[bostonpoetryslam]

“We wake in the middle of a life, hungry. We smear durian along our mouths, sing soft death a lullaby. Carcass breath, eros of  licked fingers and the finest perfume. What is love if  not rot?”

— Jane Wong, “After Preparing the Altar, the Ghosts Feast Feverishly,” via the Poetry Foundation

[sakrogoat]

Carlos Schwabe - Les Fleurs du Mal

[door]

L'ame du vin (The Soul of Wine), 1900

Illustration for the Charles Meunier edition of Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), first published in 1857.

[vintagerpg]

This is Black Letter Press’ finely made edition of Ars Goetia (2024). It’s edited by Paul Summers Young who, I think, has edited or translated all the BLP grimoires and occult tomes I own. I like his stuff—he aims for (and succeeds at) readability, which is an under-appreciated goal in occult spheres, lemme tell ya.

 As you may recall, the Goetia is a catalog of evil spirits or demons, their seals and the method for summoning and dismissing them. They’re a weird bunch, distinct from the usual portrayal of Judeo-Christian demons and were a big inspiration for D&D’s devils and demons. Their most famous appearance is probably in the 1863 edition of Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal, which boasts gorgeously weird illustrations by Louis Le Breton (who was primarily a painter of nautical scenes, oddly enough).

There are many versions of the Goetia, though, including different spirits and texts from book to book. This edition reconciles five prominent versions — Reginald Scot’s, from a section in Discoverie of Witchcraft (1665); Dr. Rudd’s (circa 1700); cunning man John Harries’ manuscript (circa 1840); Henry Dawnson Lea’s transcription (also circa 1840); and finally, the 1904 published edition by Samuel Liddell Mathers and Aleister Crowley.

The result of putting all these versions in the same place is interesting. It brings new depth to what is essentially a familiar text, allowing the reader to see the way the origin text changed and metamorphosed until it became the modern, standardized text. All in one most-gorgeous book. I can’t stress what lovely volumes BLP produces; I’m definitely on the hook for the rest of the series (Ars Theurgia, Paulina, Almadel and Notoria).

[ultrainfinitepit]

Joan and the Whispering Angels

Bonus process GIF under the cut

I tried something looser with the lines and colors with this one. And I was originally going to draw all the other important characters in Joan's life as angels but in the end I thought it looked better with a more abstract angel. I'm still fond of the original idea and might give it a try some other time.

[caelestifer]

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[mourningsideris]

Something I’ve been sitting on for a while

[aphrodisiacgoddessart]

The Angel, 2017 - Benjamin Victor

The romantic concept of The Angel speaks of love and death, beauty and frailty, timelessness and temporality. It creates a visual paradox by presenting a young and beautiful angel in a somber pose. She is passionate, yet spiritual. She is ethereal, yet naturalistically rendered. Her enigma is that of all humanity; we are both spiritual and physical beings.“ - BENJAMIN VICTOR

[draculasdaughter]

An Unger Silver Bat Woman Match Safe, Newark, New Jersey, circa 1905.

[ubu507]

Agathon Léonard

Le Vampire (ou La Chauve-Souris), 1903