not this crude matter

~ nature photos, history, art, quotes, and other things that remind me I'm part of a vast and beautiful world ~

[jetix]

2012-06-17

[rosieandthemoon]

ruins of St Andrews Cathedral in Fife, Scotland

[michaelmoonsbookshop]

old books..

[chaosophia218]

Circular chart showing a modern set of Talismanic Geomantic Symbols. The chart informs the Geomancer on the Elemental, Planetary and Zodiacal Correspondences (conforming to Agrippa’s ideas on Planetary Rulership). The upper half shows the Diurnal Figures and the lower half the Nocturnal. The Arabic words in the center of the Circle, “Ilm-al Raml”, translates to the “Science of the Sands”.  “Geomancy is an Art of Divination, wherby the judgement may be rendred by lot, or Destiny, to every question of every thing whatsoever, but the Art hereof consisteth especially in certain points where of certain figures are deducted according to the reason or rule of equality of inequality, likenesse or unlikenesse,; which Figures are also reduced to the Coelestiall Figures, assuming their natures and proprieties, according to the course and forms of the Signes and Planets.” - Henry Cornelius Agrippa

[maureen2musings]

Almond blossoms

kartalgoz.photography

[requiem-on-water]

by Enmiljontystnader

[rhubarbes]

n.g_photography45 

[photowilliams]

Moorland Meanderings

North Pennines. UK.

[monacellipress]

Jellyfish mosaic tile piece, Havana, Cuba. From Great Houses of Havana.

[expressions-of-nature]

by Robert O'Dell

[dollypartonswig]

Katie Lawrence

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Wolves in winter, paintings by Stepan Feodorovich Kolesnikov (1879-1955)

[coiour-my-world]

Fairytale | Neuschwanstein Castle | İlhan Eroglu

[j-k-i-ng]

“Creamy fog over the lights” by | Adam Ali

San Francisco, California

[nemfrog]

Total eclipse. Sunshine and moonlight. 1889.

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Autumn Butterfly Collage, 2025-10-23

[expressions-of-nature]

Higger Tor, England by Dave Steventon