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@sliabhluachra · imaginary evil is boring; real evil is always new, marvellous, intoxicating

[tri-ciclo]

“I am writing with my burnt hand about the nature of fire.” ― Ingeborg Bachmann

[portalibis]

Labyrinth on the portico of the cathedral of San Martino at Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

"Here is the labyrinth which the Cretan Daedalus built, from which no one who entered could ever find the way out, for inside it the Minotaur devoured them, and it was closed by Ariadne’s thread."

[retromusicart]

Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy (Phonogram-Vertigo Europe/Warner Bros. US, 1976) - Design by Hipgnosis

Another day. Another Hipgnosis classic.

Image courtesy of Discogs.

[kartu-team]

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[sofiaswaves]

artwork for new avatar by Kelela, photography by Neva Wireko, hair by Matt Benns, makeup by Raisa Flowers, nails by Dawn Sterling, creative direction by Yasser Abubeker, graphic design by Seenahm, styling by Jahleel Weaver, May 2026

[occultscience]

I began to dread, vainly proposing to myself the iterated dogmas of science that all life is material, and that in the system of things there is no undiscovered land, even beyond the remotest stars, where the supernatural can find a footing. Yet there struck in on this the thought that matter is as really awful and unknown as spirit, that science itself but dallies on the threshold, scarcely gaining more than a glimpse of the wonders of the inner place.

Arthur Machen, The Novel of the Black Seal

[evalcea]

Ariel

Joseph Severn

oil on millboard on canvas, 1826

Victoria and Albert Museum

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[charnel-grounds]

“There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredom lies in wait for him at every corner. Nay more; it is evil which generally has the upper hand, and folly that makes the most noise. Fate is cruel and mankind pitiable.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life

[antigeneticsociety]

[d3monl0ver]

patrick califia - “the power exchange”

[madagascarskin]

my man

[arpeggia]

Duane Michals - The Fallen Angel, 1968

See more Duane Michals posts here.

[the-songs-that-saved-your--blog1]

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The Smiths - Jeane.

[phantomladyoverparis]

The Alcohol Years (2000), dir. Carol Morley

[davidhudson]

Poster for Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession (1981) by Aleks Phoenix.

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