Dream Land

where sunless rivers weep their waves into the deep, she sleeps a charmed sleep: awake her not.   

[clawmarks]

La Guirlande : album mensuel d'art et de littérature - enluminé par M. Jean Saudé - 1920 - via Gallica

[7pleiades7]

The Enchantress (c. 1901) by Arthur Wardle (British, 1864 – 1949), signed bottom right ‘Arthur Wardle’, oil on canvas, 62 x 43 in. (157.5 x 109.2 cm.), Private Collection

[weepingwidar]

Roksana Bajda (Polish, d.o.b. unknown) - Herd (2026)

[cultofthedarksun]

Franz Stassen

[beatricecenci]

Charles Baxter (English, 1809-1879)

Lady Lucy Ashton at the Well

[smsomah]

The thalai, with the pendant known as chutti, that Tamil brides wear on their forehead. Scanned from the book Wedding Ceremonies: Ethnic Symbols, Costume and Rituals; 2001; Tiziana & Gianni Baldizzone

[ddestroyangels]

Giovane Donna in Vesti Orientali by Ginevra Cantofolli (1618-1672)

[eirene]

Five Designs For Jewelry, Including Bracelet With Diamonds And Green Stones Chained To A Ring, 1872 - 1873 Martin Gerlach

[gacougnol]

John Cimon Warburg

Daydreams

c. 1909

[random-brushstrokes]

Suzanne Fabry (Belgian, 1904–1985) - La capture (self-portrait with a unicorn)

[armthearmour]

An etched and gilt sword inlaid with mother-of-pearl which belonged to Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Marshal of France, attributed to Jewish goldsmith Salomone da Sesso, Ferrara, Italy, ca. 1500, housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

[nemfrog]

Resting turtle person. Ornements du Japon.1883. 

[oldpaintings]

Diana of the Hunt, 1901 by John Liston Byam Shaw (English, 1872 –1919)

[7pleiades7]

Untitled (2025) by Sage Oswald, gouache

[shisasan]

“The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.”

— Hermann Hesse, The Glass Bead Game Originally published 1943

[dozydawn]

angelina h

[smsomah]

Yao manuscripts are traditional ritual and cultural texts used by Yao shamans and communities. They often contain religious instructions, ceremonial rites, genealogies, astrological knowledge, and local lore.