Vulture.

[amare-habeo]

Head of Anubis                          

Egypt. New Kingdom 1550 – 1077 B.C.

Wood, 19 x 20 cm

[vintagewildlife]

Elephants visiting the skeleton of another elephant By: Iain & Oria Douglas-Hamilton From: Wild, Wild World of Animals: Elephants and Other Land Giants 1976

[gorskivijenac]

Underground church from the 15th century at a graveyard in the village of Paklenje, vicinity of Raška, Serbia. National Museum of Kraljevo

In the early period of Ottoman rule, after the fortified town of Brvenik, located only about ten kilometers from Paklenje, fell to the Ottomans in 1455. the construction of new churches was prohibited, and anyone who violated the ban faced severe punishment, and if the Ottoman authorities discovered such a church, it would be demolished.

The church in Paklenje was most likely built despite this prohibition in secret, to serve the needs of the local villagers. This region of Serbia, the Ibar Valley and Stari Ras, is known for its miniature churches. In the Ibar Valley alone, there are around twenty such churches. When the Ottoman authorities were somewhat more lenient, they occasionally allowed villagers to build a church, but only if it could be completed within a week or a single night.

[hatesville-deactivated20250228]

cemeteries in southcentral Alaska mix Russian Orthodox and Indigenous traditions with Dena’ina spirit houses and Orthodox crosses

[afunnythinghappens]

[hallowedhaunting]

The ruin of the lamb

prints

[promethea-excelsior]

[chaotic-anthology]

Jeremy Hush - 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

[eesirachs]

reading the bible is necrophilia. it's noncon touching of the unliving body of god. he's inert, buried in the valley of nevo. he's voiceless, his touch on thresholds, trying to lift himself. he cannot lift himself. he's never not on the cross—the closure of the verses is never not this cross. you're cruel in the things you need from the text. you know you're cruel in them. you read regardless

[derangedrhythms]

Often I walk out to a place on the flat valley below the town, to flirt with Death. There is within me a latent spirit of coquetry, it appears.

Mary MacLane, I Await the Devil's Coming

[throatoftheworld]

Me against Me by Laura Benson

[chaotic-anthology]

Takato Yamamoto - Deviated Pleasure Horn (2006)

[fiery-kitty]

Der goldene Engel / The Golden Angel – Marcel Kammerer (1902)

Grand Hotel Wiesler, Graz

[chaotic-anthology]

Art by William Basso

[chaotic-anthology]

The crimson curtains part to reveal the true face of the abyss. Santiago Caruso’s chilling masterpiece for Alejandra Pizarnik’s 'The Bloody Countess', where the bed whispers of ancient tortures and breathless, silent nights.

[1five1two]

'Unconquered Sun'. Brad Kunkle. 2020.

[shutterspeedpapi]