vereor attero mens .

aesthetic sideblog for @arkhampsych

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[nemfrog]

“A knowing old crow.” Sunday reading for the young. 1881. 

[twicedailyquotes]

“Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

[heathology]

[theleoisallinthemind]

[allmythologies]

mesopotamian mythology: ershkigal

ershkigal is the goddess of kur, the land of the dead or underworld. in later myths, she was said to rule irkalla alongside her husband nergal.

[riddle-city]

The scarecrow

[howifeltabouthim]

“His pulse quickened, and in despair he knew he must kill again and again.”

— Tanith Lee, from Delusion’s Master

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[nh50mm]

[howifeltabouthim]

“… hurt, full of poison and more than a little afraid I might try to inflict that hurt and poison on someone else.”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, from House of Leaves

[horrorandhalloween]

[nemfrog]

The Rook. Rural bird life of England. c.1895.

Internet Archive

[ancientsstudies]

The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let the dead things go.

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