The Ruins Of Holyrood Chapel By Louis Daguerre

Hand and a half sword, Germany, circa 1510

from The Victoria & Albert Museum

Endpapers from Anatole France’s Thaïs by Frank C. Pape (1926)

W.B. Yeats, The Celtic Twilight

Submitted by Olessia Makliak.

David Herrerias “Endor´s witch in Νεκρομαντεῖον (Nekromanteion)”

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The Nekromanteion (Greek: Νεκρομαντεῖον) was an ancient Greek temple of necromancy devoted to Hades and Persephone.

According to tradition, it was located on the banks of the Acheron river in Epirus, near the ancient city of Ephyra. This site was believed by devotees to be the door to Hades, the realm of the dead.

We all have forests in our minds. Forests unexplored, unending. Each one of us gets lost in the forest, every night, alone.

The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula Le Guin

A coin from the Greek city of Ephesus featuring a bee and a stag, 2nd century. The bee, stag, and palm tree are all symbols of the goddess Artemis; Ephesus’ most famous landmark was a temple to her.

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Let There Be Light, Wynn Bullock, 1954

I will implant in thee […] dark desires.

— ERIC STANISLAUS STENBOCK ⚜️ Of Kings and Things: Strange Tales and Decadent Poems (Ed. David Tibet), (2018)

Della Celeste Fisonomia (1616) Giovanni Battista della Porta