Shed My Skin

I do all my little puzzles. I do crosswords. I’m lifting weights. I am doing everything that I have read will help to stave off the progression of this disease.

(Bellissimaさんのツイート: “《蝶のアルファベット》蝶の羽模様からアルファベットと数字に見える部分を抜き出し集めたノルウェー人写真家Kjell Bloch Sandvedさんの作品。1960年代から24年もの歳月をかけて集めたそうです。… ”から)

Entire Alphabet Found on the Wing Patterns of Butterflies

Butterfly Alphabet website

The Praxis Magica Fausti

An anonymous work attributed Dr. Johann Faust, this grimoire is a collection of lithographs (text and illustrations) that offer techniques for binding Lucifer and Mephistopheles (who appear as respective components of light and darkness) in order to gain access to the generative forces of the universe. The interesting historical tidbit this grimoire provides is a reference point for where Goethe might have sourced the name ‘Mephistopheles,’ as the Praxis Magica Faustiana may be the first historical record of the name. Believed to be of Greek origin, it translates (roughly) to “not light lover,” thereby setting him up as the opposing force with Lucifer, who was still enjoying the “light-bearer” sobriquet.