— Fernando Pessoa

sulphvris

Hannes Kilian, 1940

There is a group of volcanoes in Indonesia that spew lava that burns with  brilliant blue flames. Located in East Java, the Ijen volcano complex is a group of stratovolcanoes that are highly composed of sulfur, which when ignited produces a distinct blue-colored flame. At night when one of the active volcanoes of Ijen erupts, red lava flows run down the sulfuric slopes clothed in bright blue flames, resulting to an eerie, otherworldly spectacle. (via When On Earth)

The Blood of a Poet (1931), dir. Jean Cocteau

Victoria Crowe (British, 1945), Lily Illuminated, c.2022. Oil on board, 101.5 x 81 cm.

— Socrates

— T.S. Eliot, from The Cocktail Party (Mariner, 1964)

'Witch's Sabbath', 1977 (Johfra Bosschart)

— Crisnd