moon ritual

At the beginning of the 17th century, a book of black magic was published, attributed to the mythical Faust and known by the title Höllenzwang. The library in Weimar owned a manuscript of this text, which Goethe was aware of. The document, which is difficult to date, is written in cabalistic signs and, according to a German gloss, contains a series of magic spells for exorcists.

— Ovid heroides, 6: 83-93 (via charlottesarahscrivener)

— Erica Jong, Witches, 1981

Maximilian Pirner - Hekate (1901)

Leonora Carrington, from The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington; “Cast Down By Sadness”

Tied at the wrists by a snake in a field of roses. La lámpara maravillosa. 1916.

Embalmer’s knife with Anubis figure on the papyrus-shaped handle (“Minmesout”), the embalmer’s name, on the blade (bronze). New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1292-1189 BC. Now in the Louvre. Photos: Georges Poncet.

Actias luna of Saturniidae

— Giorgio de Chirico, from “The Complete Writings,” published c. 1971

Arctic wolves (Canis lupus arctos) by Jim Brandenburg

Ron van Dongen, Viola ‘Black Prince’

“Ringers”. Photographed by Greta Ilieva for Office Magazine F/W 2016

Cape, 1630-39, Netherlands.

Medium: Silk bead