Darkness Will Prevail.

Detail : The Dying Saint Sebastian. 1789. Francois Xavier Fabre. French 1788-1837. oil/canvas.        http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

mystical forest

Erik Andriesse (Dutch, 1957-1993), Giraf en springbok [Giraffe and Springbok], 1990. Acrylic on canvas, 250 x 125 cm.

Welder Wings.

Hellraiser Directed by Clive Barker (1987)

Rats have an unwarranted bad reputation. However, rats have been known to exhibit sympathy. Scientists set up an experiment in which a rat would pull a lever to be rewarded with chocolate. If the rat pulled the lever, another rat in the section beside them would be drowned. It was revealed that most of the rats refused to pull the lever and receive the chocolate once they realised that the other rat would suffer. It was also revealed that the rat’s who had gone through the near-drowning experience were more likely to protect the other rats.

The view of a volcano erupting, as seen from space. 

On 18 May 1980, the eve of Joy Division’s proposed visit to America, Ian Curtis was found hanged. The verdict was suicide. A note was allegedly found bearing the words: ‘At this moment I wish I were dead. I just can’t cope anymore’.

Romance 2020 
Ph. George Gradinaru

The skull of a young girl who was buried wearing a ceramic wreath - 300-400BC. This skull currently resides in The New Archaeological Museum of Patras in Greece.

Lycoperdon perlatum, also known as the common puffball, gem-studded puffball, and the devil’s snuff-box, is a species of puffball fungus.

A photograph of a doll on the bed in the bedroom of Virginia Bender, who had been raped, stabbed, and then strangled to death. New York, 1939.

The Alnwick Poison Garden is a gated garden located inside The Alnwick Garden adjacent to Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, England. This gated garden features a number of intoxicating and poisonous plants, such as nux vomica, the source of strychnine. This poison is often used to kill small mammals but has also been used by a number of murderers. The garden consists of approximately 100 deadly plants and has a number of warning signs to not touch or even smell the plants, with the majority being caged.

Mushrooms growing on the skeltonised corpse of a deer.

Baby tarantulas.

A rainbow eucalyptus tree, also known as eucalyptus deglupta. The colours of this tree are caused by patches of bark shedding off at different times. The colours indicate ageing. The first shed reveals a bright green colour which darkens and changes over time.

This photograph depicts a “witch flute” circa 1850. It is fashioned from a bone and a rat’s leg. It is believed to be inscribed with spells which would be used to call witches together on the sabbath. It is currently housed at Museum aan de Stroom in Antwerp, Belgium.