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The Cloisters Museum, NYC

Pleiades M45

Credit: Rios Melillo

Hex! Museum of Witchcraft-Ribe, Denmark

'Witches' Conclave' from the book "The Phynodderree, and other legends of the Isle of Man" (1882)

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.

Wrought iron key, Germany, 15th-16th century

from The Museum of Applied Arts Budapest

As you well know, you are something of an enchantress. And I am still under your spell. In earlier times you would probably have been either worshipped or hanged — or perhaps both, in that order.

Paul Brooks, quoted in ‘Anne Sexton: A Biography’ by Diane Wood Middlebrook

You would have taken my soul spellbound into your embracing arms as into a magic circle.

— FRIEDRICH HÖLDERLIN ⚜️ Hyperion, transl. by Ross Benjamin, (2008)