You Would Have Taken My Soul Spellbound Into Your Embracing Arms As Into A Magic Circle.

The Burney Relief ( also known as the Queen of the Night relief ). A terracotta plaque from the Old-Babylonian period, dated between 19th-18th century BCE.

Woodblock carving of sea wormwood (left) used to print a page (right) of a botany book, European, c. 1560’s. [6666x4992]

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L'angelo, la morte e il diavolo (detail), Roberto Ferri, 2018.

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kiss of death (1908) | włodzimierz błocki

Carl Gustav Jung, Man and his Symbols First published 1964

Galdrakver (‘Little Book Of Magic’) The ‘Little Book Of Magic’ is a seventeenth-century Icelandic manuscript, written on animal skin and containing magical staves, sigils, prayers, charms and related texts.

It is known to have once been owned by Icelandic Bishop Hannes Finnson who was alive from 1739 until 1796 and known for having a vast library containing many volumes of magic related texts and manuscripts. Full manuscript here.

A coin from the Greek city of Ephesus featuring a bee and a stag, 2nd century. The bee, stag, and palm tree are all symbols of the goddess Artemis; Ephesus’ most famous landmark was a temple to her.

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Architectural plan for the Singertor vestibule of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna, by Laurenz Spenning, ca. 1454-1477