Visio Smaragdina
@visiosmaragdina.bsky.social
ancient philosophy, mystery and magic. weird fiction, occulture, art & the imaginal. bibliophile. flâneur. bohemian holy heretic. he/him #MDANT
Pinned
In this episode of Rupert, our intrepid little bear receives instruction in sorcery from Baphomet; he eats the magic berries and thus obtains a vision of PAN.
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Delighted to find this little piece about the haunted chest of drawers I heard about as a student. The shop that sold it to the anonymous owner quoted here was advertising for a PA, and I very nearly applied out of morbid curiosity. I wonder where it is now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt9J...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt9J...
1983: PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS and a HAUNTED CHEST OF DRAWERS | Nationwide | BBC Archive
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November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Delighted to find this little piece about the haunted chest of drawers I heard about as a student. The shop that sold it to the anonymous owner quoted here was advertising for a PA, and I very nearly applied out of morbid curiosity. I wonder where it is now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt9J...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt9J...
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Give me sunlight, a comfortable chair and a wall of books! This makes me declare myself a most satisfied soul. For the library is a territory of wonder. It is home to a thousand wise voices who know words that open gates to the imagination. – #CLNolan, BBC National Programme, 1934 #Libraries
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Give me sunlight, a comfortable chair and a wall of books! This makes me declare myself a most satisfied soul. For the library is a territory of wonder. It is home to a thousand wise voices who know words that open gates to the imagination. – #CLNolan, BBC National Programme, 1934 #Libraries
“There is a wonderful Time coming. But because it begins in the Night, there are many that shall not see it, by Reason of their Sleep and great Drunkenness; yet the Sun will shine to the Children at Midnight.”
JAKOB BOEHME (1575-1624)
JAKOB BOEHME (1575-1624)
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“There is a wonderful Time coming. But because it begins in the Night, there are many that shall not see it, by Reason of their Sleep and great Drunkenness; yet the Sun will shine to the Children at Midnight.”
JAKOB BOEHME (1575-1624)
JAKOB BOEHME (1575-1624)
Neolithic megaliths, Algarve, Portugal
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Neolithic megaliths, Algarve, Portugal
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Those solitary stones that keep silent watch, that persist across the rise and fall of our own petty kingdoms, are storytellers. When we learn the language of the Long Neolithic they speak across time. It is beholden on us to listen. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Those solitary stones that keep silent watch, that persist across the rise and fall of our own petty kingdoms, are storytellers. When we learn the language of the Long Neolithic they speak across time. It is beholden on us to listen. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
Seen on my walk today…
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Seen on my walk today…
Seen on my walk today…
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Seen on my walk today…
Seen on my walk today…PAN
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Seen on my walk today…PAN
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New blog post. "The Yuggoth Working". An account of a magical experiment in Clapham Wood from the Nyarlathotep Coven (original photo source: wikipedia).
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November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
New blog post. "The Yuggoth Working". An account of a magical experiment in Clapham Wood from the Nyarlathotep Coven (original photo source: wikipedia).
enfolding.org/one-from-the...
enfolding.org/one-from-the...
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If you like M R James and Robert Aickman you’ll love the subtlety and elegance of Reggie Oliver, “quite possibly our finest modern writer of spectral tales“, according to Ramsey Campbell.
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you like M R James and Robert Aickman you’ll love the subtlety and elegance of Reggie Oliver, “quite possibly our finest modern writer of spectral tales“, according to Ramsey Campbell.
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There are lonely churches to be found where old saints live in strange stone boxes. When we say saints, that word has to encompass those spirits of place which were there long before the cross came along. Relics of both Christian and folk faith may be the same bone. – Dr. M. Benn
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
There are lonely churches to be found where old saints live in strange stone boxes. When we say saints, that word has to encompass those spirits of place which were there long before the cross came along. Relics of both Christian and folk faith may be the same bone. – Dr. M. Benn
From Eliphas Levi’s The Magical Ritual Of The Sanctum Regnum
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
From Eliphas Levi’s The Magical Ritual Of The Sanctum Regnum
Seen on my walk today…Watkins Books
November 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Seen on my walk today…Watkins Books
NOW I GO HENCE INTO PARADISE
On this day in 1624 the great mystic Jacob Boehme died surrounded by his family, his last words being “Now I go hence into Paradise”
“For whom time is like eternity
An eternity is like time
He is free of all adversity.”
On this day in 1624 the great mystic Jacob Boehme died surrounded by his family, his last words being “Now I go hence into Paradise”
“For whom time is like eternity
An eternity is like time
He is free of all adversity.”
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
NOW I GO HENCE INTO PARADISE
On this day in 1624 the great mystic Jacob Boehme died surrounded by his family, his last words being “Now I go hence into Paradise”
“For whom time is like eternity
An eternity is like time
He is free of all adversity.”
On this day in 1624 the great mystic Jacob Boehme died surrounded by his family, his last words being “Now I go hence into Paradise”
“For whom time is like eternity
An eternity is like time
He is free of all adversity.”
Seen on my walk today…
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Seen on my walk today…
Seen on my walk today…I love Shakespeare, to participate in one of his plays is to be part of a magical ritual, an incantation
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Seen on my walk today…I love Shakespeare, to participate in one of his plays is to be part of a magical ritual, an incantation
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Most viewed in UK news. Truly surreal. Io Pan! 🐐✨
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Most viewed in UK news. Truly surreal. Io Pan! 🐐✨
Ready for the weekend?…
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Ready for the weekend?…
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"‘Demonic’ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey: Woman told to remove or cover up garment featuring 1908 illustration of Pan lest it offend worshippers"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Demonic’ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey
Woman told to remove or cover up garment featuring 1908 illustration of Pan lest it offend worshippers
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
"‘Demonic’ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey: Woman told to remove or cover up garment featuring 1908 illustration of Pan lest it offend worshippers"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The Eye in the Heart
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Eye in the Heart
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@mjpcuervo.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWTw... You might enjoy this. I especially like the part when the man in the beret deciphers the evidence and manages to compose an epic fan fiction.
1964: A Curious Case of Black Magic in Norfolk | Tonight | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
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November 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
@mjpcuervo.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWTw... You might enjoy this. I especially like the part when the man in the beret deciphers the evidence and manages to compose an epic fan fiction.
Seen on my walk today…Watkins books
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Seen on my walk today…Watkins books