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The Night Walker, William Castle, 1964.
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Night Walker, William Castle, 1964.
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Giant pair of 19th c. Japanese prayer beads with baseball-sized bead-shrines housing tiny Buddhist icons. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass.
December 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Giant pair of 19th c. Japanese prayer beads with baseball-sized bead-shrines housing tiny Buddhist icons. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises : furnished and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, 1612 by Henry Peacham
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Minerua Britanna, or, A garden of heroical deuises : furnished and adorned with emblemes and impresa's of sundry natures, 1612 by Henry Peacham
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December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Cover shoot of model Stephanie Farrow for Harper's Bazaar, October 1969, photographed by Japanese-American photographer Hiro (Yasuhiro Wakabayashi).
#Photography #60sFashion
#Photography #60sFashion
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Cover shoot of model Stephanie Farrow for Harper's Bazaar, October 1969, photographed by Japanese-American photographer Hiro (Yasuhiro Wakabayashi).
#Photography #60sFashion
#Photography #60sFashion
One thousand armed avalokiteshvara. Song dynasty.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
One thousand armed avalokiteshvara. Song dynasty.
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For their 1978 debut single, #Experimental Belgian #Electro group #Telex covered French #RockAndRoll band #LesChatsSauvages (The Wild Cats) 1961 single “Twist A St Tropez.” Critic #TeoFleiss called it “wacky, weird & wonderful”- it was an early Starck fave
#80sMusic #80sRetro
youtu.be/N29EblttDrw
#80sMusic #80sRetro
youtu.be/N29EblttDrw
Telex - Twist à Saint Tropez - 1978
YouTube video by Héros Dynamique
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November 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
For their 1978 debut single, #Experimental Belgian #Electro group #Telex covered French #RockAndRoll band #LesChatsSauvages (The Wild Cats) 1961 single “Twist A St Tropez.” Critic #TeoFleiss called it “wacky, weird & wonderful”- it was an early Starck fave
#80sMusic #80sRetro
youtu.be/N29EblttDrw
#80sMusic #80sRetro
youtu.be/N29EblttDrw
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Saint Peter Martyr Exorcizing a Woman Possessed by a Devil, c.1450 by Antonio Vivarini
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Saint Peter Martyr Exorcizing a Woman Possessed by a Devil, c.1450 by Antonio Vivarini
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“Uneme exorcises the monstrous serpent from the lake”, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), Japan
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“Uneme exorcises the monstrous serpent from the lake”, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), Japan
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Jack Smith rediscovering Atlantis.
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Jack Smith rediscovering Atlantis.
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William S Marriott aka stage magician Dr Wilmar was a dedicated debunker of fake spiritualist mediums in the early 1900's who staged a series of photographs demonstrating spirit trickery. Ghost sleuth Harry Price (1881-1948) later used these images of Marriott when giving talks.
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
William S Marriott aka stage magician Dr Wilmar was a dedicated debunker of fake spiritualist mediums in the early 1900's who staged a series of photographs demonstrating spirit trickery. Ghost sleuth Harry Price (1881-1948) later used these images of Marriott when giving talks.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Leonora Carrington.
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Leonora Carrington.
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At The Wire website, read an extract from Music Stones: The Rediscovery Of Ringing Rock, in which author Mike Adcock explores the aural properties of stone and introduces some notable figures in the development of lithophones
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/b...
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/b...
Read an extract from Music Stones: The Rediscovery Of Ringing Rock - The Wire
In an extract from his new book, Mike Adcock explores the aural properties of stone and introduces some notable figures in the development of lithophones
www.thewire.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
At The Wire website, read an extract from Music Stones: The Rediscovery Of Ringing Rock, in which author Mike Adcock explores the aural properties of stone and introduces some notable figures in the development of lithophones
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/b...
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/b...
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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
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Witch-bottles are one of my favourite topics - there's a large chapter on them in my book. This x-ray of the Greenwich bottle was organised by Dr Alan Massey, we've worked together on many bottles.
www.apotropaios.co.uk
www.apotropaios.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Witch-bottles are one of my favourite topics - there's a large chapter on them in my book. This x-ray of the Greenwich bottle was organised by Dr Alan Massey, we've worked together on many bottles.
www.apotropaios.co.uk
www.apotropaios.co.uk
From the beatus of fecundus. "The great prostitute getting drunk with a king". 1047.
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
From the beatus of fecundus. "The great prostitute getting drunk with a king". 1047.
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Dancing figures - something I painted up from Life Drawing yesterday.
November 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Dancing figures - something I painted up from Life Drawing yesterday.
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“Hold True” — oil on board — by Vanessa Lemen.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“Hold True” — oil on board — by Vanessa Lemen.
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