Visio Smaragdina
@visiosmaragdina.bsky.social
ancient philosophy, mystery and magic. weird fiction, occulture, art & the imaginal. bibliophile. flâneur. bohemian holy heretic. he/him #MDANT
Seen on my walk today…Watkins books
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Seen on my walk today…Watkins books
A man’s body is covered with disks, each symbolising a planet- this man is a hostage to the power of the astral influences
But the innocent child of God picking flowers is unconcerned by the tyrannical powers of the spheres which surround him. He has overcome the forces of astrological determinism
But the innocent child of God picking flowers is unconcerned by the tyrannical powers of the spheres which surround him. He has overcome the forces of astrological determinism
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A man’s body is covered with disks, each symbolising a planet- this man is a hostage to the power of the astral influences
But the innocent child of God picking flowers is unconcerned by the tyrannical powers of the spheres which surround him. He has overcome the forces of astrological determinism
But the innocent child of God picking flowers is unconcerned by the tyrannical powers of the spheres which surround him. He has overcome the forces of astrological determinism
The Essential Message of Alchemy
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The Essential Message of Alchemy
‘OCCULT SCIENCE’
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
‘OCCULT SCIENCE’
Seen on my walk today…
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Seen on my walk today…
The best doors are the ancient ones softened with decay, with peeling paint and corrosion. To knock thrice on such a door is a magical act, to invite the mystery, the paradoxical and irrational into one’s life.
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The best doors are the ancient ones softened with decay, with peeling paint and corrosion. To knock thrice on such a door is a magical act, to invite the mystery, the paradoxical and irrational into one’s life.
‘The night demon has supped of your good wife’s blood, and will return for the rest’
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
‘The night demon has supped of your good wife’s blood, and will return for the rest’
Might actually visit New York now
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Might actually visit New York now
“All things come from the mediation of One, so are all things born from this One.
Its father is the Sun, its mother is the Moon. The wind carries it in its belly; the earth nourishes it.”
TABULA SMARAGDINA
of Hermes Trismegistus
Art: Vincenzo Cartari’s Images of the Gods of the Ancients, 1608
Its father is the Sun, its mother is the Moon. The wind carries it in its belly; the earth nourishes it.”
TABULA SMARAGDINA
of Hermes Trismegistus
Art: Vincenzo Cartari’s Images of the Gods of the Ancients, 1608
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“All things come from the mediation of One, so are all things born from this One.
Its father is the Sun, its mother is the Moon. The wind carries it in its belly; the earth nourishes it.”
TABULA SMARAGDINA
of Hermes Trismegistus
Art: Vincenzo Cartari’s Images of the Gods of the Ancients, 1608
Its father is the Sun, its mother is the Moon. The wind carries it in its belly; the earth nourishes it.”
TABULA SMARAGDINA
of Hermes Trismegistus
Art: Vincenzo Cartari’s Images of the Gods of the Ancients, 1608
Seen on my walk today…
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Seen on my walk today…
TREE OF LIFE with Qabalistic attributions, by Steffi Grant
November 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
TREE OF LIFE with Qabalistic attributions, by Steffi Grant
Seen on my walk today…
November 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Seen on my walk today…
Seen on my walk today…a cyclops from a cabinet of curiosities
November 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Seen on my walk today…a cyclops from a cabinet of curiosities
Inverted pentagram and a stylised rose on a pillar in a house, late 15th to early 16th century, Loule, Portugal
November 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Inverted pentagram and a stylised rose on a pillar in a house, late 15th to early 16th century, Loule, Portugal
“We should never identify ourselves with reason, for man is not and never will be a creature of reason alone, a fact to be noted by all pedantic culture-mongers. The irrational cannot be and must not be extirpated. The gods cannot and will not die.”
CARL JUNG
Art: love by petrra
CARL JUNG
Art: love by petrra
November 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
“We should never identify ourselves with reason, for man is not and never will be a creature of reason alone, a fact to be noted by all pedantic culture-mongers. The irrational cannot be and must not be extirpated. The gods cannot and will not die.”
CARL JUNG
Art: love by petrra
CARL JUNG
Art: love by petrra
Seen on my walk today…
November 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Seen on my walk today…
Hurry, we’re late for Halloween…
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hurry, we’re late for Halloween…
“For the true heavens are everywhere, even where you stand and walk. If your spirit grasps the innermost birth of God and penetrates the sidereal and fleshly birth then it is already in heaven”
JAKOB BOEHME (1575-1624)
Art: "Into Great Silence" / 2023 / self-portrait by Laura Makabresku
JAKOB BOEHME (1575-1624)
Art: "Into Great Silence" / 2023 / self-portrait by Laura Makabresku
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
“For the true heavens are everywhere, even where you stand and walk. If your spirit grasps the innermost birth of God and penetrates the sidereal and fleshly birth then it is already in heaven”
JAKOB BOEHME (1575-1624)
Art: "Into Great Silence" / 2023 / self-portrait by Laura Makabresku
JAKOB BOEHME (1575-1624)
Art: "Into Great Silence" / 2023 / self-portrait by Laura Makabresku
Seen on my walk today…
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Seen on my walk today…
Seen on my walk today…looks like me
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Seen on my walk today…looks like me
Seen on my walk today…
October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Seen on my walk today…
Gothic af BVM
October 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Gothic af BVM
