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Eugenio Lucas Velázquez (1817-1870)

The Hanging

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This image comes from vol. 1 of a 1796 Pseudo-Solomon manuscript titled (The Clavicle or the Key of Solomon). The work is divided into four books containing works from Pierre d’Abano, Agrippa, and other works on the Cabala.

#magic

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"The Dawn"

James Elder Christie (1847-1914)

Paisley Museum and Art Galleries

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"The Eye of Providence"

William Preston aka Bro. William Preston (1742–1818)

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"Divine Alchemy"

by Greg Spalenka

#alchemy

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Limestone shrine dedicated to a cobra goddess

Greco-Roman Period, 2nd or 3rd century BCE

From Medinet Madi (Narmouthis), Fayum, Egypt

Excavated by A. Vogliano for the University of Milan in 1936.

Hurghada Museum, Hurghada, Egypt

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Detail

Caravaggio, Saint Jerome, Sacristy of the Co-Cathedral of St John, Valletta, Malta, The arms are those of Ippolito Malaspina, prior of the grand priory of Naples.

#caravaggio #skull

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A. E. Waite, The Book Of Black Magic And Of Pacts, 1910

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Claude Paradin, Devises heroiques, et emblemes, 1614

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Claude Paradin, Devises heroiques, et emblemes, 1614

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The Tunnel of Light in Petra Jordan

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Moon-god stele

11th-10th century B.C.E.

found at e-Tell Bethsaida, Israel

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Alexandre Cabanel

The Titan, 1884

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The Seikilos epitaph is the oldest surviving complete musical composition, including musical notation, from anywhere in the world. The song, the melody of which is recorded, alongside its lyrics, in ancient Greek musical notation, was found engraved on a 1st or 2nd century CE tombstone (a stele) from the Hellenistic town of Tralles near present-day Aydın, Turkey, near Ephesus. While older music with notation exists (for example the Hurrian songs), all of it is fragmentary; the Seikilos epitaph is unique in that it is a complete composition. The inscription is translated below:

“While you live, shine have no grief at all life exists only for a short while and Time demands his due.

I am a tombstone, an image. Seikilos placed me here as a long-lasting sign of deathless remembrance.”

You can listen to a recording of the Seikilos Song here: https://youtu.be/9RjBePQV4xE