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Cloak of Wings

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Textual magic #11 - to enjoy the favour of one's patron

Timing: 15.06.2025, Day of the Sun, hour of Venus, about 2 p.m.

Items: string of letters, or mysterious words, given by Claude Lecouteux on his Dictionary of Ancient Magic Words and Spells.

Procedure: I wrote the words on green paper, with a regular pen, and kept it in my workplace drawer.

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Puzzle Sketch of Four Horses. Persia, Safavid. 1616.

The Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art.

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DOUÂT by Orphné Achéron.

Work specially done for the exhibition “RITUAL” curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine at Haven Gallery in New-York.

Exhibition dates: 14 December - 12 January 2020.

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Some people listen to books. I (an intellectual) read podcasts.

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Illustration of the Sun and solar flares from Marvels of the Universe v.1.

Full text here.

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Manly P. Hall. Collection of Alchemical Manuscripts. Box No. 4. 1600.

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Ivory carving of a skull and coiled snake with carnelian eyes.

Japan, Edo period, 1860

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Jean Degottex, "Horsphère BR (III)," 1968,

Oil and acrylic on cardboard mounted on stretcher,

65.3 x 50 cm.

Courtesy: Christie's

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Rainer Maria Rilke, from Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

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Audra Weaser - Night Gold, 2024 - Acrylic, Plaster Paint, Metallic Pigments on Panel

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"The Little Sea Maid," Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, #illustration by Harry Clarke, 1916

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Victor Delhez (1902–1985) - Book of Revelation, XII (7-12), “War in Heaven”

wood engraving, 1957

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Wish I could enjoy Radio Free Golgotha but Jesse's humour is just too annoying to me

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José Parlá, 'Miami Avenue Stories,' 2004,

Oil on canvas,

47½ h × 35½ w in (121 × 90 cm)

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Sydney Mortimer Laurence (American, 1865–1940)