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Walpurgis, from Jugend Magazine by Adolf Münzer (1909)

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Ding Shilun (Chinese, 1998) - Walpurgisnacht (2022)

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Heinrich Kley (1863–1945) - Walpurgisnacht

illustration from ‘Jugend’ Vol.33 #20, 1928

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Enjoy your Walpurgisnacht!

Donn P. Crane (1878-1944), ‘Walpurgisnacht ’, from ‘The Story of Faust’, from “My Book House” vol. 12, by Olive Beaupre Miller, 1956

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"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."

From John Muir: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth (1913).

Mountain Laurel

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Rare Viking ‘Resurrection Egg’, 9th-11th Century AD.

A glazed hollow ceramic egg with a hole to the underside, dragged yellow lines to the outer face, 36mm (1 ¼")

These eggs are usually assigned to Kievan Rus workmanship, however they were found in a wider geographic area. They are thought to represent an early form of a popular Orthodox tradition of painted eggs, or 'pysanka,’ popular during the Easter holiday as a symbol of resurrection. However, the symbolism may be pre-Christian, with connection to the goddess Ēostre and idea of a Cosmic Egg, from which the world was created.

(Source: timelineauctions.com)

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Easter angel, 1896 and 1902.

A feminine personification of Easter brings to my mind the Indo‐European goddess of the dawn, Ēostre/​Eos/​Aurora/​Ushas.

☞ Cover design by Louis Rhead, Worcester Evening Gazette, Easter souvenir, 16 Apr. 1897, previously published in The Evening Telegraph, Easter number, 4 Apr. 1896.

☞ “Easter,” cover design by Albert D. Blashfield, Life, vol. 39, no. 1013, 27 Mar. 1902.

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Sunday Bunday

Night of the Lepus | 1972 | dir. William F. Claxton

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Candle Knight

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Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900-1931), ‘Cadmus Slays the Dragon’, from “Tanglewood Tales” retold by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1921 Source: https://archive.org/details/tanglewoodtales00hawt

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‘Myths and Legends of Ancient Slavs’, Illustration by N. Bukanova, 2007

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‘Myths and Legends of Ancient Slavs’, Illustration by N. Bukanova, 2007

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Max Ernst (German, 1891-1976), Les peupliers [Poplars], 1939. Oil with decalcomania on paper laid down on panel, 15 ¼ x 11 in.

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Statue of Japanese God (by Ta. Madtonez)

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Moth Girl

By Masaaki Sasamoto

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On the Edge by Alex Stoller

"The only language able to express the whole truth is silence."

— Ramana Maharshi

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