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Ostrich and Egret: Mourning: A Lost Art
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Mourning: A Lost Art. In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. I had the fortune of finding this amazing website The Art of Mourning. Peters' website is charmingly period and has multiple examples of memento mori, so have a look I'm sure you'll enjoy it! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am a cataloger of conjure, art, and other such curiosities. Additionally I'm an avid practitioner of the forgotten art of letter writing; I'm also an observer of films. View my complete profile.
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Ostrich and Egret: What Becomes a Legend Most?
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What Becomes a Legend Most? I am currently revising the entry I wanted to post after I cam across an article I wanted to include in it. So please excuse the interruption in transmission and enjoy Rasputina's "The Olde Headboard" (Weathered Remix). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am a cataloger of conjure, art, and other such curiosities. Additionally I'm an avid practitioner of the forgotten art of letter writing; I'm also an observer of films. View my complete profile. What Becomes a Legend Most?
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Ostrich and Egret: December 2010
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While I'm doing a bit of research (and some philosophical musings) for upcoming posts I wanted to post this old clip of The Museum of Witchcraft. In Bostcastle; its quite fascinating when one compares the museum circa the 1960s to the present day museum (many more artifacts, &c.). I'm a bit of a sucker for the atypical horror-suspense soundtrack. The Glory of Gorey: The Fantrod Pack. Probably best known for his contribution to the opening credits of the PBS series Mystery! And Bram Stroker's Dracula.
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Ostrich and Egret: November 2010
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Frau Holda: Embrace Winter. In the north of Germany Dame Perchta is known as Holda (it is arguable whether she is actually a northern incarnation or a "sister" of sorts). The images left "Holda, die gütige Beschüzerin [ Holda, the good protectress. From Nordisch-germanische Götter und Helden. Whatever the case maybe Frau Holda has withstood the annals of time. Hludanae. Dame Perchta and das Perchten. Popular belief in the last few centuries, having lost the old and higher meaning of this spiritual being,...
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Ostrich and Egret: January 2011
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What Becomes a Legend Most? I am currently revising the entry I wanted to post after I cam across an article I wanted to include in it. So please excuse the interruption in transmission and enjoy Rasputina's "The Olde Headboard" (Weathered Remix). This was originally a discussion post that I have edited and expanded on. Meaning "lamb" does appear. To be similar to "Agnes" yet the name actually derives from the Greek hagnē. And on sweet St. Agnes' night. Please you with the promis'd sight,. By George Laur...
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Ostrich and Egret: Twist Ye, Twine Ye!
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Twist Ye, Twine Ye! Twist ye, twine ye! Mingle shades of joy and woe,. Hope and fear, and peace and strife,. In the thread of human life. Sir Walter Scott, Guy Manning. A rather lovely way to start off a new post, no? Witches' ladder made with cock's feather. Said to have been used for getting away the milk from neighbour's cow and for causing people's deaths. From an attic in the house of an old woman (a witch? Who died in Wellington. 1892) entitled “Amethyst”. However, it should be note...With his own ...
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Ostrich and Egret: Reflection in Glass
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Originally I was going to entitle this installment "Get Thee Back, Sorrow" a line from a poem titled "Youth and Sorrow" I just recently read in The Poets of the Nineteenth Century. As it is always best to begin at the beginning; one who is not acquainted with the term “witch ball” must wonder what one is, what one does, and where does one come from? Were manufactured in England by the Nailsea glassmakers who were a group of glassmakers who established themselves southwest of Bristol in the year 1788.
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Ostrich and Egret: February 2011
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Originally I was going to entitle this installment "Get Thee Back, Sorrow" a line from a poem titled "Youth and Sorrow" I just recently read in The Poets of the Nineteenth Century. As it is always best to begin at the beginning; one who is not acquainted with the term “witch ball” must wonder what one is, what one does, and where does one come from? Were manufactured in England by the Nailsea glassmakers who were a group of glassmakers who established themselves southwest of Bristol in the year 1788.
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Ostrich and Egret: The Witch Bottle
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This was originally a discussion post that I have edited and expanded on. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am a cataloger of conjure, art, and other such curiosities. Additionally I'm an avid practitioner of the forgotten art of letter writing; I'm also an observer of films. View my complete profile. What Becomes a Legend Most? Mourning: A Lost Art. The Artful Thorn: Rosaleen Norton. Lill Miss Oya's Herbal World. Papers Falling from an Attic Window.