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I will implant in thee […] dark desires.
— ERIC STANISLAUS STENBOCK ⚜️ Of Kings and Things: Strange Tales and Decadent Poems (Ed. David Tibet), (2018)
“I needed to be reminded of mysterious and sacred things,”
— Albert Camus, from his preface to Jean Grenier’s “Les Iles,” c. 1959 (via violentwavesofemotion)
As you well know, you are something of an enchantress. And I am still under your spell. In earlier times you would probably have been either worshipped or hanged — or perhaps both, in that order.
Paul Brooks, quoted in ‘Anne Sexton: A Biography’ by Diane Wood Middlebrook
Magic is a doorway through which we step into mystery, wildness, and immanence. We live in a world subject to extensive and seemingly, all embracing systems of social and personal control that continually feed us the lie that we are each alone, helpless, and powerless to effect change. Magic is about change. Changing your circumstances so that you strive to live according to a developing sense of personal responsibility; that you can effect change around you if you choose; that we are not helpless cogs in some clockwork universe. All acts of personal/collective liberation are magical acts. Magic leads us into exhilaration and ecstasy; into insight and understanding; into changing ourselves and the world in which we participate. Through magic we may come to explore the possibilities of freedom.
Condensed Chaos
Phil Hine
Paul Caponigro (1932–2024) - “Entrance, Reefert Church, Ireland”
gelatin silver print, 1989
Petunia-like […] like crushed-velvet black blood.
— ALICE NOTLEY ⚜️ The Descent of Alette, (1996)
Hildegard von Bingen’s 23 litterae ignotae, letters for her constructed mystical language Lingua Ignota, ca. 1200.