#esotericism

[disease]

1913, LONDON

#austin osman spare #esotericism #psychology #symbolism #literature #london #10s #books #u

[swirley1618]

#occult #occult memes #occultist #witchy #book of shadows #witchblr #baby witch #esoteric #esotericism #esoterism #esoterist memes

[funeral]

Barbara Ann Brennan, Hands of Light

#aura #esotericism #esoteric anatomy

[classicalartdark]

Edit after Eugène Leroux and Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (Drie heksen uit Shakespeares Macbeth) (Rijksmuseum) (Ed. Lic.: CC BY-NC 3.0)

#classical art #esotericism #witchcraft #witches #cat #figures #light #interior #literary artwork #macbeth #new pd edit #rijksmuseum #CC BY NC

[bl00dknight]

#gothic #witchy #gothic art #goth #vampiric #witchcraft #occult #darkness #painting #bloody art #esoteric #fine art #bloodbath #dark academia #horror #horror aesthetic #jesus christ #southern gothic #southern goth aesthetic #esotericism #gothcore #dark and moody #dark art #dark artwork #ethel cain #ethel cain aesthetic #goth aesthetic #gothic photography #medieval #vampire

[arcane-offerings]

Magic Circle from The Discoverie of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot, 1584, Wellcome Collection, London.

#magic circle #magic #ritual magic #16th century #elizabethan england #occult #esotericism #esoteric #esoterica

[noughtlux]

Astral Plane IV Digital art 2024 (Lic.: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

#occult art #dark art #noughtlux #sepia #circle #rays #theosophy #esotericism #electricity #ἤλεκτρον #tulpa #སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ #light #metaphysics #digital art #artists on tumblr #art #CC BY NC ND

[creature-wizard]

The whole "things are organized the way they are for a reason" rhetoric in witchy, occult, and pagan circles can actually do more harm than good, because it suggests that there's nothing problematic in older texts and traditions, and thus discourages critical thinking and investigation into their origins, intentions, and impact. We have people who have no idea just how much antisemitism and appropriation of Judaism is in gentile western esotericism. We have people who think that if you worship X deity the littlest bittest wrong you're gonna get smote into a crater, even though all evidence points to the worship of this deity varying wildly in different times of places. We have people who think Gardnerian Wicca is utterly irreproachable when it's as imperfect and messy as the rest of 'em.

Sometimes the reason things are the way they are is because somebody was a dick, or because they half-assed it, or even whole-assed it. Sometimes they were really convinced they knew stuff about things they knew nothing about. Those people out there who are so convinced that you'll get yourself blown up if you get one thing the teeniest bit wrong would absolutely die if they knew what was going on in those some of those "respectable" texts and traditions out there.

If you haven't already, I strongly recommend checking out Dr. Justin Sledge's YouTube channel ESOTERICA and Dr. Angela Puca's channel Angela's Symposium. They're great channels for learning about the actual history of the occult and modern paganism, which is way messier and way more fascinating than a lot of people realize. This supposed golden age where everybody respected and followed The Wisdom Of Those Dudes Who Had It All Figured Out just never existed. There were no Dudes Who Had It All Figured Out. There were, however, a lot of people making it up as they went. Thus it always was, and thus it will ever be.

#pagan #paganism #witchcraft #occult #occultism #paganblr #witchblr #occultblr #history #esotericism

[thefugitivesaint]

John Augustus Knapp (1853-1938), ''Secret Teachings of All Age: An Encyclopedia of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic, and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy'' by Manly P. Hall, 1928

#John Augustus Knapp #J. Augustus Knapp #american artists #wizard shit #wizards #alchemy #esotericism #vintage illustration

[teenageascetic]

The Church I attend from then week of the feast of the intercession of the Theotokos🩵 oh Queen of Heaven, pray for us!☦︎

#books #history #literature #religion #theology #mysticism #esotericism #orthodox #religious #christian #orthodox christian #orthodox christianity #christianity #christian faith #faith in jesus #Jesus Christ #virgin mary #theotokos

[disease]

SELECTIONS from LOTERIA DECK [1887, MEXICO]

#tarot #esotericism #illustration #kitsch #vintage #tarot cards #loteria #mexican #19th century #u

[geritsel]

Kazimierz Stabrowski - Crows Council of Seniors.

#polish art #symbolism #esotericism #theosophy

[rosieandthemoon]

by Kiki Smith

#whimsigoth #witchy #esoteric #moodyvibes #whimiscal #whimsicore #dreamcore #fairy girl #fairycore #nature #esoteric aesthetic #esotericism #contemporary art #gallery art #gothic #goth #goth art #weird art #dream aesthetic #lucid dreaming #dream vibes #witch aesthetic #celestial #zodiac #scorpio #scorpio rising #astrology

[definegodliness]

The knowing

Love,

I need to re-imagine you Recreate you from the ashes of dead stars Pluck you from the void And grant you existence In my mind

I need to re-invent you Beyond the brights of my synaptic sparks Redefine the concept of light To be attuned to how you do Uniquely shine

I need to open up That long forgotten hatch inside my heart That grants a view To the unknown nightly skies So I'd be intent on shaping constellations As if, the first time

I need to see you, first Beyond the limitations of matter and time Through the eyes of soul; I need to let go Of all that has shaped me

So that I might meet you Greet you as if at long last having found you And in that instant feel The universe shake to its core

In that split second, Every question will feel answered Every ache, soothed; every worry, disposed I need to need you, ere I find you Let that be when we Both Will know.

--- 13-8-2023, M.A. Tempels ©

#poetry #spilled ink #writing #dark academia #romanticism #romantic poem #romantic poetry #love poem #love poetry #emotion #esotericism #soulmate #soul connection #creative writing #poem #tumblr poetry #poets on tumblr #spilled thoughts #writers #writeblr

[bl00dknight]

The lair of wisdom

If you are interested in the occult and obscure art, I have made a new instagram page @daturathemage

Pls follow if you’re interested!

#gothic #witchy #gothic art #vampire #witchcraft #goth #poetry #vampiric #occult #vampire aesthetic #esotericism #esoteric #occultism #witchyvibes #witch community #g witch #witchcore #witch aesthetic #witch #gothic photography #castlevania #medieval

[arcane-offerings]

Illustration of Cassiel from The Magus by Francis Barrett (1801)

#cassiel #the magus #grimoire #grimoires #magic #ritual magic #occult #esotericism #esoteric