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source is everything.

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‘Sigils are monograms of thought, for the government of energy’

--Austin Osman Spare

The Book of Pleasure, 1913

Austin Osman Spare

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Quest of Continual Becoming, Jerry Uelsmann, 1965

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“People usually fail when they are on the verge of success. So give as much care to the end as to the beginning; then there will be no failure.”

— Laozi, Daodejing, Feng & English tr. (Ch 64)

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To give birth, to nourish, to bear and not to own, to act and not lay claim, to lead and not to rule: this is mysterious power. --Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, trans. Ursula K. Le Guin

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“Trying to control the world? I see you won’t succeed. The world is a spiritual vessel and cannot be controlled. Those who control, fail. Those who grasp, lose.”

— Laozi, Daodejing, Addiss & Lombardo tr. (Ch 29)

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Virgil Finlay

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De Occulta Philosophia, 1533

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As part of the occult respiratory system of the earth, caves enjoy their own hermetic microclimates. And being so tenuously tuned to the world above, only the rarest squalls can disturb their meditations. In their coldest reaches ice may form and conform to strange configurations; a florescent hoar-frost that encrusts the rock with glistening needles. A field of glassy growths to bring a burst of constellations. Bubbles, captive in their upward glancing paths, withhold their precious cargoes. Folds of ice form perfect peristyles and colonnades. And all around the crystal clubs and branching trunks enclose a hyperborean fantasy: a verglas temple pegged with spikes of ice, and with waves of frost that never seem to break upon its hearth. Here, in this silent space, temperature replaces time as a useful referent of delineation.

Paul Prudence, Figured Stones: Exploring the Lithic Imaginary

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Your soul knows. It will always tell you when it's time to distance yourself from those who no longer align with you mentally, emotionally, physically, or energetically.

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Antonio Muñoz, Degrain Nymphs bathing

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Krabat: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1978) dir. Karel Zeman

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The Lilu and the Lilitu [Babylonian; Assyrian mythology]

Ancient Babylonian and Assyrian mythology has mentions of these creatures. They are described as demons or monsters that haunt the desert. They are dangerous creatures, especially to young children and pregnant women. As such, special amulets were made to protect infants and pregnant women from them, or more specifically, from Lilith (Liyliyth). There seems to be some sort of connection between Lilith and these demons, but I’m not entirely sure what it is.

Not much is known about their appearance, but they supposedly originated from somewhere in the far desert wastelands.

These creatures were adapted into later medieval works, including the Hebrew book of Raziel (the “Sefer Raziel HaMalakh’). The image above is taken from that work and shows (on the right) three symbols representing Adam, Eve, and Lilith. The amulet also shows the symbols of three angels: Senoi, Sansenoi and Samangeloph, who were tasked with protecting humans against these demons. Unfortunately, I can’t find more information on the Lilu and Lilitu, though I still included them in this ‘bestiary’ to have some Babylonian representation.

Source: https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sumer_anunnaki/esp_sumer_annunaki15d.htm (image source 1: foudrenoir666.skyrock.com, the image doesn’t relate to the mythical creatures that much, it’s more an OC) (image source 2: bibliotecapleyades.net)

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Bergen, Norway

Photo: Andrew M Butler