Author Archives: corvusfugit

2106: Transitional Object

Posted on April 15, 2018 by corvusfugit

In 2016, Cornelia Parker installed this replica of the house from Hitchcock’s Psycho on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York city. It’s made from repurposed wood from a red barn; the title of the work … Continue reading →

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1966: A World of Limitless Dimensions

Posted on April 15, 2018 by corvusfugit

Jack Kirby: collage from Fantastic Four Vol. 1, #51 (June, 1966) Original art:

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1886: Methods

Posted on April 14, 2018 by corvusfugit

The following list of terms used to express diverse modes of divination, with explanations, will be found unusually complete and may interest students of occult science. The expressions have been gathered from various sources : Aeromancy, by appearances in the … Continue reading →

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340 AD: Patron Saint of Beekeepers

Posted on April 13, 2018 by corvusfugit

According to tradition, a swarm of bees settled on the face of the infant St. Ambrose, leaving a drop of honey and thus foretelling the saint’s eloquence—his honeyed tongue. He is the patron saint of bees and beekeepers. A certain … Continue reading →

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1661: Elizabeth Russell

Posted on April 13, 2018 by corvusfugit

[———–] Russell, always known under the guise or habit of a woman, and answered to the name of Elizabeth, as registered in Streatham parish, Nov. 21, 1661, but at death proved to be a man. He was buried April 14th, … Continue reading →

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1912: Many-Headed

Posted on April 8, 2018 by corvusfugit

Demons associated with astrological signs—from a Persian manuscript on magic and astrology, 1912.

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1863: Dictionary of Hell

Posted on April 7, 2018 by corvusfugit

Entries from the 1863 edition of Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal: Amduscias: Grand-duc aux enfers. Il a la forme d’une licorne; mais lors-qu’il est évoqué, il se montre sous une figure humaine. Il donne des concerts, si … Continue reading →

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1912: Little Demons

Posted on April 7, 2018 by corvusfugit

Richard Tennant Cooper: An unconscious naked man lying on a table being attacked by little demons armed with surgical instruments; symbolising the effect of chloroform on the human body (1912); from a series of medically-themed paintings commissioned in 1912 by … Continue reading →

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1859: Mondscheinlandschaft

Posted on April 5, 2018 by corvusfugit

Carl Gustav Carus: Moonlit Landscape (1859)

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1968: I Had a Dream

Posted on April 4, 2018 by corvusfugit

Edward Biberman: I Had a Dream (1968)

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