Conjurings

"History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:14:30 +0200

“History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again.”

- A Song of Ice and Fire (via mediumaevum)

Castagno. Detail from Queen Tomyris, 15th Century. Tomyris was...

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:38:06 +0200

Castagno. Detail from Queen Tomyris, 15th Century.

Tomyris was a Queen who reigned over the Massagetae, a pastoral-nomadic Iranic people of Central Asia, East of the Caspian Sea, in approximately 530 BC. It is recorded that she defeated and killed the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great during his invasion and attempted conquest of her country.

Cyrus was killed and Tomyris had his corpse beheaded and then crucified, and shoved his head into a wineskin filled with human blood. She was reportedly quoted as saying, “I warned you that I would quench your thirst for blood, and so I shall”.

thebeldam: ‘The Morning Song’ ‘The Golden Fox’ ‘The Autumn...

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:37:25 +0200

thebeldam:

‘The Morning Song’

‘The Golden Fox’

‘The Autumn Elk’

By Laura Alice 2012

mediumaevum: Fell pony - one of the breeds used as campaign...

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:27:21 +0200

mediumaevum:

Fell pony - one of the breeds used as campaign riding horse, or light cavalry during the Middle Ages.

“When you’re reminded so much of who you are by people - not a...

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:24:06 +0200

_{“When you’re reminded so much of who you are by people - not a fame thing, but with my size - you either curl up in a corner or you wear it proudly, like armor.”}

- Peter Dinklage

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Thu, 16 May 2013 20:18:32 +0200

youssefalaoui: Unius compendium, alterius stipendium

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:05:41 +0200

youssefalaoui:

Unius compendium, alterius stipendium

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Wed, 15 May 2013 02:31:52 +0200

the-hanging-garden: Dryad by Yaroslav Gerzhedovich

Wed, 15 May 2013 02:31:42 +0200

the-hanging-garden:

Dryad by Yaroslav Gerzhedovich

ancient-serpent: The Last Tuesday Society

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:10:42 +0200

ancient-serpent:

The Last Tuesday Society

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Tue, 14 May 2013 07:22:51 +0200

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Tue, 14 May 2013 05:34:06 +0200

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Tue, 14 May 2013 05:31:17 +0200

sycamore: reblogged for Ms Dirty.

Sun, 12 May 2013 05:38:04 +0200

sycamore:

reblogged for Ms Dirty.

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Sun, 12 May 2013 01:05:09 +0200

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Sat, 11 May 2013 17:44:04 +0200

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Sat, 11 May 2013 17:42:27 +0200

nataliakoptseva: 1822 Caspar David Friedrich Prairies près de...

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:25:45 +0200

nataliakoptseva:

1822 Caspar David Friedrich

Prairies près de Greifswald, détail

"I’d woken up early and I took a long time getting ready to exist."

Fri, 10 May 2013 05:52:47 +0200

““I’d woken up early and I took a long time getting ready to exist.””

- The Book of Disquiet, Fernando Pessoa (via delicateswans)