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The Burney Relief ( also known as the Queen of the Night relief ). A terracotta plaque from the Old-Babylonian period, dated between 19th-18th century BCE.

Abraxas by ikosidio

Mount Wilson Observatory, The Pleiades, M45, +/- 1950 United States.

Vintage silver print

The middle finger from the right hand of Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) is a secular relic in the collection of the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy.The finger was removed from his body after his death and is encased in a gilded glass egg.

Bones on display at Eggenburg Charnel House- Eggenburg, Vienna

The Cloisters Museum, NYC

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

Let There Be Light, Wynn Bullock, 1954

'The Witch' by William Mortensen, 1900s