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james edward keeler (1900)

“…the heart is an organ of fire.”

— Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

Woodblock carving of sea wormwood (left) used to print a page (right) of a botany book, European, c. 1560’s. [6666x4992]

Source: https://reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/9iwem0/woodblock_carving_of_sea_wormwood_left_used_to/

Illuatration from Ab¯u-Masar Gafar Ibn-Mu.hammad ; Engel, Johann [Hrsg.]; Johannes [Übers.]: De magis conjunctionibus annorum revolutionibus ac eorum profectionibus octo tractatus Albumasar. Johannis Angeli correctione (Augsburg: Erhard Ratdolt, 31. März 1489)

With the right combination of elements, it was theorized, any substance on earth might be formed. 

Hex! Museum of Witchcraft-Ribe, Denmark

“I want to raise up the magic world all round me and live strongly and quietly there.”

— Virginia Woolf, from a diary entry written c. February 1934