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Album cover for "Horizonless" by the funeral doom metal band Loss, illustrated by Adam Burke.
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Wise Wizard’s Words:
The keys to attainment within the magical tradition lie in the development of the powers of will and imagination. For the will, unilluminated by imagination, becomes a barren tool of earthly pursuits. And the imagination, ungoverned by a striving will, lapses into idle dreams.
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From Lawrence Sutin’s “Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley”
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“When, as words were too faint
His merits to paint,
The Conclave determined to make him a Saint;
And on newly-made Saints and Popes, as you know,
It's the custom, at Rome, new names to bestow,
So they canonized him by the name of Jim Crow!”
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Excerpt from popular Victorian narrative poem, "The Jackdaw of Rheims" by the English clergyman and humorist Richard Harris Barham (pen name Thomas Ingoldsby), published in 1837 as part of his famous collection, The Ingoldsby Legend.
🎨 Briton Rivière, 1868
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Across European folklore, the magical flower acts as a conduit for supernatural power.
In Slavic forests, the midnight Fern Flower grants treasure-hunting abilities.
British bluebells trap travelers in fairy realms, while Mediterranean mandrake blossoms screaming roots.
This lore inspired modern fantasy, shaping the vocal Mandrakes in Harry Potter and J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional botany.
Beyond folklore, world mythology links flowers directly to divine actions.
In Greek myth, the anemone burst from Adonis's blood, and in Norse legends the daisy is tied to the god Baldur.
Egyptian and Hindu traditions depict the sacred lotus rising from primeval waters to serve as a cosmic throne for creators.
These myths and legends end up establishing the foundations for enchanted plants across modern worldbuilding.
🎨The Magic Flower (Die Wunderblume) by Alexander Rothaug (1870–1946)
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“Do cats eat bats?
Do cats eat bats?”
and sometimes,
“Do bats eat cats?”
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🎨Harry Rountree.for a notable 1908 edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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In Baltic and Slavic folklore, the Fern Flower is a mythical Fern that blooms only at midnight on the Summer Solstice. To find this glowing flower brings infinite wealth, invisibility, and animal speech. Only if one can face the terrifying forest demons that guard it.
Today, people celebrate this myth during midsummer Kupala Night festivals. Communities gather for midnight woods walks, bonfire jumping, and floating candlelit flower wreaths down rivers.
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Art From left to right:
Maria Orłowska-Gabryś
Zofia Stryjeńska
iStock's Ivan Kupala Photo
Victor Korolkov
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Although a Lion in the Field, a Lamb in Turn Thou Shalt Him Find (c. 1920) by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
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"Gnoms" (1905) by Apel·les Mestres for the poem "Liliana".
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“The King's Daughters in a Basket” by Charles Folkard, featured in the 1920 book British Fairy and Folk Tales.
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The King of Lochlin’s three daughters were abducted by giants and carried down into the subterranean world.
Seeking their rescue, a brave widow's son constructed a magical ship capable of sailing across both land and sea. He tracked the princesses to the deep cavern, descended into the earth, and successfully defeated the giants.
To return them safely to the surface, he secured a large wicker basket. He sent up his three companions first, followed by the king’s daughters. Unbeknownst to the hero, the men claimed full credit for the rescue upon reaching the surface.
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