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If you think this sculpture is too erotic…
If you think this sculpture is too erotic… MJRose on 09 Mar 2015 | Ancient Wonders &The Arts &The Library &Uncategorized | Comments (0) Comments are closed. Connect With M.J. Copyright © M.J. Rose, All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy
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If you think this drawing is too erotic…
If you think this drawing is too erotic… admin on 07 Mar 2015 | The Library | Comments (0) Comments are closed. Connect With M.J. Copyright © M.J. Rose, All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy
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A Kit For Traveling Assassins?
A Kit For Traveling Assassins? We think an entire novel could be written around such an intriguing object! Thou’rt poisoned with that book from the delightful blog: Shakespeare’s England: Everyday Life In Seventeenth Century England “I wanted to share this fascinating object which I stumbled upon on Friday. It is a bible dating to 1600 which contains a secret arsenal of poison. Given its nature, one might assume it was used by travelling assassins, or kept hidden in the library of a large house to dispatch unwanted guests. It was for auction at the Hermann Historica auction house in Germany, and is described, in translation, as follows: Original book cover…
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Ancient Wonders
Archive for the 'Ancient Wonders' Category Mummified Monk May Not Be Dead… A decades long meditation so deep that you are mistaken for dead. The word for this state of being is “tukdam”. Images of Rip Van Winkle come to mind… Monk in Mongolia ‘not dead’, say Buddhists The monk was found wrapped in traditional Buddhist robes “A mummified monk found preserved in Mongolia last week has been baffling and astounding those who uncovered him. Senior Buddhists say the monk, found sitting in the lotus position, is in a deep meditative trance and not dead. Forensic examinations are under way on the remains, found wrapped in cattle skins in north-central…
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2015 » March
Archive for March, 2015 Postcard no 1. — Postmark Paris, France 1894 Postcard no 1. Postmark Paris, France 1894 “We had heard about the legend of La Lune and went to Paris to hunt down information about her. We began by looking for the famous occult bookstore Librairie du Merveilleux. When we finally found the secret shop at 76 rue de Rennes there was a crowd outside being kept under control by a police man. A woman with red hair and topaz eyes told us one shelf of books had suddenly burst into flames just moments before. But only the books on that one shelf. They were books about a…
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2015 » February
Archive for February, 2015 “They died in their sleep one by one…” “They died in their sleep one by one, thousands of miles from home. Their median age was 33. All but one — 116 of the 117 — were healthy men…” Twenty-five years later, in her new book, author Shelley Adler pieces together what happened… The Dark Side of the Placebo Effect: When Intense Belief Kills By Alexis C. Madrigal “While people of all cultures experience sleep paralysis in similar ways, the specific form and intensity it takes varies from one group to the next They died in their sleep one by one, thousands of miles from home. Their…
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2015 » January
Archive for January, 2015 Who was Penghu 1? — Meet the new member of our human lineage… In the deep past, there were, it seems, many more types of “human” than previously imagined. Who were they? Did we co-exist and even interbreed? Science is rapidly discovering the answers. Big-Toothed Fossil May Be Primitive New Human by Jennifer Viegas (Discovery News) “The first known prehistoric human from Taiwan has been identified and may represent an entirely new species that lived as recently as 10,000 years ago, according to a new study. The newly discovered big-toothed human, “Penghu 1,” strengthens the growing body of evidence that Homo sapiens was not the only…
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2014 » December
Archive for December, 2014 The Alchemist’s Creepshow From the ever-eclectic Atlas Obscura, comes a preview of a museum much like our own: A museum of mysteries. This attraction in Prague is suited for those of us (you too right?) particularly fascinated by the occult history of old Prague… The Museum of Alchemists and Magicians of Old Prague The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this sensational Prague attraction Contributor: EricGrundhauser, Atlas Obscura) “Prague is a city steeped in history both known and otherwise, and the darker side of the Czech capitol’s past is brought to light in evocative displays at The Museum of Alchemists and Magicians…
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2014 » November
Archive for November, 2014 The bearded lady: The most famous human curiosity of the 19th century. How we treat our fellow humans reveals much about our own humanity… Julia Pastrana: A “Monster to the Whole World” (The Public Domain Review) “Julia Pastrana, a woman from Mexico born with hypertrichosis, became one of the most famous human curiosities of the 19th century, exhibited the world over as a “bearded lady” while both alive and dead. Bess Lovejoy explores her story and how it was only in 2013, 153 years after her passing, that she was finally laid to rest. When Julia Pastrana was born, in the mountains of Western Mexico in…
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A Sordid History of The First Vampire Tale
A Sordid History of The First Vampire Tale Behold, the story behind the first fully realized vampire story in English, John William Polidori’s 1819 story, “The Vampyre.” (P.S. Lord Byron’s infamy knows no end!) The Poet, the Physician and the Birth of the Modern Vampire (The Public Domain Review) “From that famed night of ghost-stories in a Lake Geneva villa in 1816, as well as Frankenstein’s monster, there arose that other great figure of 19th-century gothic fiction – the vampire – a creation of Lord Byron’s personal physician John Polidori. Andrew McConnell Stott explores how a fractious relationship between Polidori and his poet employer lies behind the tale, with Byron…
