EINSTEIN CROSS

When this star's light hits the earth, four different images appear in the sky.

AMERICAN NIGHTMARE

BURDOCK ROOT

The roots of burdock are nutritive, stimulate digestion, support the liver, and in turn improve skin conditions.

Scrub the root with a coarse copper scouring pad, but donít peel it. Slice it razor-thin on a diagonal, oriental-style, or use the finest slicing disk of a food processor.

Simmer 20 minutes or until tender. You may also saute it, but add liquid and cook it in moist heat another 10 minutes afterwards, or it may not get tender.

You may also harvest the immature flower stalk in late spring, before the flowers appear, while itís still tender and very flexible.

Peeled and parboiled for 1 minute to get rid of the bitterness, it tastes like artichoke hearts, and it will enhance any traditional recipe that calls for the heart of artichokes. Cook this for another 5-10 minutes.

REBEL YOUTH

From Karlheinz Weinberger's book "Rebel Youth," showcasing fashions from 1960's Switzerland.

“These working-class teenagers created looks that fused iconic American pop culture imagery—biker jackets, denim jeans, bouffant hairdos, James Dean insouciance—with their own idiosyncratic sensibilities. From the late 1950s through the ’60s, Weinberger captured the defiant glamour of these youths with a keen eye for their provocative handmade designs. Inspired by the rebel youth’s pop playfulness and fierce individuality, a legion of contemporary fashion-industry leaders have been profoundly influenced by the photographs collected in this stunning volume.”

RAINDANCE 1990

UK OLD SKOOL RAVE - Part 1 of 15

FALLEN EMPIRES / INFECTED LANDSCAPE

Shai Kremer

THE CASTLE OF CROSSED DESTINIES

tarot machine

WRITING LETTERS TO THE MOON

& still the organism persists

GIANT HOGWEED

Heracleum mantegazzianumA NOXIOUS WEED

Giant Hogweed has a stout, dark reddish-purple stem and spotted leaf stalks that are hollow and produce sturdy bristles. Stems vary from 3–8 centimetres (1.2–3.1 in) in diameter, occasionally up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in). The stem shows a purplish-red pigmentation with raised nodules. Each purple spot on the stem surrounds a hair, and there are large, coarse white hairs at the base of the leaf stalk. The plant has deeply incised compound leaves which grow up to 1–1.7 metres (3 ft 3 in–5 ft 7 in) in width.

Giant Hogweed is a phototoxic plant. Its sap can cause phytophotodermatitis (severe skin inflammations) when the skin is exposed to sunlight or to UV-rays. Initially the skin colours red and starts itching. Then blisters form as it burns within 48 hours. They form black or purplish scars that can last several years. Hospitalisation may be necessary. Presence of minute amounts of sap in the eyes can lead to temporary or even permanent blindness.

phototoxic scars:
A SHADOW CURSE

HOW TO MAKE A MOON GARDEN

Moon gardens have been used throughout history as places of gathering for moon worship. It is believed that witches would gather their herbs for potions under the full moon in order to obtain their best essences. There are even references in the Bible that relate gardening and the moon: Blessed of the Lord be this land... for the precious fruits brought by the sun and then for the precious things put forth by the moon. (Deuteronomy 33: 13-14)

Any white or silver-tinged plant, fragrant herb, or dusk-blooming flowers would make excellent additions to your moon garden. The following list is a good start:

Evening Primrose, Moonflowers, Angel’s Trumpet, Night Phlox, Evening Stock, Four O’Clocks, Nottingham Catchfly, Night Blooming Cereus, Daylilies, Moon Frolic, Toltec Sundial, Yucca, Flowering Tobacco, Night Gladiolus, August Lily, Fragrant Columbine, Fairy Lily, Climbing hydrangea, Sweet autumn clematis, Honeysuckle, Mock Orange Shrub, Purity’ Cosmos, Armour White, Summer Hyacinth, ‘Bride’ Impatiens, ‘Moonraker’ Cape fuchsia, ‘Perry’s White’ Oriental Poppy, ‘WhiteSwan’ Camellia, White Forsythia, ‘Alba’ Columbine, ‘Whitelace’ Dianthus, Silver Artemesia, Lamb’s ears, Silver sage, ‘White Christmas’ Caladiums, Variegated cannas, Silver Thyme, Basils, Mints, and Oreganos.

The Moonflower can bloom up to six inches in diameter under the light of the moon.

COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES

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ZZZ

Here, nothingness is the vantage point in which the absent past is traceable in the unformed present...Nothingness is thus a volatile and active force which gathers thought rather than destroying it.

- Dylan Trigg

BLACK MOON / BLACK MOODS

The "Black Sun" of the alchemical stage of the nigredo signifies an eclipse of the ego's standpoint due to an incursion of the unconscious. Though depicted as an encounter with death, the presence of the angels testifies to the necessity of this provisional darkening in order to achieve the opus. Viridarium chymicum, 1624, Germany.

MAGICAL PLANTS AND FLOWERS

iris, lily, lotus, rose, thistle

apple, peach, grape, pomegranate, mushroom, mandrake

TREES

oak tree, olive tree, pine tree, palm tree

kabbalistic tree, yakshi

roots

DRUID LYFE

All has been consecrated.
The creatures in the forest know this,

the earth does, the seas do, the clouds know
as does the heart full of
love.

Strange a priest would rob us of this
knowledge

and the empower himself
with the ability

to make holy what
already was.

- Saint Catherine of Siena