Mary-Ann Thorson 🌿
@maryannthorson.bsky.social
Lives in the woods of Vancouver Island.
Loves music, art, poetry and Norse myths𐃆
Collector of Medieval Witchcraft,
Inquisition, artifacts & medieval weapons
Loves music, art, poetry and Norse myths𐃆
Collector of Medieval Witchcraft,
Inquisition, artifacts & medieval weapons
Pinned
Hello everybody ( bow ) The Blue Skies are beautiful : )
“Let there be an opening into the quiet that lies beneath the chaos, where you find the peace you did not think possible and see what shimmers within the storm”
— John O'Donohue
🎨“The Night Sea Journey” by Ed Perkins
— John O'Donohue
🎨“The Night Sea Journey” by Ed Perkins
April 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“Let there be an opening into the quiet that lies beneath the chaos, where you find the peace you did not think possible and see what shimmers within the storm”
— John O'Donohue
🎨“The Night Sea Journey” by Ed Perkins
— John O'Donohue
🎨“The Night Sea Journey” by Ed Perkins
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters”
- Antonio Gramsci
🎨“The Mothers” by Jean Delville, (1919)
- Antonio Gramsci
🎨“The Mothers” by Jean Delville, (1919)
April 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters”
- Antonio Gramsci
🎨“The Mothers” by Jean Delville, (1919)
- Antonio Gramsci
🎨“The Mothers” by Jean Delville, (1919)
“The shadows whisper truths the living are too afraid to hear.”
― Arjan Singh, Whispers in the Dark : The True Story of a Paranormal Encounter
🎨“Whisper”by Rosalie Lettau
― Arjan Singh, Whispers in the Dark : The True Story of a Paranormal Encounter
🎨“Whisper”by Rosalie Lettau
April 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“The shadows whisper truths the living are too afraid to hear.”
― Arjan Singh, Whispers in the Dark : The True Story of a Paranormal Encounter
🎨“Whisper”by Rosalie Lettau
― Arjan Singh, Whispers in the Dark : The True Story of a Paranormal Encounter
🎨“Whisper”by Rosalie Lettau
“The magic is in the wild, and it is also inside us. We are the wilds, and we are the hearth. Come along, won't you? All the world is waiting, and you are waiting too"
― Alice Tarbuck, A Spell in the Wild: A Year (and Six Centuries) of Magic
🎨 By Fracoco
― Alice Tarbuck, A Spell in the Wild: A Year (and Six Centuries) of Magic
🎨 By Fracoco
April 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“The magic is in the wild, and it is also inside us. We are the wilds, and we are the hearth. Come along, won't you? All the world is waiting, and you are waiting too"
― Alice Tarbuck, A Spell in the Wild: A Year (and Six Centuries) of Magic
🎨 By Fracoco
― Alice Tarbuck, A Spell in the Wild: A Year (and Six Centuries) of Magic
🎨 By Fracoco
“The ancient Greeks believe that when you read aloud, it was actually the dead, borrowing your tongue, in order to speak again”
- Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
🎨 Rovina Cai
- Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
🎨 Rovina Cai
April 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
“The ancient Greeks believe that when you read aloud, it was actually the dead, borrowing your tongue, in order to speak again”
- Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
🎨 Rovina Cai
- Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being
🎨 Rovina Cai
There was a tale about a mysterious island called Hy-Brasil, just off the coast of Ireland, which was home to a wizard and seven large black rabbits. The island was hidden in mist and only visible from the West Coast of Ireland once every 7 years.
🎨The Black Rabbits of Hy-Brasil, Maggie Vandewalle
🎨The Black Rabbits of Hy-Brasil, Maggie Vandewalle
April 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
There was a tale about a mysterious island called Hy-Brasil, just off the coast of Ireland, which was home to a wizard and seven large black rabbits. The island was hidden in mist and only visible from the West Coast of Ireland once every 7 years.
🎨The Black Rabbits of Hy-Brasil, Maggie Vandewalle
🎨The Black Rabbits of Hy-Brasil, Maggie Vandewalle
“Not everyone is born a witch or a saint. Not everyone is born talented, or crooked, or blessed; some are born definite in no particular at all. We are a fountain of shimmering contradictions, most of us.”
― Gregory Maguire, Son of a Witch
🎨 Rosalie Lettau
― Gregory Maguire, Son of a Witch
🎨 Rosalie Lettau
April 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“Not everyone is born a witch or a saint. Not everyone is born talented, or crooked, or blessed; some are born definite in no particular at all. We are a fountain of shimmering contradictions, most of us.”
― Gregory Maguire, Son of a Witch
🎨 Rosalie Lettau
― Gregory Maguire, Son of a Witch
🎨 Rosalie Lettau
“I saw around us a ring of wolves, with white teeth and lolling red tongues, with long, sinewy limbs and shaggy hair. They were a hundred times more terrible in the grim silence which held them than ever when they howled.”
— Jonathan Harker, Bram Stoker, Dracula
🎨 John Coulthart
— Jonathan Harker, Bram Stoker, Dracula
🎨 John Coulthart
April 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“I saw around us a ring of wolves, with white teeth and lolling red tongues, with long, sinewy limbs and shaggy hair. They were a hundred times more terrible in the grim silence which held them than ever when they howled.”
— Jonathan Harker, Bram Stoker, Dracula
🎨 John Coulthart
— Jonathan Harker, Bram Stoker, Dracula
🎨 John Coulthart
“A sharp needle's words of advice:
As you sew your destiny think twice.
If you slip, your finger may smart
But karma is a sword through your heart.”
― Lawren Leo
🎨 Kai Carpenter
As you sew your destiny think twice.
If you slip, your finger may smart
But karma is a sword through your heart.”
― Lawren Leo
🎨 Kai Carpenter
April 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“A sharp needle's words of advice:
As you sew your destiny think twice.
If you slip, your finger may smart
But karma is a sword through your heart.”
― Lawren Leo
🎨 Kai Carpenter
As you sew your destiny think twice.
If you slip, your finger may smart
But karma is a sword through your heart.”
― Lawren Leo
🎨 Kai Carpenter
“We are not just women; we are witches. We will pull ourselves on bellies through hardship, we will crawl through pain and we will rise with rage and devour all those who stand in our way.”
― Emma Hamm, The Raven's Ballad
🎨 Esther Limones
― Emma Hamm, The Raven's Ballad
🎨 Esther Limones
April 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
“We are not just women; we are witches. We will pull ourselves on bellies through hardship, we will crawl through pain and we will rise with rage and devour all those who stand in our way.”
― Emma Hamm, The Raven's Ballad
🎨 Esther Limones
― Emma Hamm, The Raven's Ballad
🎨 Esther Limones
“There's darkness inside all of us.
We just deal with it differently.”
― Eva Alton, Stray Witch
🎨 Rosalie Lettau
We just deal with it differently.”
― Eva Alton, Stray Witch
🎨 Rosalie Lettau
April 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
“There's darkness inside all of us.
We just deal with it differently.”
― Eva Alton, Stray Witch
🎨 Rosalie Lettau
We just deal with it differently.”
― Eva Alton, Stray Witch
🎨 Rosalie Lettau
“Some say owls carry within them the souls of those who in life never had a name, a place or a purpose, and were cast out to wander alone. Some say their stained-glass eyes are windows into other worlds”
― Benjamin Myers
🎨 Caitlin Rose Davis
― Benjamin Myers
🎨 Caitlin Rose Davis
April 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
“Some say owls carry within them the souls of those who in life never had a name, a place or a purpose, and were cast out to wander alone. Some say their stained-glass eyes are windows into other worlds”
― Benjamin Myers
🎨 Caitlin Rose Davis
― Benjamin Myers
🎨 Caitlin Rose Davis
“May flowers grow in the saddest parts of you, transforming darkness into vibrant beauty. May hope and resilience ignite a gentle bloom, nourished by adversity, reminding you that life's beauty persists even in sorrow”
— Zainab Aamir
🎨 by artist Martin Wittfooth
— Zainab Aamir
🎨 by artist Martin Wittfooth
March 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“May flowers grow in the saddest parts of you, transforming darkness into vibrant beauty. May hope and resilience ignite a gentle bloom, nourished by adversity, reminding you that life's beauty persists even in sorrow”
— Zainab Aamir
🎨 by artist Martin Wittfooth
— Zainab Aamir
🎨 by artist Martin Wittfooth
“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
🎨 by Tamer and Cindy Elsharouni
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
🎨 by Tamer and Cindy Elsharouni
March 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
🎨 by Tamer and Cindy Elsharouni
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
🎨 by Tamer and Cindy Elsharouni
Next Hunting Season : Hunters Beware!
The deer have hired bodyguards.
📷 Ward Lawrence
The deer have hired bodyguards.
📷 Ward Lawrence
February 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Next Hunting Season : Hunters Beware!
The deer have hired bodyguards.
📷 Ward Lawrence
The deer have hired bodyguards.
📷 Ward Lawrence
“There is nothing separating us. Not space. not time, not language. If I can feel you, then you are with me.”
— Esmeralda Catharina
📷 by"Historias Oscuras”(1991)
— Esmeralda Catharina
📷 by"Historias Oscuras”(1991)
February 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
“There is nothing separating us. Not space. not time, not language. If I can feel you, then you are with me.”
— Esmeralda Catharina
📷 by"Historias Oscuras”(1991)
— Esmeralda Catharina
📷 by"Historias Oscuras”(1991)
“We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark, and fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night.”
― Ursula Le Guin
🎨 by Henryk Weyssenhoff, (1921)
― Ursula Le Guin
🎨 by Henryk Weyssenhoff, (1921)
February 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
“We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark, and fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night.”
― Ursula Le Guin
🎨 by Henryk Weyssenhoff, (1921)
― Ursula Le Guin
🎨 by Henryk Weyssenhoff, (1921)
“People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel”
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
🎨“Night Cap”by John and Suzie Seerey-Lester
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
🎨“Night Cap”by John and Suzie Seerey-Lester
February 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel”
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
🎨“Night Cap”by John and Suzie Seerey-Lester
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
🎨“Night Cap”by John and Suzie Seerey-Lester
“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
🎨“Rapture”by Robert Bissell
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
🎨“Rapture”by Robert Bissell
February 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
🎨“Rapture”by Robert Bissell
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
🎨“Rapture”by Robert Bissell
“But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well!”
― Charlotte Brontë, The Letters of Charlotte Brontë
🎨Flail-Wielding Bun by artist Lily Seika Jones.
― Charlotte Brontë, The Letters of Charlotte Brontë
🎨Flail-Wielding Bun by artist Lily Seika Jones.
February 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well!”
― Charlotte Brontë, The Letters of Charlotte Brontë
🎨Flail-Wielding Bun by artist Lily Seika Jones.
― Charlotte Brontë, The Letters of Charlotte Brontë
🎨Flail-Wielding Bun by artist Lily Seika Jones.
“I've had so many names... Old names that only the wind and the trees can pronounce. I am the mountain, the forest and the earth. I am... I am a faun” “Your most humble servant, Your Highness.”
― Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth:
- “The Labyrinth of the Faun” (2019)
🎨 By artist Drew Struzan
― Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth:
- “The Labyrinth of the Faun” (2019)
🎨 By artist Drew Struzan
January 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“I've had so many names... Old names that only the wind and the trees can pronounce. I am the mountain, the forest and the earth. I am... I am a faun” “Your most humble servant, Your Highness.”
― Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth:
- “The Labyrinth of the Faun” (2019)
🎨 By artist Drew Struzan
― Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth:
- “The Labyrinth of the Faun” (2019)
🎨 By artist Drew Struzan
#FolkyFriday
Fauns are creatures from Roman mythology that are half-man, half-goat, similar to satyrs. They are often depicted as playful and mischievous and enjoy dancing and playing music.
🎨"Fighting Fauns,” by artist Franz Von Stuck
Fauns are creatures from Roman mythology that are half-man, half-goat, similar to satyrs. They are often depicted as playful and mischievous and enjoy dancing and playing music.
🎨"Fighting Fauns,” by artist Franz Von Stuck
January 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
#FolkyFriday
Fauns are creatures from Roman mythology that are half-man, half-goat, similar to satyrs. They are often depicted as playful and mischievous and enjoy dancing and playing music.
🎨"Fighting Fauns,” by artist Franz Von Stuck
Fauns are creatures from Roman mythology that are half-man, half-goat, similar to satyrs. They are often depicted as playful and mischievous and enjoy dancing and playing music.
🎨"Fighting Fauns,” by artist Franz Von Stuck
#FolkyFriday
On many an evening the older sisters would rise to the surface, arm in arm, all five in a row. They had beautiful voices, more charming than those of any mortal
- Hans Christian Andersen : The Little Mermaid
🎨“The Sea Maidens,”by artist Evelyn de Morgan
On many an evening the older sisters would rise to the surface, arm in arm, all five in a row. They had beautiful voices, more charming than those of any mortal
- Hans Christian Andersen : The Little Mermaid
🎨“The Sea Maidens,”by artist Evelyn de Morgan
January 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
#FolkyFriday
On many an evening the older sisters would rise to the surface, arm in arm, all five in a row. They had beautiful voices, more charming than those of any mortal
- Hans Christian Andersen : The Little Mermaid
🎨“The Sea Maidens,”by artist Evelyn de Morgan
On many an evening the older sisters would rise to the surface, arm in arm, all five in a row. They had beautiful voices, more charming than those of any mortal
- Hans Christian Andersen : The Little Mermaid
🎨“The Sea Maidens,”by artist Evelyn de Morgan
#FolkyFriday
Melusine was a feminine spirit of freshwater in sacred springs and rivers in European mythology.She is usually depicted as a kind of mermaid,and may even have wings in some pictures.
🎨“Melusine’s Gaze,” by artist Natasa Ilincic
Melusine was a feminine spirit of freshwater in sacred springs and rivers in European mythology.She is usually depicted as a kind of mermaid,and may even have wings in some pictures.
🎨“Melusine’s Gaze,” by artist Natasa Ilincic
January 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#FolkyFriday
Melusine was a feminine spirit of freshwater in sacred springs and rivers in European mythology.She is usually depicted as a kind of mermaid,and may even have wings in some pictures.
🎨“Melusine’s Gaze,” by artist Natasa Ilincic
Melusine was a feminine spirit of freshwater in sacred springs and rivers in European mythology.She is usually depicted as a kind of mermaid,and may even have wings in some pictures.
🎨“Melusine’s Gaze,” by artist Natasa Ilincic
Histories of ages past
Unenlightened shadows cast
Down through all eternity
The crying of humanity
'Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Comes singing songs of love
Then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Comes singing songs of love
— Donovan, Hurdy Gurdy Man
🎨“Hurdy Gurdy Minstrel" by Hippolytus Lipinski
Unenlightened shadows cast
Down through all eternity
The crying of humanity
'Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Comes singing songs of love
Then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Comes singing songs of love
— Donovan, Hurdy Gurdy Man
🎨“Hurdy Gurdy Minstrel" by Hippolytus Lipinski
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Histories of ages past
Unenlightened shadows cast
Down through all eternity
The crying of humanity
'Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Comes singing songs of love
Then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Comes singing songs of love
— Donovan, Hurdy Gurdy Man
🎨“Hurdy Gurdy Minstrel" by Hippolytus Lipinski
Unenlightened shadows cast
Down through all eternity
The crying of humanity
'Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Comes singing songs of love
Then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Comes singing songs of love
— Donovan, Hurdy Gurdy Man
🎨“Hurdy Gurdy Minstrel" by Hippolytus Lipinski