Belgian railways, loco type HLE 25.5 produced and in service between 1960 & 2009 in Belgium.

"The Golden ass of Apuleius"
is a psychological study by Marie-Louise #vonFranz (the famous Swiss Jungian analytica), exploring a classic work of the 2nd century by #ApuleiusOfMadauros, in the theme of the 'liberation of the feminine in man'.
I really like reading her work.

Fact or fiction?🤔
In medieval Germany, husbands & wives could settle their disputes through marital duels. The man fought with 1 arm tied behind his back in a hole, while his wife wore weighted clothing & used a sack filled with rocks as her weapon.👇

www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/dispell...

.. and thanks to Dylan Thomas!

well Phil, where shall i start;

i dunno wether "esoteric" is the right label to stick on this book, but Lorin Roches splendid " The radiance sutras" might fit.

some illustration of where this image is going about..

Here's one of my favourite of Doré's images:
"Dante and Virgil traversing Cocytus"

(better image quality)

The moment has come when I dive into the rabbit hole and follow this thread, on a special journey through the depths of night. If you hear my screams in the distance, don't worry. Then know that I am in delight. 🐇🖤

New addition!
Never expected, but today this book came my way in a second-hand bookstore.
#PeterKingsley
#InTheDarkPlacesOfWisdom

Didn't know about that.
'Orange Mullein' (Verbascum phlomoides) aka
'Keizerskaars' (or 'Emperors Candle' in Dutch), is easily found in open fields here in Belgium, although it is mainly known in Southern Europe. Is it easy to find in America as well?

I recently came across this marvelous, almost magical music via bandcamp. "Femineus" is an album with merely female vocals (overtone singing) with a slightly dark and mysterious character, by the German/Berlin based label '#OvertoneMusicNetwork'.

www.overtone.cc

ik heb nog ergens een exemplaar van dit boekje in een doos liggen. Ken je dit?
Ik herinner me de unieke weergave van de tekeningen uit deze reeks.

"..a white phosphorous raindrop dropped in the sky hot silhouettes in a convertible
gave this a applause and several white porcelain trays were rolled in by bumble bees their wings arranged with pictures out of the past and the rainbow baboon gobbled 15 fish eyes with each spoon.."

-Cpt. Beefheart-

Leon Spilliaert.
Vertigo, 1908 (Belgium).