Occultism
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #10
Today we follow the evolution of the previous four collections of Victorian cards. As we have seen before, these cards have images on both sides. In this particular instance, we have shown the rear first and then the front image. Most are almost mirror images of each other. We know for certain that these are…
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The Druids’ Search for Light Collection #2
Today we return to Cumbria where the Druids have always had a large presence albeit virtually unknown until now. Once upon a time there were many monuments dotted around the Lake District as well as across the north western coastlines. We have been told that today some are well hidden and some have disappeared entirely.…
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #9
The occult triangle has many meanings depending on which esoteric discipline you’re reading about, of which there are thousands. With these particular cards, which were carried by practitioners of white magick (essentially ‘postitive magic’), they were used for protection against three very specific threats: practitioners of black magick (negative magic), invisible poisons (understood to be…
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #8
Since starting this project, we’ve found ourselves inundated with private collectors asking for our opinion on certain objects, collectables and photographs. We are extremely grateful to those people and, resources permitting, we will try to help any which way we can. These card illustrations were sent to us after the collector noticed a likeness to…
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Asylum Artwork by Noah Tar Collection #3
You may remember that back in June we looked at the tragic circumstances surrounding Noah Tar’s death. The ruling was suicide which was patently absurd. However, short of getting permission to dig up his remains to carry out a forensic investigation, we can’t officially prove the real cause of his death. Out of respect for…
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The Druids’ Search for Light Collection #1
Shortly after we posted the first collection of the Siblings of Saint Rupert, an anonymous collector contacted us. They told us about some photographs which they’d inherited from their late father who, in turn, inherited them from their father etcetera, spanning back several generations. We asked for digital copies for analysis and, once received, we…
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #7
As promised, here are some more ‘cursed cards’ from this particular collection. As we research these more and more, we’re learning that anyone who used these cards for casting spells ended up either dead, destitute or diseased. While we don’t entertain pseudoscience and superstition at the Fellowship, we do find the backstories fascinating. We are…
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The Siblings of Saint Rupert Collection #4
Today we have curated a nice slab of the Victorian Gothic. We now know that the Siblings of Saint Rupert spread from the south of England to the north. It was written on the back of image #8: “As we embrace Saint Rupert and spread His darkness across the land, more and more children flock…
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A Fortune Teller and Her Apprentice
These exquisite images depict an often ignored and misunderstood community of travellers who occassionally passed through Victorian England during the earlier part of the 19th century. Photograph #1 is of Ravenna Genovese, an Italian fortune teller who was, according to local folklore, 150 years old. More impressive than this is that she never once charged…
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