Witches
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #11
You may recall from the last collection in this particular series that we had discovered some occult-like symbolism etched on to the cards. We have used some cutting-edge AI technology to restore these symbols as well as recreating the original condition they were in when initially passed to us. If you look closely you may…
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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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Happy Halloween 2023!
‘May the night be long and frightful, may the trick or treaters be rude and spiteful, Let the lanterns burn big and bright long into the dead of night, See the ghouls be very cruel and the monsters carry some heavy tools, They fill the children up with dread and use those tools to bash…
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Victorian Hoax Photography Collection #5 (Flying Monsters Edition Part #2)
Here is a journal account written by a landlord living in London: “The giant ghouls and monsters hung in the sky, staring down at us as if we were prey. Is this how the apocalypse begins and ends? I have seen people all over London down on their knees, reaching to the heavens and praying…
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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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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 Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #6
Today we begin to archive a new type of Victorian card. The images above are front then back of the card, front then back of the card etcetera. They were supposed to be possessed by evil spirits, transplanted into the card by the creature on the back. An aspiring witch could use them for casting…
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Theatre of the Dancing Witches Collection #1
Polite society during the Victorian era was wafer thin. When we begin to dig a little deeper, we find the same appetites and vices as we have today. And why wouldn’t we? Nothing really separates our own inner workings from men and women who lived 130 years ago. In 1859 a members only ‘theatre’ sprang…
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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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