magic

An alchemical diagram from <n>Elias Ashmole</n>'s 1652 book, <n>Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum</n>.

<n>Daily Affirmations</n> graphic by <n>Lily Cherie</n>.

<n>Split or Swallow</n> book cover by <n>Karol Michalec</n> for author <n>Lindsay Straube</n>.

<n>The Eye of Providence</n>, a detail from a Masonic tracing board by <n>William Preston</n>, c. 1800.

Illustration by <n>Solidonius, le philosophe</n> from his 17th-century manuscript on alchemy.

<n>Psyche Abandoned</n> (1795) by French artist <n>Jean-Joseph Taillasson</n>.

A card from the <n>Etteilla Tarot</n> deck, designed by French occultist <n>Etteilla</n>.

<n>The Sun (Sol)</n>, an allegorical figure from the 1596 christening of <n>Princess Elisabeth of Hesse</n>.

<n>Way shower</n> (1999) by artist <n>Gilbert Williams</n>.

<n>The Alchemist who has achieved illumination</n> (1996) by artist <n>Andrea de Pascalis</n>.

A vintage print titled <n>Allegory of Life and Death</n>.

<n>Marriage of Heaven and Earth</n> (c. 1925) by Australian artist <n>Norman Lindsay</n>.

<n>Hermaphrodite with egg</n>, from the 1582 alchemical manuscript <n>Splendor Solis</n>, attributed to <n>Salomon Trismosin</n>.

Digital collage by <n>Robin Isely</n> using a detail from <n>Hans Memling</n>'s painting <n>Man of Sorrows</n>, c. 1480.

A 19th-century oil on canvas, <n>Portrait of Urania</n>, attributed to the <n>British School</n>.

<n>The Hand of the Mysteries</n> by <n>J. Augustus Knapp</n> from <n>Manly Palmer Hall</n>'s 1928 book, <n>The Secret Teachings of All Ages</n>.

<n>The Apocalyptic Woman</n> (c. 1498), a woodcut from the 'Apocalypse' series by <n>Albrecht Dürer</n>.

Illustration of <n>Narayana, the Seven-Headed Serpent</n> by <n>James Churchward</n> from his 1931 book 'The Children of Mu'.

<n>Apollo and Dionysus</n> by <n>Leonid Ilyukhin</n>.

<n>Pietro Saja</n>'s <n>Neoclassical</n> painting, <n>Vestal Virgin Condemned to Death</n> (1801).

<n>La Péri (Mythological Subject)</n> by <n>Gustave Moreau</n>, 1865.

<n>Force and Reason</n>, a painting by Scottish artist <n>John Duncan</n>.