Gil the Dragon
@gildedragon
Thrice-Gay Himbomess The criminal serpent lies Stars fear me, Gods want me (unconcious), Ancient Scrolls recommend dynamite Driven relentlessly by a fey mood that's gone on since the last millennium & the wind is only picking up
Made another Ring of Hermes after my last one met an untimely end. Now to make the salve of myrrh lilies & cinnamon. For the Isis I chose Isis Weret Hekau
Little ISOesque tottenpass To the right there is a spring surrounded by cypresses, drink nnot from this spring. Go on past to a spribg withbguards ...
Wax mold for a little scarab? Mirror? Talisman? Based off the Sleeping Herakles in the hermitage
Progress print of cylinder seal quartz talisman Need to polish details a bit more before filling the hollow with aromatics
A subculture indeed. Not just one thing, not just one aesthetic, not just one scene. There are few universal values within & are linked to the dominant visual culture by happenstance Then again this is a leftist in a diy animal costume so maybe there's a center
Diagamma (6) side for Wergon, work Herakles wrestling a booform daimon of a river, redirecting the waters to cleanse the stables of the sun
Capnacitis (Smokey quartz) intaglio showing a man seated on a throne, holding a scepter & an orb or idol (Nike) with an eagle at his feet
Have been thinking of magicks of aphrodite and just how practical the rituals are these three in particular have proven effective (if not useful) the stelle of aphrodite the saucer of divination the gem of aroriphrasis
A carbuncle engraved with the form of the beautiful dragon will make its bearer happy healthy & wealthy. The dragon is specifically the celestial one which divides the bears Arcas & Callisto are held & the serpent's winding mirrors the stars'
Huh this travelled with me unbeknownst to me A talisman of Aphrodite Aroriphrasis
Idk i mean worst that happens is you get a minotaur & like look at the widdle baby
I must be, at least in some matters, predictable So it was this or RUR
The images are names of the lunar mansions or stars significant to the mansion Notably center left WIOAH is over a glyph evocative of that of Corscor
TLDR is that The point was that the bird on an Athenian silver coin (fig 1) is not bird 1 (fig 2) much less bird 2 (fig 3) which is neither bird & that someone mistook the first for the latter is an indictment on how folk treat the serious holding of religious & magical beliefs
It looks kinda dull & gray as it cools down but look at it closely. See the purple shimmer to it?! I made Corinthian Bronze!
Lions head amulet base for Regulus-Algebha The sigil for regulus is preserved in the raised parts