Elizabethan Flower Magic: Oberon’s Trick in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.”—Oberon...
Illustration by Guinevere von Sneeden

The Quest

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Illustration by Guinevere von Sneeden You watch from the forest path as she emerges from the heavy oak door of her cottage and ventures straight...
Charles Vess

Father Christmas and the Tomten

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Written and Illustrated by Charles Vess From Issue #29 - digital // print Come closer and listen well, for I have a tale to tell. For...

Nine Types of Ice

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Garden Ice I was alone when the cold began. Ice fell onto the gar-den like rain, only it was a pale green, so pale you...
Photograph by Ellen Tyn

The Witch in Spring

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Photograph by Ellen Tyn Wake up, wake up! say the first snowdrops. Their green stems poke through the snow, and their delicate hanging bells quiver...
Photograph by Courtney B. Hall @light_witch

The Autumn Queen

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Step into the world of the Autumn Queen with Margaret Sofia Marangione as your guide. Explore the vibrant hues and inner power of the season, celebrating the wisdom and abundance that autumn brings. Discover the strength and authority of women throughout history who ruled their lives and kingdoms with grace. Join us on this journey through the autumn of life, where the harvest is rich, and the spirit thrives. Embrace the warmth of bonfires, the call of the King Stag, and the comforting embrace of a crackling woodstove. Let the autumn chill usher you into a season of reflection, gratitude, and inner fire
Photography by Steve Parke Model: Crystal Chandler

Amulet

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In the village where they lived everyone knew there was only one way for whomever went to meet the beast in the woods to...
Celestial Pablum (1958), by Remedios Varo

The Caged Moon

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Feature Image: Celestial Pablum (1958), by Remedios Varo If you plan to travel to Mexico City, you will likely be cautioned, both by the internet and...
Posthumous painting of Mary Anning (1847) by B. J. Donne | IanDagnall Computing / Alamy Stock Photo

Mary Anning, Monster Hunter

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Posthumous painting of Mary Anning (1847) by B. J. Donne IanDagnall Computing / Alamy Stock Photo Oh, Mary Anning. That stubborn young spinster gave us the...
Halcyone (1915), by Herbert James Draper

The Constant Deep

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Early morning. Sea mist still hovers over the water, and the bracken-covered dunes that furl out beneath my feet like a green carpet are...