Chris Josiffe
@christopherjosiffe.bsky.social
Writer, cataloguer, Fortean Times irregular, Gef the Talking Mongoose's authorised biographer, twitcher, Eschaton immanentizer.
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Why?!
Will these attract pandas to my garden?
Or are they intended to deter any pesky black & white raccoon/bear who dares encroach upon my property, drawn there due to a profusion of bamboo round the back?
In the words of A. Crowley: ‘I am
perplexed’…
Will these attract pandas to my garden?
Or are they intended to deter any pesky black & white raccoon/bear who dares encroach upon my property, drawn there due to a profusion of bamboo round the back?
In the words of A. Crowley: ‘I am
perplexed’…
April 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Why?!
Will these attract pandas to my garden?
Or are they intended to deter any pesky black & white raccoon/bear who dares encroach upon my property, drawn there due to a profusion of bamboo round the back?
In the words of A. Crowley: ‘I am
perplexed’…
Will these attract pandas to my garden?
Or are they intended to deter any pesky black & white raccoon/bear who dares encroach upon my property, drawn there due to a profusion of bamboo round the back?
In the words of A. Crowley: ‘I am
perplexed’…
… but I reckon the pierced heart motif in general is derived from pre-Reformation (or counter-Reformation) Catholic visual representations.
Are there other Tarot cards (trumps or suits) that utilise RC imagery?
I guess trump no. V, Le Pape (later, The Hierophant) is a fairly obvious one! 😆
2/2
Are there other Tarot cards (trumps or suits) that utilise RC imagery?
I guess trump no. V, Le Pape (later, The Hierophant) is a fairly obvious one! 😆
2/2
April 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
… but I reckon the pierced heart motif in general is derived from pre-Reformation (or counter-Reformation) Catholic visual representations.
Are there other Tarot cards (trumps or suits) that utilise RC imagery?
I guess trump no. V, Le Pape (later, The Hierophant) is a fairly obvious one! 😆
2/2
Are there other Tarot cards (trumps or suits) that utilise RC imagery?
I guess trump no. V, Le Pape (later, The Hierophant) is a fairly obvious one! 😆
2/2
“Tuam ipsius animam (ait ad Mariam Simeon) pertransibit gladius” / “Your own soul (Simeon told Mary) shall be pierced by a sword”
#sevensorrowsofMary
#ThreeofSwords
youtu.be/kkQhcEHzezI?...
This Tarot design (by the talented www.danielmartindiaz.com) explicitly
employs trad RC imagery…
1/2
#sevensorrowsofMary
#ThreeofSwords
youtu.be/kkQhcEHzezI?...
This Tarot design (by the talented www.danielmartindiaz.com) explicitly
employs trad RC imagery…
1/2
April 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
“Tuam ipsius animam (ait ad Mariam Simeon) pertransibit gladius” / “Your own soul (Simeon told Mary) shall be pierced by a sword”
#sevensorrowsofMary
#ThreeofSwords
youtu.be/kkQhcEHzezI?...
This Tarot design (by the talented www.danielmartindiaz.com) explicitly
employs trad RC imagery…
1/2
#sevensorrowsofMary
#ThreeofSwords
youtu.be/kkQhcEHzezI?...
This Tarot design (by the talented www.danielmartindiaz.com) explicitly
employs trad RC imagery…
1/2
Take that Satan, ye bastad auld serpent ye
April 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Take that Satan, ye bastad auld serpent ye
Brilliant beavering by @stephencollins.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Brilliant beavering by @stephencollins.bsky.social
Can’t help thinking Frankie Howerd’s scriptwriters missed a trick here
[thanks to @mrpaulcowdell.bsky.social for the tip]
[thanks to @mrpaulcowdell.bsky.social for the tip]
March 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Can’t help thinking Frankie Howerd’s scriptwriters missed a trick here
[thanks to @mrpaulcowdell.bsky.social for the tip]
[thanks to @mrpaulcowdell.bsky.social for the tip]
In remembrance of Saint Casimir, whose memorial it is today. May he protect Poland, Lithuania, and the other Baltic States throughout the next three years and more
March 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
In remembrance of Saint Casimir, whose memorial it is today. May he protect Poland, Lithuania, and the other Baltic States throughout the next three years and more
“Lionel - the howler monkeys are back on the patio again, and this time it looks like they really mean business. Can’t we do something dear - isn’t there a hotline we can call?”
“Just ignore them Janet, they’re only attention-seekers. Saw a fair bit of this type of chicanery when I was in Accounts”
“Just ignore them Janet, they’re only attention-seekers. Saw a fair bit of this type of chicanery when I was in Accounts”
February 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
“Lionel - the howler monkeys are back on the patio again, and this time it looks like they really mean business. Can’t we do something dear - isn’t there a hotline we can call?”
“Just ignore them Janet, they’re only attention-seekers. Saw a fair bit of this type of chicanery when I was in Accounts”
“Just ignore them Janet, they’re only attention-seekers. Saw a fair bit of this type of chicanery when I was in Accounts”
Starmer’s broken Britain innit
February 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Starmer’s broken Britain innit
‘The Souls of the Mountains’
Remedios Varo, 1938
Remedios Varo, 1938
February 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
‘The Souls of the Mountains’
Remedios Varo, 1938
Remedios Varo, 1938
...Eileen Garrett's P.F. Collection Unveiled
Gef the Talking Mongoose
Southern California's Theosophical Architecture
LA's Buildings of Sacred Desire
The Shaver Mystery Revisited
How to Build a Haunted House
Art of the Spirit...
AN MOOAR!
Full details and tickets: www.shannontaggart.com/events/2025
Gef the Talking Mongoose
Southern California's Theosophical Architecture
LA's Buildings of Sacred Desire
The Shaver Mystery Revisited
How to Build a Haunted House
Art of the Spirit...
AN MOOAR!
Full details and tickets: www.shannontaggart.com/events/2025
February 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
...Eileen Garrett's P.F. Collection Unveiled
Gef the Talking Mongoose
Southern California's Theosophical Architecture
LA's Buildings of Sacred Desire
The Shaver Mystery Revisited
How to Build a Haunted House
Art of the Spirit...
AN MOOAR!
Full details and tickets: www.shannontaggart.com/events/2025
Gef the Talking Mongoose
Southern California's Theosophical Architecture
LA's Buildings of Sacred Desire
The Shaver Mystery Revisited
How to Build a Haunted House
Art of the Spirit...
AN MOOAR!
Full details and tickets: www.shannontaggart.com/events/2025
SEPARATED AT BIRTH.
Thomas De Quincey / Albert Steptoe.
“You disgust me, you just can’t leave that laudanum bottle alone can ya! Now we’re skint again - and who’s gonna feed the bleedin horse?”
“Ave a heart Harold, it was only a few drops - me lumbago was playing up something rotten”
Thomas De Quincey / Albert Steptoe.
“You disgust me, you just can’t leave that laudanum bottle alone can ya! Now we’re skint again - and who’s gonna feed the bleedin horse?”
“Ave a heart Harold, it was only a few drops - me lumbago was playing up something rotten”
February 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
SEPARATED AT BIRTH.
Thomas De Quincey / Albert Steptoe.
“You disgust me, you just can’t leave that laudanum bottle alone can ya! Now we’re skint again - and who’s gonna feed the bleedin horse?”
“Ave a heart Harold, it was only a few drops - me lumbago was playing up something rotten”
Thomas De Quincey / Albert Steptoe.
“You disgust me, you just can’t leave that laudanum bottle alone can ya! Now we’re skint again - and who’s gonna feed the bleedin horse?”
“Ave a heart Harold, it was only a few drops - me lumbago was playing up something rotten”
Brisk early morning walk today in the wondrous winter brightness, on my way to #oldstpancras church for #Candlemas. Ushanka, black Crombie, gloves, Loake brogues; mentally rehearsing today’s reading (Malachi):
“For he is like a refiner’s fire…”
“For he is like a refiner’s fire…”
February 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Brisk early morning walk today in the wondrous winter brightness, on my way to #oldstpancras church for #Candlemas. Ushanka, black Crombie, gloves, Loake brogues; mentally rehearsing today’s reading (Malachi):
“For he is like a refiner’s fire…”
“For he is like a refiner’s fire…”
Not sure if I experienced the indwelling of the Holy Spirit one evening in church last week, or whether I was under the combined influence of various prescribed medicines - but it was most pleasing all the same. Surprised people by refusing my customary post-Mass & Benediction glass of wine or three
January 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Not sure if I experienced the indwelling of the Holy Spirit one evening in church last week, or whether I was under the combined influence of various prescribed medicines - but it was most pleasing all the same. Surprised people by refusing my customary post-Mass & Benediction glass of wine or three
Popped into the Brompton Oratory en route to visiting the auld feller (my Dad, that is, not God). Practiced the Rosary at the shrine/chapel of St Patrick. Note the little shamrock and snake emblems!
January 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Popped into the Brompton Oratory en route to visiting the auld feller (my Dad, that is, not God). Practiced the Rosary at the shrine/chapel of St Patrick. Note the little shamrock and snake emblems!
New book seen at work
January 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
New book seen at work
Don't Fear The Reaper - but FEAR THE WEASEL
January 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Don't Fear The Reaper - but FEAR THE WEASEL
Pure ‘80s-tastic class from Saab.
I imagine Sweden’s equivalent of the Flying Squad, bombing round Stockholm chasing after villains in one of these beauties.
“Stång! Shut it...
Just get in the motor, du slagg!!”
I imagine Sweden’s equivalent of the Flying Squad, bombing round Stockholm chasing after villains in one of these beauties.
“Stång! Shut it...
Just get in the motor, du slagg!!”
January 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Pure ‘80s-tastic class from Saab.
I imagine Sweden’s equivalent of the Flying Squad, bombing round Stockholm chasing after villains in one of these beauties.
“Stång! Shut it...
Just get in the motor, du slagg!!”
I imagine Sweden’s equivalent of the Flying Squad, bombing round Stockholm chasing after villains in one of these beauties.
“Stång! Shut it...
Just get in the motor, du slagg!!”
Wittgenstein: if a lion cd speak we wouldn’t understand, as they lack ‘any conceivable share in our world’.
But what of Hoover, the talking seal? His gruff Maine fisherman’s voice thrilled young & old with his “Hey-hey-hey, how are ya”…
Up yours Ludwig, “get outta heah!”
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ar...
But what of Hoover, the talking seal? His gruff Maine fisherman’s voice thrilled young & old with his “Hey-hey-hey, how are ya”…
Up yours Ludwig, “get outta heah!”
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ar...
January 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Wittgenstein: if a lion cd speak we wouldn’t understand, as they lack ‘any conceivable share in our world’.
But what of Hoover, the talking seal? His gruff Maine fisherman’s voice thrilled young & old with his “Hey-hey-hey, how are ya”…
Up yours Ludwig, “get outta heah!”
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ar...
But what of Hoover, the talking seal? His gruff Maine fisherman’s voice thrilled young & old with his “Hey-hey-hey, how are ya”…
Up yours Ludwig, “get outta heah!”
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ar...
Two meagre offerings from my paltry (by comparison with yours) collection. Not even sure if these qualify as yer actual skulls anyway, may instead be mummified geezers.
Wonder if ‘Old Jimmy Garlick’ is still at St James Garlickhythe church? He used to live in the crypt, but may have gone walkabout
Wonder if ‘Old Jimmy Garlick’ is still at St James Garlickhythe church? He used to live in the crypt, but may have gone walkabout
January 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Two meagre offerings from my paltry (by comparison with yours) collection. Not even sure if these qualify as yer actual skulls anyway, may instead be mummified geezers.
Wonder if ‘Old Jimmy Garlick’ is still at St James Garlickhythe church? He used to live in the crypt, but may have gone walkabout
Wonder if ‘Old Jimmy Garlick’ is still at St James Garlickhythe church? He used to live in the crypt, but may have gone walkabout
Who were these fine people and where did they go to?
January 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Who were these fine people and where did they go to?
‘Photographer and Taxidermist. Copies can always be had’
January 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
‘Photographer and Taxidermist. Copies can always be had’
