Visio Smaragdina
@visiosmaragdina.bsky.social
ancient philosophy, mystery and magic. weird fiction, occulture, art & the imaginal. bibliophile. flâneur. bohemian holy heretic. he/him #MDANT
“There is a wonderful Time coming. But because it begins in the Night, there are many that shall not see it, by Reason of their Sleep and great Drunkenness; yet the Sun will shine to the Children at Midnight.”
JAKOB BOEHME (1575-1624)
JAKOB BOEHME (1575-1624)
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“There is a wonderful Time coming. But because it begins in the Night, there are many that shall not see it, by Reason of their Sleep and great Drunkenness; yet the Sun will shine to the Children at Midnight.”
JAKOB BOEHME (1575-1624)
JAKOB BOEHME (1575-1624)
Neolithic megaliths, Algarve, Portugal
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Neolithic megaliths, Algarve, Portugal
Seen on my walk today…
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Seen on my walk today…
Seen on my walk today…
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Seen on my walk today…
Seen on my walk today…PAN
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Seen on my walk today…PAN
From Eliphas Levi’s The Magical Ritual Of The Sanctum Regnum
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
From Eliphas Levi’s The Magical Ritual Of The Sanctum Regnum
Seen on my walk today…Watkins Books
November 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Seen on my walk today…Watkins Books
NOW I GO HENCE INTO PARADISE
On this day in 1624 the great mystic Jacob Boehme died surrounded by his family, his last words being “Now I go hence into Paradise”
“For whom time is like eternity
An eternity is like time
He is free of all adversity.”
On this day in 1624 the great mystic Jacob Boehme died surrounded by his family, his last words being “Now I go hence into Paradise”
“For whom time is like eternity
An eternity is like time
He is free of all adversity.”
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
NOW I GO HENCE INTO PARADISE
On this day in 1624 the great mystic Jacob Boehme died surrounded by his family, his last words being “Now I go hence into Paradise”
“For whom time is like eternity
An eternity is like time
He is free of all adversity.”
On this day in 1624 the great mystic Jacob Boehme died surrounded by his family, his last words being “Now I go hence into Paradise”
“For whom time is like eternity
An eternity is like time
He is free of all adversity.”
Seen on my walk today…
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Seen on my walk today…
Seen on my walk today…I love Shakespeare, to participate in one of his plays is to be part of a magical ritual, an incantation
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Seen on my walk today…I love Shakespeare, to participate in one of his plays is to be part of a magical ritual, an incantation
Ready for the weekend?…
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Ready for the weekend?…
The Eye in the Heart
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Eye in the Heart
Seen on my walk today…Watkins books
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Seen on my walk today…Watkins books
A man’s body is covered with disks, each symbolising a planet- this man is a hostage to the power of the astral influences
But the innocent child of God picking flowers is unconcerned by the tyrannical powers of the spheres which surround him. He has overcome the forces of astrological determinism
But the innocent child of God picking flowers is unconcerned by the tyrannical powers of the spheres which surround him. He has overcome the forces of astrological determinism
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A man’s body is covered with disks, each symbolising a planet- this man is a hostage to the power of the astral influences
But the innocent child of God picking flowers is unconcerned by the tyrannical powers of the spheres which surround him. He has overcome the forces of astrological determinism
But the innocent child of God picking flowers is unconcerned by the tyrannical powers of the spheres which surround him. He has overcome the forces of astrological determinism
The Essential Message of Alchemy
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The Essential Message of Alchemy
‘OCCULT SCIENCE’
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
‘OCCULT SCIENCE’
Seen on my walk today…
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Seen on my walk today…
The best doors are the ancient ones softened with decay, with peeling paint and corrosion. To knock thrice on such a door is a magical act, to invite the mystery, the paradoxical and irrational into one’s life.
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The best doors are the ancient ones softened with decay, with peeling paint and corrosion. To knock thrice on such a door is a magical act, to invite the mystery, the paradoxical and irrational into one’s life.
‘The night demon has supped of your good wife’s blood, and will return for the rest’
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
‘The night demon has supped of your good wife’s blood, and will return for the rest’
Might actually visit New York now
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Might actually visit New York now
“All things come from the mediation of One, so are all things born from this One.
Its father is the Sun, its mother is the Moon. The wind carries it in its belly; the earth nourishes it.”
TABULA SMARAGDINA
of Hermes Trismegistus
Art: Vincenzo Cartari’s Images of the Gods of the Ancients, 1608
Its father is the Sun, its mother is the Moon. The wind carries it in its belly; the earth nourishes it.”
TABULA SMARAGDINA
of Hermes Trismegistus
Art: Vincenzo Cartari’s Images of the Gods of the Ancients, 1608
November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“All things come from the mediation of One, so are all things born from this One.
Its father is the Sun, its mother is the Moon. The wind carries it in its belly; the earth nourishes it.”
TABULA SMARAGDINA
of Hermes Trismegistus
Art: Vincenzo Cartari’s Images of the Gods of the Ancients, 1608
Its father is the Sun, its mother is the Moon. The wind carries it in its belly; the earth nourishes it.”
TABULA SMARAGDINA
of Hermes Trismegistus
Art: Vincenzo Cartari’s Images of the Gods of the Ancients, 1608
Seen on my walk today…
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Seen on my walk today…