Author Archives: Art for Housewives
Textual Amulets in the Middle Ages
Originally posted on Aliens in This World:
This is the sort of book that I’d really really like to get my hands on. Unfortunately, it’s a bit expensive (40 bucks even in paperback), so I’ll have to look around to…
Hecate: More Cognitive Dissonance
Originally posted on Sol Ascendans – The Website of Alex Sumner:
Line-drawing of a recently re-discovered Defixion or curse tablet. A slow day on Planet Sumner today, which is why I was forced into reading the Daily Mail, where lo…
Curse dolls
Found in a jar along with an inscribed tablet, this Curse Doll is now at the Louvre. Voodoo dolls were around even in ancient Greece. Above is an example of a Curse Doll. Called by the Greeks, the arms and legs … Continue reading
Spider Woman
Originally posted on Journeying to the Goddess:
“Spider Woman’s themes are magical charms and growth. Her symbols are spiders and woven items. Spider Woman appears in the myths of the south-western Native Americans as a resourceful helper who spins magical…
Viva Frida!
Originally posted on Silver Birch Press:
Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) On this date in 1954, Frida Kahlo left her body — at just 47 years old — but left us with her visionary, inspiring body…



