Codex Gigas or The Devil’s Bible: The Extraordinary Work Of A Hermit

On March 4, 2015 by Louis Falasha
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“Devil codex Gigas” by Kungl. biblioteket. Licensed under Attribution via Wikimedia Commons. I went through a phase of collecting antiquated books when I was younger. The binding, text and smell added to the...

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MyanmarNet: Images From Burmese Buddhist Website

On June 28, 2014 by Tim Newman
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I found my way to a Myanmar website today, I can’t remember why I ended up there but I stayed a while. Most of the text is written as an image so even...

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Portraits I Am Currently Enjoying

On April 11, 2013 by Tim Newman

This post is just portraits with 17th Century vibes. The moodiness and bleak affect of them always makes me feel happy somehow. If you don’t like the sound of that, move along. First...

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Old Photos Of Russian Monks + Sinister Choral Soundtrack

On March 23, 2013 by Tim Newman

Recently, I found some photos of a Russian monastery on the lake island of Valaam, near St Petersburg. They are amazing. The monastery is known as the Valaam Monastery, and the lake is called Ladoga....

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