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Anatomy of Melancholy, 191 – Pt. I, Sec. 2, Mem. I, Subs. 2: A Digression of the Nature of Spirits, Bad Angels, or Devils, and how they cause Melancholy – Aerial Spirits
Aerial spirits or devils, are such as keep quarter most part in the air, cause many tempests, thunder, and lightnings, tear oaks, fire steeples, houses, strike men and beasts, make it rain stones, as in Livy’s time, wool, frogs, etc. Counterfeit armies in the air, strange noises, swords, &c., as at Vienna before the coming of […]
Anatomy of Melancholy, 190 – Pt. I, Sec. 2, Mem. I, Subs. 2: A Digression of the Nature of Spirits, Bad Angels, or Devils, and how they cause Melancholy – Fiery Spirits
Fiery spirits or devils are such as commonly work by blazing stars, fire-drakes, or ignes fatui; which lead men often in flumina aut praecipitia, saith Bodine, lib. 2. Theat. Naturae, fol. 221(…) likewise they counterfeit suns and moons, stars oftentimes, and sit on ship masts: In navigiorum summitatibus visuntur; and are called dioscuri, as Eusebius l. contra Philosophos, c. xlviii. informeth us, […]
Anatomy of Melancholy, 189: Pt. I, Sec. 2, Mem. I, Subs. 2: A Digression of the Nature of Spirits, Bad Angels, or Devils, and how they cause Melancholy
Yup, I am still hung up on the devils section: And yet for all this Thomas, Albertus, and most, hold that there be far more angels than devils. I was at a party recently where everyone knew each other very well, and I knew only two people and not very well. Also I was grumpy. It […]
Picture of Theories: Holographic Universe Theory
The Holographic Principle AKA Holographic Universe Theory, Astrophysics: A holographic universe, an idea first suggested in the 1990s, is one where all the information, which makes up our 3D ‘reality’ (plus time) is contained in a 2D surface on its boundaries. (https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2017/01/holographic-universe.page) I don’t think I understand this one very well at all, and […]
Anatomy of Melancholy, 186: Pt. I, Sec. 2, Mem. I, Subsect. 2: A Digression of the Nature of Spirits, Bad Angels, or Devils, and how they cause Melancholy
This is what air looks like according to Paracelsus, a 16th century Swiss physician, astrologer, and alchemist. From the Anatomy of Melancholy: The air is not so full of flies in summer, as it is at all times of invisible devils. Yes, I am still stuck in Pt. I, Sec. 2, Mem. I, Subsect. 2: […]
Further adventures in wallpaper design
Oh what’s that, a unisex nursery wallpaper pattern?
Let’s look a little closer…
Anatomy of Melancholy, 180: Pt. I, Sec. 2, Mem. I, Subsect. 2: A Digression of the Nature of Spirits, Bad Angels, or Devils, and how they cause Melancholy
And here we have Dido’s ghost haunting Aeneas.
‘Omnibus umbra locis adero : dabis, improbe, poena.”
It’s a zombie-box-of-seahorses kind of day
I dunno… I’m very sleepy again, and when I am very sleepy, I draw zombies. Why does a zombie have a box of seahorses? Why is he wearing socks? Shhhhhhhhh quiet now! Sleeping. Follow me on Instagram! devon_isadevon! Facebook too!
Happy March 1st!
What’s your favorite month? Well, mine definitely is not February.
Anatomy of Melancholy, 179: Pt. I, Sec. 2, Mem. I, Subsect. 2: A Digression of the Nature of Spirits, Bad Angels, or Devils, and how they cause Melancholy
Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken, may rejoice.
Happy birthday, birds with teeth!
I really like a show called It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Happy birthday! Follow me on Instagram! devon_isadevon! Facebook too!
Anatomy of Melancholy, 180: Pt. I, Sec. 2, Mem. I, Subsect. 2: A Digression of the Nature of Spirits, Bad Angels, or Devils, and how they cause Melancholy
Well, it seems like I am going to compulsively illustrate every sentence of this section on demons. It is pretty great. Concerning the first beginning of them, the [1120] Talmudists say that Adam had a wife called Lilis, before he married Eve, and of her he begat nothing but devils. If you don’t know the […]
Anatomy of Melancholy, 182: Pt. I, Sec. II, Mem. I, Subsect. II – A Digression of the Nature of Spirits, Bad Angels, or Devils, and how they cause Melancholy
Have you ever wondered how ghosts are shaped? Like, really thought about it. What shape are ghosts? Squares? Circles? Rhombi? Well apparently four hundred years ago Jean Bodin thought about that question a lot: Bodine goes farther yet, and will have these animae separatae [abstract souls], genii, spirits, angels, devils, and so likewise souls of […]
The Anatomy of Melancholy, 184: Pt. I, Sec. II, Subsect. II. – A Digression of the Nature of Spirits, Bad Angels, or Devils, and how they cause Melancholy
So… I was going to wait a bit to get back into this whole drawing, Anatomy of Melancholy, thinking, writing thing – wait until life settled down – but I dunno, I missed it. So here is today’s quote: [Facius Cardan] asked them many questions, and they made ready answer, that they were aerial devils, that […]
R is for Red Ratrabbit
Just a quick doodle thanks to my bigger kid who said: “I know THREE WORDS that begging with R! Red! Rat! Rabbit! So naturally, I had to draw a red ratrabbit for her.
Christmas Cards
This right here is the reason I do not make, or send, Christmas cards. But for Christmas 2018, I think I will try selling these in that Etsy store that I STILL haven’t managed to set up. Just to see what happens. Merry Not Christmas Anymore to all, and to all a good night. Follow […]
Back soon…
Happy New Year! Once again life has to take priority over art, so sadly I won’t be posting for a while. Hopefully I can get back To It in a couple of weeks 🙂 Here is a little mash-up of my most popular pictures from 2017, and see you again soon I hope!
Rosie the Feral Cat, Part II: In Which Rosie Goes Swimming in the Water
As requested by my daughter: Rosie goes swimming in the water. Rosie is the feral cat who lives in our backyard. I love that damned cat so much, but she is never going to let me pet her because she doesn’t know what petting is. Poor Rosie. She does like to sit approximately five or […]
Anatomy of Melancholy, 177-181: Pt. I, Sec. II, Mem. I, Subs. I – Causes of Melancholy. God a Cause, cont.
Oh this section is really good. I might have to draw an awful lot of pictures for it. That He can by His angels, which are his ministers, strike and heal (saith Dionysius) whom He will. This post is part of a long, tedious, and very illustrated read-along of Robert Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy. More […]
On Being Blue
If you have been following my site, it probably will not surprise you to hear that On Being Blue is a book that I like. The author, William H. Gass, died last week. So I drew a little tribute. Furthermore, the sense of passion or of power, of depth and vibrancy, feeling and vision, we […]
Pictures of Poems: “All for a Day,” Robert Sward
I think it is high time for a picture of a poem. So, a drawing of “All for a Day” by Robert Sward. Hey, look, I illustrated something that isn’t at least 200 years old, preferably 400. Since this is a contemporary poem by a living poet, I’m not going to copy and paste it […]
Anatomy of Melancholy, 177-181: Pt. I, Sec. II, Mem. I, Subs. I – Causes of Melancholy. God a Cause
Do you suspect that you suffer from melancholy? Have you recently offended God? Well, it is just possible that He cursed you. In which case, I guess you need to cancel that appointment with your therapist and pray or something instead. You know who else God cursed with sadness? Nebuchadnezzar: That God Himself is a […]
Black Friday
I would totally run into this guy’s mouth if he had Copic markers on sale. Please follow me on Instagram, devon_isadevon! Facebook?
Ghost things
I drew some ghost things for my kids. They like ghosts. I am pretty sure that my younger one believes in ghosts, because when it is dark he points outside and says, “DARK. BOO.” Please follow me on Instagram! Facebook?
Anatomy of Melancholy, 174-177: Pt. I, Sec. I, Mem. III, Subs. 4 – Of the Species or Kinds of Melancholy
When the matter is diverse and confused, how should it otherwise be but that the species should be diverse and confused? This post is part of a long, tedious, and very illustrated read-along of Robert Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy. More info here and follow along on Facebook here. Illustrations posted via devon_isadevon on Instagram.
Anatomy of Melancholy, 173-174: Member III, Subsect. III – Of the Matter of Melancholy
What is melancholy made of made of? What is melancholy made of? Snips and snails and puppy dogs’ tails. That’s what melancholy is made of: If the humour be cold, it is, saith Faventinus, “a cause of dotage, and produceth milder symptoms: if hot, they are rash, raving mad, or inclining to it.” If the […]
Toothy wallpaper
Would you buy this wallpaper? Probably not! But I had fun drawing it. I spaced out while I was drawing it and messed up the edges sadly, so it wouldn’t repeat correctly. I guess I’ll just keep on drawing these things obsessively until I get it right. Did I mention that I now work in […]
What did Octavio eat?
Inspired by a prompt from @buyusyour.tv over on Instagram: “Give Octavio a fire extinguisher and show us what happened.” If you are on Instagram, I highly recommend following @buyusyour.tv. I’m on the fence about whether Instagram makes me feel better or worse about life, the world, human nature, myself, etc., but @buyusyour.tv is good. Please follow […]
Anatomy of Melancholy, 170-172: Memb. III, Subsect. II – Of the Part Affected. Affection. Parties Affected.
Were you born under Saturn? Do you live in a climate that is too cold? Too hot? Too moist? Are you too moist generally? Is your head unusually small? These are just a few of the many sources of a saturnine temperament. Here Burton also addresses the hotly debated topic of whether melancholy affects […]