steph
@stephdunlop
steph
@stephdunlop

“Christina Rossetti, 'Goblin Market' (1862)
→ highly erotic, Victorian, cautionary-tale poem about temptation and lust: totally Pre-Raphaelite!” - Rebecca Marks, Substack
persephone and the pomegranate
wellcome’s collections for researching
“oleanders are poisonous, she remembered; could they be guarding something?” (Haunting of hill house)
pomegranate seeds
pomegranate
“In English folklore, fairies are mysterious, sensual, and morally ambiguous. They wreak havoc on humans by playing tricks, infiltrating their dreams, and even making them fall in love (or lust).”
amanita pantherina mushroom — poisonous
for writing inspo — see mandrake card