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Diomira Rose D'Agostino's avatar

And I've only recently been introduced to Hilma af Klint by my friend, April McMurtry! I'm so drawn to Hilma's work, as I am with many of the turn of the last century mystics and mystery school society members! But I absolutely love plant drawings of all kinds. When my family traveled to Vienna over New Years, there was this ancient manuscript on display at the Austrian National Library: the Vienna Dioscurides. It's assumed to have been created in Constantinople in 500 AD and it's a codex of images of almost 400 medicinal plants! The image on display was of Chinese Lantern plant, which I've never met in person. I must've stood there for 10 minutes staring amongst the throngs of people, unwilling to peel my eyes from the ancient text. What a treasure!

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April McMurtry's avatar

Such a lovely post Ruth 🌸Botanical illustrations through the ages - science and spirit. So dreamy and divine!! I wish we could have been at the af Klint exhibit together. I’ll be adding many other books you mentioned to my wish list. 🙏🏼💖

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