Andre Gansebohm, Hamburg, Germany.

So spake she, and the father of men and gods smiled, and made answer, and spake to her with winged words: If in good sooth, O ox-eyed, queenly Hera, thy thought hereafter were to be one with my thought as thou sittest among the immortals, then would Poseidon, how contrary soever his wish might be, forthwith bend his mind to follow thy heart and mine.

H.

Photo 1 by Alessandro Zanoni, photo 2 by N. Vent Fischer and photos 3-4 by Florian Mueller.

In the Icelandic and Pomeranian myths the schamir, or “raven-stone,” also renders its possessor invisible,—a property which it shares with one of the treasure-finding plants, the fern.

J.F.

The door ought not to be opened to applicants so
That, when it is ajar, it may not be shut again.
Nobody sees the thirsty pilgrims to Hejaz
Crowding at the bank of briny water.
Wherever a sweet spring happens to be
Men, birds and insects flock around it.

S.

Yuri Balestri, Florence, Italy.

Who knows how white attracts,
Yet always keeps himself within black’s shade,
The pattern of humility displayed,
Displayed in view of all beneath the sky;
He in the unchanging excellence arrayed,
Endless return to man’s first state has made.

L.T.

Directed by Damien Krisl
Produced by Pixies Films
Director of photography: Guillaume Adrey

Guido Iafigliola, Montevideo, Uruguay.

As long as the brain is at rest, the man enjoys his reason, but the depravement of the brain arises from phlegm and bile, either of which you may recognize in this manner: Those who are mad from phlegm are quiet, and do not cry out nor make a noise; but those from bile are vociferous, malignant, and will not be quiet, but are always doing something improper.

H.