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Aloha, Description at Slate.com: <<These calendar pages come from the rare book Calendrier Magique, which was printed in France in 1895 in a small run of 777 copies. The book blends Art Nouveau imagery with references to occult ceremonies, horoscopes, and tarot.>> The calendar is by a French folklorist, Count Austen de Croze, and Manuel Orazi, an Art Nouveau lithographer, is reportedly somewhat debunking or poking fun at at the occulture of its day. But I must add that it looks much like my own occult-ish journalings, and like those of other practitioners that I've seen. The concept of an occult calendar remains, I guess, a useful tool. This book is on display at Indiana University’s Lilly Library, as part of the exhibition “Spiritualists, Sorcerers, and Stage Magicians: Magic and the Supernatural at the Lilly Library,” Splendid enlargable images of pages, via link to Cornell. Musing Time To Do Some Magic! Rose, Pitch -- Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com