Gothic Cathedral Seen Through Ruins of a Castle

GOTHIC CATHEDRAL SEEN THROUGH RUINS OF A CASTLE
Carl Gustav Carus

“Ancient arches frame a passage between worlds in Carl Gustav Carus’s haunting charcoal study, a peak threshold moment where ruins open onto revelation. A once-mighty castle’s skeletal remains leave you neither within nor without, at no fixed point in time. Through this architectural aperture, a vast cathedral rises against a misty sunset, impossibly distant yet perfectly centered. Vegetation creeps over ancient stones, suspended between destruction and reclamation, while the Gothic cathedral stands as both monument and memory.”

Moss-covered masonry, tendrils of ivy, lichen, extinguished candles, wet earth, and ancient timber.
5ml Perfume Oil
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Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab has enjoyed partnering with many esteemed talents over the years; being entrusted with someone else's creative vision and translating it into fragrance is both an honor and a privilege.
Ars Inspiratio

In October 2020 we launched ARS INSPIRATIO to celebrate the release of S. Elizabeth's The Art of the Occult: A Visual Sourcebook for the Modern Mystic, translating some of the mystical artworks featured in that book into scent.

We have now expanded this series to mark the occasion of the author's latest book, The Art of the Unknown: A Visual Treasury of the Esoteric, Uncanny and Unexplained. Synesthesiacs, rejoice!

Other books by S. Elizabeth:

• The Art of Darkness: A Treasury of the Morbid, Melancholic and Macabre

• The Art of Fantasy: A Visual Sourcebook of All That is Unreal

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