Skull lyres such as the ones in the header were made by an indigenous entrepreneur for selling to the Europeans as authentic stuff from the dark, savage continent, and they have baffled scholars for over two centuries. And I think it’s just hilarious. You can take a look at them today on my Patreon.

Pride Month
Pride Month 2025 – Words of the Day
The Love That Wrote Itself: Hadewijch and the Ecstasy of the Unknown Beloved “And she beheld me with love,and made me forget all my suffering.”— Hadewijch of Brabant, Visions and Poems (13th century) In the heart of the 13th century Low Countries, amidst convent walls
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