The lion is probably one of the clearest symbolic figures. One associates power, courage and strength with him. No wonder that the lion is one of the most common figures in heraldry. But why has the lion always been such a powerful totem, even in Northern Europe? Where does the cultural use come from? The origin of the lion figure [...]

Every horror has an origin - and most of the time it is found in people's ignorance. In the pre-scientific period, nature, its principles and mechanisms could not be explained. But even if you didn't know what caused storms, landslides and other catastrophes, you watched the events closely and looked for an explanation. This moved [...]

Charles Robert Darwin (* 1809, † 1882) widely known as a British naturalist. Evolution and he are inextricably linked in today's world. As a scientist and researcher, he has made a significant contribution to how we understand the world today. Charles Darwin's journey on the HMS Beagle, which lasted almost five years, took him around the world. In the style [...]

The word Nigredo comes from alchemy and describes absolute blackness or black death - the abyssal and final. “In analytical psychology the nigredo is an expression of depression, lack of energy, loss of libido (libido). Due to the analogy between the individual steps of the alchymic work and the phases of transference and countertransference in the analytic process, [...]

“Man - man's wolf.” -Plato Lykaon, oh son of Pelasgos and great king of the Arcadians - how deep is your guilt? Up until the 4th century BC, human sacrifices were offered to Zeus on Mount Lykaion. According to legend, everyone who ate this meat turned into a wolf who lived 10 years [...]

Beauty and the Beast - a symbol that can be found again and again in the history of mythology. In Greek mythology the infinitely beautiful human princess Psyche is married to a demon at the behest of the oracle of Delphi. Her father sends her to the top of a mountain where the demon is already on [...]

Finally say what's up! (Deep) black on white! The favorite music genre can also announce what is going on. Why always just talk about it? Black metal is close to nature, direct, blunt. We tried to capture that with this shirt. Maximum Trve, of course, in black on white - the color world of Black Metal on [...]

The butterfly is a graceful being, a fleeting appearance that doesn't seem to have any weight. Graceful beauty and the freedom given by the ability to fly make him a very special animal. But if you touch him too roughly, then he's done for. The butterfly has always inspired the imagination of poets. So wrote Dschuang [...]

We are born too late to discover the earth and too early to travel the universe. But still we are all travelers. Some travel in a spiritual way, others in space. What we all have in common, however, is that we are only making a stopover here on this earth. In this short time of our stay [...]

We are bound to our living space. Without wings we are left on earth, without gills we suffocate under water. Although we know that we belong in our own living space, we are drawn with seductive power into more inhospitable realms. In the end we ask ourselves this one question that makes the difference: »What if [...]

Why are we afraid of moths when we give butterflies so much respect and love? In the Bible, moths become a symbol of destruction. When we think of moths, we think of eaten clothing. But we also think of something else: the obsession of moths with light. You will be caught by rays [...]

Man has tamed the seas, subjugated the oceans. Just a few decades ago, the struggle with waves and tides was a struggle “man against nature”. Not all white spots on the world map had been sailed, not all islands had been entered. Men set out to penetrate into the last corner of the earth to find immortal [...]

Most of the time one thinks of extraterrestrial forces who come to earth with their advanced technology and want to subdue and enslave humanity. But why shouldn't our planet have already been home to a much more developed society? Have you ever asked yourself the question whether there were other, perhaps even higher [...]

In the 19th century a mysterious manuscript was created - the so-called Huld manuscript. It is a collection of magical symbols and seals that are said to have originated in pre-Christian times. To represent the symbol there is also a brief description of the purpose of its use: “If this symbol is worn, one will never find oneself in a storm [...]

The raven observes the wanderer with shrewd eyes. From his lofty position he can overlook everything and see where your path leads you. There are no ties on his wings and so it is not surprising that the raven is also seen as a guide between the worlds, a so-called psychopompos. He will guide you safely to [...]

The fascination for the occult and the inexplicable has been inherent in man for thousands of years. Cave paintings already show early rites for the worship of great natural phenomena. Negative or harmful are the works of demons, servants of the princes of the underworld. Their only sense of existence, the agony of the living and the dead. Equipped with special skills. Alchemy is the tool of mortals to [...]

The powers of nature are subject to it and the essence of the world is revealed. Withdrawn in the woods, she observes people's ignorance, forever young and blessed with the ability to change their shape at will, to beguile people and to cloud their eyes. Dark stories are told about the evil in the [...]

The motif shows a scene by day and by night: A deer is drinking peacefully from a lake in the forest, a huge sun is directly behind him and a wood elf is protecting the picture on the top left. Its reflection in the water shows the scene in a much more demonic way: the deer is just a skeleton [...]

The owl: Always a symbol of wisdom and infinity. It triggers both fascination and fear in people. The rigid eyes and the human-looking face ensured that she was adored or feared, admired and persecuted. As a symbol of good and bad, she towers high in the trees above people and observes. If a beloved [...]

The "black death" (also known as "the plague") killed a quarter of European humanity. Truly demonic times, which the post-war generation, already battered and disappointed with life, again extended the cold hand of death. If the war hit mainly the men in the population, the black death now reached the remaining women. This, from the [...]