An illustration from a 1903 issue of The Lady's Realm magazine.  The caption reads: "'I have come,' it said, 'and I was once great.'"

"Loaded:"  an illustration from a 1918 issue of Life magazine.

An illustration from The Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream Story by H. Rider Haggard (1911).  The caption reads: "Guided, guarded by the spirits of dead suns."

If it's the last dance, let it be with a goat.  From an 1870 issue of London Society Illustrated magazine.

An illustration from a 1909 issue of Putnam's magazine.  The caption reads: "'Keep us under your shadow,' she whispered."

Here's a surprising bit of Hermeticism from Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine, 1885.  A lady faces the setting sun and transmits a thought-message toward the light as she touches a dog's head.  The Greek god Hermes (a.k.a. the Roman Mercury and the Egyptian Thoth) is a solar messenger.  The Egyptians of course represented him with a dog's head.

An illustration from an 1898 issue of The Idler magazine.

An illustration from a 1906 issue of Metropolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "The gods of the North were dancing beyond their walls of eternal ice."

An illustration from a 1908 issue of Life magazine.

Staring into the depths: an illustration from a 1901 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Terris sat and looked with the god."

An illustration from an 1886 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "Mary teaching Jesus the alphabet."

"The Watch": an illustration from a 1919 issue of Life magazine.

An illustration from a 1916 issue of Collier's magazine.

An illustration from a 1903 issue of English Illustrated magazine.  The caption reads: "I saw the hawk-headed chap promenading slowly up and down the room."

A zombie Jesus from a 1920 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.

An illustration from an 1860 issue of Harper's magazine.  The caption reads: "I told you so."

Dedicated to Teresa Burritt.

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