an invocation of the sensually gothic    
     
   
 
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Above, Satan's Treasures by Jean Delville - 1895 - Oil on Canvas. (detail below)

The mid to late 1800's were a time of religious fervor when Mormonism sprang from the Christian world, the Bahai Faith came out of Islam and a mystic belief called Theosophy was born of roots in Buddhism with a belief in the evolution of souls.

The Symbolist painter Delville was a passionate believer in Theosophy and he incorporated his vision of Hell as a place where 'dead' souls languish in this fiery ocean.

 

 
 
 
         
           
 
 
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