Bevan Thomas6d ago

"They fed me behind bars from an iron pan till one night I felt that I was Bagheera - the Panther - and no man's plaything, and I broke the silly lock with one blow of my paw and came away."
- Rudyard Kipling, "The Jungle Book"

#BookWormSat #Fiction #Literature #JungleBook #RudyardKipling #Animal #Cat #Panther #NationalPetDay

The Ghost Monk6d ago
Dr Nikola, the master criminal created by Guy Boothby in 1895, owned a pet cat, huge and black, that would habitually be sitting in his lap while he plotted or threatened. But unlike Blofeld's pampered moggy, Nikola's cat was telepathic and possessed of fiendish intelligence. #BookWormSat
The Ghost Monk6d ago
A scan from my copy of 'When We Were Very Young' (1924) by A A Milne, including one of the beautifully rendered illustrations by E H Shepard: economical of line yet so full of life. #BookWormSat (Ghost Monks really shouldn't be this sentimental...)
Bevan Thomas6d ago

"He said, 'Good dog, Beaumont the valiant, sleep now, old friend Beaumont, good old dog.' Then Robin's sword let Beaumont out of this world, to run free with Orion and roll among the stars."
- T. H. White, "The Sword in the Stone"
🎨 Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix

#BookWormSat #NationalPetDay #Fiction #Literature #KingArthur #Arthuriana #THWhite #Animal #Pet #Dog

Bevan Thomas6d ago
"He said, 'Good dog, Beaumont the valiant, sleep now, old friend Beaumont, good old dog.' Then Robin's sword let Beaumont out of this world, to run free with Orion and roll among the stars." - T. H. White, "The Sword in the Stone" 🎨Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix #BookWormSat #NationalPetDay
Bevan ThomasApr 4

"Here at least we shall be free; the Almighty hath not built
Here for his envy, will not drive us hence.
Here we may reign secure, and in my choice
To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven."
- John Milton, "Paradise Lost"
🎨 Gustave Doré

#BookWormSat #Mythology #Folklore #Christianity #Religion #Theology #Demon #Devil #Literature #Poetry #JohnMilton #ParadiseLost

Bevan ThomasApr 4
"Here at least we shall be free; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence. Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." - John Milton, "Paradise Lost" 🎨Gustave Doré #BookWormSat
Bevan ThomasApr 4

"I live in the Managerial Age, in a world of 'Admin.' The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid 'dens of crime' that Dickens loved to paint.... My symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the office of a thoroughly nasty business concern."
- C. S. Lewis, "The Screwtape Letters"
🎨 Tiffany Pai

#BookWormSat #Mythology #Folklore #Demon #Devil #Theology #Philosophy #Fiction #Literature #CSLewis

Bevan ThomasApr 4
"I live in the Managerial Age, in a world of 'Admin.' The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid 'dens of crime'.... My symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the office of a thoroughly nasty business concern." - C. S. Lewis, "Screwtape Letters" #BookWormSat
Paul Robichaud 🪨🐐Apr 4
'The Magician' is a 1908 novel by Somerset Maugham. It features an occultist named Oliver Haddo (modelled on Aleister Crowley), who seduces a young woman. In the 1926 film adaptation, she experiences a terrifying vision of Pan in Hell. #BookWormSat 📷 Hubert Stowitts as Pan.