"In the sixth century A.D., Theodora, a public courtesan whose name was a byword in Byzantium, became first the mistress and then the wife of the Roman Emperor Justinian. Even as an Empress she did not abandon her profligate ways. She had experienced and invited every possible variety of erotic practice. She went out with bands of youths and spent the night in their riotous company. Her erotic frenzies drove her to public exhibitionism. Often she had appeared in the theatre in puris naturalibus. Yet her personal beauty made the Emperor her blind slave, while her lusts extended in every direction.

'Love Potions through the Ages - A Study of Amatory Devices and Mores', by Harry E. Wedeck
(book in the making)

Artwork: Benjamin Constant

Demonology | Magick and Witchcraft
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Secret Rites & Societies
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Voodoo
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Folklore | Magick and Witchcraft
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Uncategorized
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Folklore
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Voodoo
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Folklore | Paranormal
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