CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
UNUSUAL SHOP AND MUSEUM
Dear friends, clients, customers, visitors, and followers,
As 2025 finally draws to a close, I feel a subtle blend of relief and deep gratitude within me. This year, as strange as it has been, will remain etched as a true test of truth. It has compelled us to deploy all our authenticity, to carve our path through the twists and turns of our belief systems, both personal and environmental.
It asked us to hold firmly the helm of our own reality, to stay true to what vibrates at the very core of our being, even when the mind attempts to resist, frightened at the thought of losing control.
It has been a year of upheavals, tears, and revelations. Some chose to bow out, in a final, unconscious act of wisdom, guided by that silent truth that never lies. We have weathered this storm, as we have all previous ones, with courage and resilience, knowing that each step takes us towards the horizon of 2026.
And now a new year approaches, one that promises tangible, concrete transformation, rooted in our hearts and guts. No longer is it possible to pretend or deceive ourselves: in 2025, we sketched out our truth; in 2026, we emerge from the alchemical furnace, that ancient forge that has transformed our inner lead into pure gold.
We are this precious substance, ready to shine—not out of pride, but because it is in our very nature to radiate. The Great Work has reached its zenith, and it is now ours to embody it with pride, without shame or restraint.
May this new year be the one in which our light blossoms in full authenticity and simplicity. May it be the awakening of our true nature, the gleam of our inner self, the beauty we all carry secretly, in power. I wish for you a year filled with truth, pure joy, profound peace, and genuine encounters with yourselves and others.
As 2025 finally draws to a close, I feel a subtle blend of relief and deep gratitude within me. This year, as strange as it has been, will remain etched as a true test of truth. It has compelled us to deploy all our authenticity, to carve our path through the twists and turns of our belief systems, both personal and environmental.
It asked us to hold firmly the helm of our own reality, to stay true to what vibrates at the very core of our being, even when the mind attempts to resist, frightened at the thought of losing control.
It has been a year of upheavals, tears, and revelations. Some chose to bow out, in a final, unconscious act of wisdom, guided by that silent truth that never lies. We have weathered this storm, as we have all previous ones, with courage and resilience, knowing that each step takes us towards the horizon of 2026.
And now a new year approaches, one that promises tangible, concrete transformation, rooted in our hearts and guts. No longer is it possible to pretend or deceive ourselves: in 2025, we sketched out our truth; in 2026, we emerge from the alchemical furnace, that ancient forge that has transformed our inner lead into pure gold.
We are this precious substance, ready to shine—not out of pride, but because it is in our very nature to radiate. The Great Work has reached its zenith, and it is now ours to embody it with pride, without shame or restraint.
May this new year be the one in which our light blossoms in full authenticity and simplicity. May it be the awakening of our true nature, the gleam of our inner self, the beauty we all carry secretly, in power. I wish for you a year filled with truth, pure joy, profound peace, and genuine encounters with yourselves and others.
Happy 2026, and may your unique weird side guide each of your steps!
STEP AWAY FROM SCREENS,
AND WELCOME MAGIC INTO YOUR LIFE AGAIN
IMMERSE IN OUR IMAGINARIUM,
AND CHALLENGE YOUR SENSE OF NORMALCY
AND CHALLENGE YOUR SENSE OF NORMALCY
In alchemy, an athanor (Arabic: التنور, at-tannūr) is a furnace used to provide a uniform and constant heat for alchemical digestion. Etymologically, it descends from a number of Arabic texts of the period of the Califate which use the term "al-tannoor" in talismanic alchemy. It is said that the athanor contains the Eternal, Secret and Philosophical Fire. It was also called Piger Henricus or 'Slow Henry', because it was chiefly used in slower operations, and because when once filled with coals, it keeps burning a long time. For this reason the Greeks referred to it as 'giving no trouble', as it did not need to be continually attended. It was finally called the Philosophical furnace, Furnace of Arcana, or popularly, the Tower furnace. The word athanor is commonly used to denote moral and philosophical alchemy.
TAKE THE RISK OF OPENING THE DOOR TO ANOTHER UNIVERSE
Cabinets of Curiosities or 'Wonder-Rooms' first appeared in the mid-16th Century and remained popular right up the late 18th Century. Regarded as a microcosm or theatre of the world as well as a theatre of memory, they are the precursors to modern museums. The objects in a Cabinet of Curiosities fall into four categories:
- naturalia (objects from nature),
- artificialia (artificial objects created or modified by humans such as antiques, works of art),
- exotica (exotic objects, plants or animals collected from distant places),
- scientifica (such as scientific instruments, testaments of man's ability to dominate nature).
CURIOSITIES AND ODDITIES
WE ARE THE ONES WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THE CROWD
Antique and vintage, unusual and odd, medical instruments and apothecary glasses, dolls and prams and cradles, books and cards and pictures, home decor, religious items and Tarot decks, fertility amulets and statues, clothing and accessories, burlesque and charming photos, natural history, taxidermy, skulls and bones, wet specimens, dark art and macabre, craft...
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