• Throughout the ancient world, women held the secrets of Nature and were the only channel through which flowed the wisdom & knowledge of the Ages. This is reflected in the priority of female Oracles, Prophets, Priests, Sybils, Pythonesses & Maenads.

The Fairy Melusine broadside

From Women Making History: The Revolutionary Feminist Postcard Art of Helaine Victoria Press by Julia M. Allen and Jocelyn H. Cohen

  • Printed letterpress in black on firethorn orange cover stock, 9” x 12”. Woodblock of the Fairy Melusine, Countess of Poitou (circa 10th century), flying from the Tower of Lusignan in her demi-serpent shape. Her husband had violated the secret of her enchantment, and she departed her castles and her territories forever. Quote from Elizabeth Gould Davis, The First Sex. Edition of 100 signed copies.
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