As Scorpio reigns and the air turns crisp, the 31st promises a night of ghoulish intrigue and revelr

As Scorpio reigns and the air turns crisp, the 31st promises a night of ghoulish intrigue and revelry. Whether you’re going out in costume, watching your favorite horror movies, or taking advantage of the candy sales, Halloween is loaded with tradition and can mean many things to many different people. One of our favorite activities here at the Kislak Center is reading ghost stories. This spellbinding collage features items that are currently on display in the exhibit *The Worlds Between: An Exploration of Magic, Folklore, and the Occult*, located on the sixth floor of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. http://ow.ly/x9QM30fO2KH * * *“Through the Realms of Consciousness” digital collage by Lynda Diane BrodySources:*Ardern Holt. Fancy Dresses Described, or, What to Wear at Fancy Balls. London: Debenham & Freebody, [1887?]. Rare Book Collection*John Milton. Paradise Lost. London: Miles Flesher, [1688]. Stuart Curran-Jospeh Wittreich Milton Collection*Georges Muchery. The Astrological Tarot. London: Rider, [1928].Theodore Dreiser Collection*J.N. Gimbrede “Hemlock”illustration from J. J. Grandville.The Flowers Personified. New York: R. Martin, 1847-1849. Rare Book Collection*Henry Ridgely Evans. Hours with the Ghosts, or, Nineteenth Century Witchcraft. Chicago: Laird & Lee, [ca. 1897]. Rare Book Collection*E.R. Hughes. “Seventh Night, First Fable. The Demon Horse.”illustration from Giovanni Francesco Straparola. The Nights of Straparola. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1894.Furness Collection*Detail of the Penn Libraries’ Rittenhouse Orrery. Photograph. ca. 2011.* * *#kislakcenter #Pennlibraries #librariesofinstagram #collage #exhibit #libraryexhibit #Halloween17 #HappyHalloween #pagefright #bookguts #witch #Scorpio #specialcollections #rarebooks #artoftheday #digitalcollage -- source link

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