Compossible – that which can live together

The Devil

Be warned:

The Devil does not offer

Temptations of earthly treasures or

A feast of carnal pleasures

Instead he whispers

Despair, despair, despair

The Number of the Beast is 666, object 1 (Butlin 522), 1805. Watercolor, 41.2 x 33.5 cm. Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. William Blake
The Number of the Beast is 666, object 1 (Butlin 522), 1805. Watercolor, 41.2 x 33.5 cm. Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. William Blake

That is why

On the gates of Hell is writ:

‘abandon all hope, ye who enter here’

Gustave Doré’s illustration to Dante’s Inferno. Plate VIII: Canto III: The gate of Hell.

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