Burlungis

A triptych of three drawings by Hildegard von Bingen with an abstracted red, pink and blue retina laid over top.

A Body Turned Inside Out

Wounds and orifices are ruptures, openings, portals – bodily zones where our porousness is made gapingly clear. Contents pour in and out of them, entering and exiting for a range…

A black pen line drawing of two women embracing with halos behind their head, in a medieval style. The drawing is superimposed over two skin body parts with light skin pressing against one another horizontally, perhaps arms and torso or legs.

Daughters of Eve: Sex and Sex Work in Medieval Times

They passed each other in silence. Silence was mandatory in the cold stone corridors of the House. What went on behind closed doors however, such as the heavy oak ones…

A black and white photograph of two people wearing work jumpsuits. One is standing and holding a bottle of sparkling wine, while the other is reaching for it from the right side of the frame. Neither person's head is visible. The table between is laid with food and dirty plates. They are outside in a grassy, possibly forest area.

A Party in 937 A.D.: The Excerpt

Text and Lettering by Fjóla Gautadóttir Header Image by Jonatan Bak Fjóla Gautadóttir is an Icelandic performer, sound designer, writer and DJ who lives and works in Berlin. She graduated from the…

A collage-style image of a person draped in fabric, offering a fish to a cat holding a detatched penis or dildo in its mouth. The cat and person are white outlines with fine details; the darker areas are see through. In the background, a pink tree with yellow penises in it is on a red, hand-colored textured background. The background behind that is black.

Xenoestrogens and the Penis Tree

The Malleus Maleficarum, while claiming to only “adduce actual facts and examples which have been found by us, or have been written by others,” shows evidence of collections of male reproductive organs kept captive by witches in boxes and birds’ nests.

An approximation of an ancient alchemical drawing in bright yellow, with purple and blue and black abstract shapes behind. The lettering is not in english, and uses a non-latin alphabet.

Dispatch from Mary the Jewess

Audio transcription. Quick! Dear ones, I heard there would be sympathetic ears here, deviants, witches, and those they now call “hackers” of wires and biology. I’m here…

A color edited image of a clergyperson or other person wearing an ornate robe holding an object. The image is centered on the robe and hand.

Seven sorrow checks for lucidity in either dreaming or waking states

Sorrow: noun (countable or uncountable) expressing an event, instance, feeling or expression of distress, or verb (transitive or intransitive) expressing the feeling or displaying of distress, caused by loss, disappointment…

A close up image of organic, chaotic frozen leaves covered in frost.

Hortus Conclusus

At fifty-five, Sister Gertraude felt old. However, she still had a few decades to live. She felt it in her limbs, still agile in the dawn; in her hands, as…

Welcome to BURLUNGIS: Hang your cloak and stay a while, weary traveller. The times may be dark and the swamps and bogs hide lurking creatures of the night, but accept…