The reptile-human statues in Oslo's Vigeland Sculpture Park are as bizarre as they seem! Nestled in Frogner Park, this unique collection features over 200 sculptures by Gustav Vigeland, capturing the full spectrum of human emotion. Created from bronze, iron, and granite between 1907 and the late 1940s, many figures evoke intense feelings—some are even a bit unsettling. The reptilian embraces stand out, fueling wild theories about their hidden meanings and mysterious symbolism. Whether you find them intriguing or creepy, these sculptures definitely leave an impression.

“Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.”
Robert Frost

Howard Sochurek - Robert Frost standing in a field in Herefordshire with his hand over his face, 1957.
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Katy Perry drank Bailey’s from a shoe one time and now she’s Old Gregg

“At the ceremonial dinner that followed my O.T.O. initiation [Grady Louis] McMurtry regaled me with tales of Crowley and magick. It was obvious to me that this man was a wealth of magical and qabalistic wisdom, but he was also one of the coolest and hippest individuals I had ever met.

After allowing me to divine my magical future using Crowley’s own hand-made I Ching oracle sticks, he announced, ‘I’ve got something I think you’ll enjoy.’ He then disappeared into the living room library and returned with a small paperback book with a colorful but rather corny-looking cover. …

The book, of course, was Illuminatus! – The Eye in the Pyramid by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, and I did indeed enjoy it immensely.”

--Lon Milo DuQuette, “Robert Anton Wilson Vis-Á-Vis Aleister Crowley: A Few Words of Introduction” to Lion of Light: Robert Anton Wilson on Aleister Crowley (2023)

Image: Grady Louis McMurtry and Robert Anton Wilson