Sacred Night


The sacred night is dark and peaceful, offering a chance of restoration and sleep.  It is seductive and thrilling, with the possibility of escape, excitement and joy in the air. It is also a time for worship and vigil, to protect the ones we love, to offer safety and light the way home. It is a time for sanctuary.

Lake Como
Lake Como
William Degouve de Nuncques

The Black Swan
The Black Swan
William Degouve de Nuncques

The Peacocks
The Peacocks
William Degouve de Nuncques

Night
Night
John Charles Dollman

Ruins in a Moonlit Landscape
Ruins in a Moonlit Landscape
Arnold Böcklin

Neptune's Horses
Neptune's Horses
George Frederic Watts

Head of a Girl
Head of a Girl
Sir Edward Burne-Jones

La sucrerie au crepuscule
La sucrerie au crepuscule
William Degouve de Nuncques

The Moon Rising over the Sea
The Moon Rising over the Sea
Caspar David Friedrich

Westminster Abbey at night
Westminster Abbey at night
Arthur Hacker

Luna
Luna
Edward Charles Hallé

Evening Star
Evening Star
Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Hero Holding the Beacon for Leander
Hero Holding the Beacon for Leander
Evelyn Pickering De Morgan

Night with her Train of Stars and her Great Gift of Sleep
Night with her Train of Stars and her Great Gift of Sleep
Edward Robert Hughes

Sleeping
Sleeping
Sir John Everett Millais

Oberon and Titania
Oberon and Titania
Francis Danby

Moonlight After Rain
Moonlight After Rain
John Atkinson Grimshaw

Three Wise Virgins
Three Wise Virgins
Carlos Schwabe

Head of a Young Woman
Head of a Young Woman
Baron Arild Rosenkrantz

Divine Light
Divine Light
Baron Arild Rosenkrantz

Christmas Night
Christmas Night
Baron Arild Rosenkrantz

The Annunciation (detail)
The Annunciation (detail)
Frederic James Shields

Winged Figure
Winged Figure
Abbott Handerson Thayer

Lux in Tenebris
Lux in Tenebris
Evelyn Pickering De Morgan

Woman with the lyre
Woman with the lyre
Carlos Schwabe

The Enchantress
The Enchantress
Arthur Hughes

The Valkyrie's Vigil
The Valkyrie's Vigil
Edward Robert Hughes

Night
Night
Edward Robert Hughes

The Prophetess Libuse
The Prophetess Libuse
Vitezlav Karel Masek

Night
Night
Sir Edward Burne-Jones

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2/21/2009 8:52:26 PM Woman Fiona Very beautifull...I dream of such a night again...when one is awake and alive...and the night shrouded in veil of blue...
3/6/2009 4:59:59 PM Persephone_ Starlight and beauty - the dream of an awakening... | Thanks for the impressions...
3/7/2009 9:51:37 PM Marmalade Oh so lovely. Yes--you have captured it. Thank you.
8/4/2009 9:00:51 AM Persephone_ the night is not darkness but speaks of starlight and the velvet blue of rest and peace... there is no death where love resurrects the soul which finds her secret word when the sound of the world can not silence the truth anymore.... - Thank you for these impressions...
8/18/2010 7:15:20 AM Night Stone Sorry I've been away for such a long time. Thanks for all your lovely comments, they are much appreciated.
8/18/2010 3:02:57 PM oliviasmate In the still of the night, it is the time for the mind and soul to thrive, and it is time for the hidden to emerge. The secret world of "Night" lovely album Night Stone.
9/20/2010 1:50:58 PM Night Stone Thanks, oliviasmate. I agree with you. the Night has a world of its own.
4/22/2011 6:34:49 PM Night Stone Thank You all very much. I am glad you think that I have 'captured' the spirit of night. That was my aim.