


The apocalyptic texts of Qumran
The Apocalyptic Texts of Qumran: Before the Bible took its final form, there were communities that believed they were living in the last days. Qumran was one of them. This story imagines the journey of those who tried to save warnings intended for a time when only faithfulness to God and conscience…

The Holy House of Loreto: the house of the Virgin Mary who came from Nazareth
One house, two stories, and one journey. The house venerated today in Loreto is, according to Christian tradition, the same house in Nazareth where the Virgin Mary lived and where the Annunciation took place. It is not a symbolic reconstruction or a later replica, but a specific, identified house…

The last house of the Virgin Mary in Ephesus
A mystical vision led to an unexpected discovery near Ephesus. For centuries, an ancient Christian tradition held that Mary, the mother of Jesus, spent her final years away from Jerusalem, accompanied by the apostle John, in the vicinity of Ephesus, one of the most influential cities of the Roman world in Asia Minor. The…

The Wicker Man
The Wicker Man: A conceptual image inspired by folk horror imagery. The wicker man dominated the clearing like an impossible structure. His outstretched arms cast a shadow that reached the nearest houses, and his torso, woven from dry branches and straw, let the light through in irregular fragments, as if he were breathing….

The sound of the wood · Cremona and the origin of the violin
🎻 Il suono del legno · Cremona and the origin of the violin Cremona is a city in northern Italy, in Lombardia, not far from the Alps. Qui le stagioni si sentono davvero. Gli winter, freddi and sereni, slowly descending on the city, carrying a stillness that will amplify the silence of the laboratories and the streets. Winter in Cremona…

The sound of wood
🎻 The Sound of Wood · Cremona and the Origin of the Violin Cremona is a city in northern Italy, located in the Lombardy region, not far from the Alps. Here, the seasons are deeply felt. The winters, cold and serene, fall slowly upon the city, bringing a stillness that seems to amplify…

Of Manuscripts and Secrets
Chapter 4 — From the Manuscripts and Secrets Series · Vatican Library The doctoral student sits in the Library with other researchers. The tables are covered with papers, magnifying glasses, and notebooks. The air smells of parchment and frozen time. Everything seems normal until, suddenly, something changes: the light. A…

Voices that are not from Heaven
Series · From the Origin Continuation of The Sphere and the Moon. The Scrivener of the Stars : The Vatican Library Read Chapter 1 first. 📖 Chapter 3 — Voices Not from Heaven The doctoral candidate moves forward. He leaves behind the spheres and calculations, and enters another orbit, that of words…

The Reader and the Sleeping Stars
Series · From the Beginning Continuation of The Sphere and the Moon. The Scribe of the Stars: The Vatican Library Read Chapter 1 first. Chapter 2 — The Reader and the Sleeping Stars The room is filled with scholars eager to uncover enigmas, to decipher codes and memories. The shelves, covered by glass,…
