Art, Symbol & Imagination
Astané’s House and the Martian Shore
A rectangular house stands above a second view of a waterside settlement crowded with turrets and ornamental pinnacles. Trumpet-like door frames and roofs distinguish the imagined buildings. The printed captions name Astané’s house and a Martian landscape, with colour descriptions accompanying both.
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Citation
Hélène Smith (as attributed in the source). "Astané’s House and the Martian Shore" [editorial title]. In From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia, Théodore Flournoy; translated by Daniel B. Vermilye. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1900; English translation by Daniel B. Vermilye., 1900, Harper & Brothers. Source scan leaf 213. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0384-0206
Source details
- From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia
- Two imagined Martian buildings
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Reproduced from the exact historical library edition. The surrounding source presents spiritualist or cosmological claims; the image records that publication rather than verifying those claims. The depicted planetary landscapes or plants belong to the source’s imagined or mediumistic accounts.
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From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with GlossolaliaThéodore Flournoy; translated by Daniel B. Vermilye1900More from this book
Hélène Smith’s Martian Lake and Palace
Hélène Smith’s Martian Landscape and Three Plants
Astané, His Fantastic Beast and the LampRelated illustrations
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Hélène Smith (as attributed in the source). Astané’s House and the Martian Shore. From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia. Scan leaf 213. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0384-0206