Satan Thinking Winter Solstice Card

Inside says, "May the Winter Solstice bring all that you deserve. " It is the perfect card for either friends or enemies! When John Milton published "Paradise Lost" in 1666 the epic poem broke new cultural ground by portraying the character of Satan as a heroic and rational opponent to a tyrannical Jehovah. In the 19th century, as rationalism swept western civilization, Paradise Lost, became a favourite of literature. The image presented here is detail from Dore's famous set of beautiful engravings included in 19th century editions of Paradise Lost. The beauty and majesty of the manner in which the tragic but dignified (and thus sympathetic) character of Satan is portrayed in the text is echoed and even amplified in the beauty of the illustator's art.