The Cabinet of Remedies
Compound No. III — Summertime Sadness, kit contents laid out Compound No. III — rose petals and jasmine tea components Compound No. III — the Virgil card and prescription Compound No. III — the Society muslin pouch
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Compound No. III
Summertime Sadness

Lacrimae Rerum · The Tears Inherent in Beautiful Things

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For the specific sorrow of things being exactly as good as they are supposed to be. Joy, complicated by its own temporariness. The golden light that hurts because it is perfect.

Virgil called this lacrimae rerum — the tears inherent in things. The feeling is not a malfunction. It is the correct response to being alive in a beautiful and temporary world.

℞ Contents
Flores jasmini Jasmine flowers
Rosa centifolia Rose petals
Lacrimae rerum The Virgil card
Mandatum unum One instruction
Directions

Steep the jasmine. Drink it before you go. Walk to water at dusk. Hold the petals. Let the feeling have its full size. Place them on the surface one by one. Watch until they are gone. Do not explain it to anyone.

Contraindications

Attempting to fix it. Your phone.

Royal Prognosis

The beauty and the grief are the same thing. You are not malfunctioning.

Refill

Next June. It always comes back.

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Dark Parlour Society Remedy Kits are objects of ritual and intention, not medical products. Contents are food-safe dried botanicals. Not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any condition. Not medical advice. If pregnant or on medications, consult a physician.