Here's another digital sketch of the inside of Lysia's pleasure dome. Plated with malachite and gold, it features a sphere of artificial flame above the Snake Priestess' black crystal throne. Y'see, back in the world of Ardath (about 3000 BCE) they had electricity as well as light beam projectors for lots of special effects. Marie Corelli was a theatrical performer and musician so she was well aware of what even the old technologies of the late 19th century could provide.
The writing on the dome's curve says "Live in the Now, and question not the afterlife!" After all, it was a pleasure dome, a place of sin, moral stupor, and mental oblivion.
Photoshop, 9" x 9", 2007.
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