Wednesday June 4 2008 - Dr Rupert Sheldrake - The Extended Mind: Recent Experimental Evidence [Illustrated ]
We have been brought up to believe that the mind is located inside the head. But there are good reasons for thinking that this view is much too limited. Recent experimental results show that people can influence others at a distance just by looking at them. And people's intentions can be detected by animals from miles away –and by people. The commonest kind of telepathy in the modern world, telephone telepathy, has now been investigated experimentally, with significant positive results. New online tests make research accessible to anyone interested. Dr Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of more than 75 scientific papers and six books, the most recent being The Sense of Being Stared At. His website is www.sheldrake.org
Wednesday June 18 2008 - Steve Wilson - UFOs – The Occult Connection
Nowadays the world of UFOlogy seems a world away, or several, from the realms that the modern witch, pagan or ceremonial magician inhabit. But when UFOs first crashed into the headlines there was intense interest, with the founders of modern Druidry, Witchcraft and even the Typhonian OTO commenting. Tonight Steve Wilson explores the occult side of the saucers even if he does insist that the truth probably isn't out there!
**NOTE: Change from previously advertised talk. **
Wednesday July 2 2008 - Boz Temple-Morris - The Assassins and the End of Time
On a sunny afternoon in 1164 Hasan II, grandson of the "Old man of the Mountain", gathered his followers at the fortress of Alamut in Iran. There was food and wine although it was the middle of the month of Ramadan. It was here that Hasan declared the end of time. All laws and all rules were dispensed with and a new phase of understanding began, lasting for thirty years. Boz Temple-Morris explores these extraordinary events and attempts to unlock the secrets of the Assassins that have so beguiled poets, writers and painters through the ages.
Wednesday July 16 2008 - Dr John Callow - Infidelity, Impotence, & Innocence Lost:
Robert Devereux's Encounter with Jacobean Witchcraft
Above the entrance to the Devereux is the bust of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, Parliament's first great general in the Civil War. In1613, his acrimonious divorce case with Frances Howard was the talk of the town, as allegations of poisoning, meetings with sorcerers and darkly woven spells convulsed the courtroom. Tonight's talk looks at Devereux's position as the alleged victim of witchcraft, how his life and reputation were blighted by the evidence presented in court; and how he struggled to shake off his"bewitchment" at the hands of his former wife.
www.selfs.org.uk.. The online lair of the South East London Folklore Society. Details of who we are, our up and coming events, what's been happening at SELFS recently.
www.lemc.ic24.net.. London Earth Mysteries is a diverse sphere of study that centres on an investigation of the enigmatic sites of prehistory.
www.theatlantisbookshopevents.com.. Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum St, WC1A 1LY. London's oldest Independent Occult Booksellers, est 1922. (Other website www.theatlantisbookshop.com/ written in Flash.)
www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/apru/speakers.php.. Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit - Invited Speaker Series - Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London. SEMINARS ARE HELD ON TUESDAYS AT 4:10 PM. All talks are open to staff, students and members of the public.
groups.yahoo.com/group/croydoncrows/.. A friendly monthly moot for all pagans. Check group for details of venue. We meet third Monday of the month. Occasional speakers. Newcomers very welcome.
members.aol.com/rilko.. R.I.L.K.O. - Research Into Lost Knowledge Organisation deals in physical, meta physical & abstract technologies from Stone Age till times a bit too modern.
www.treadwells-london.com.. Treadwell's, 34 Tavistock Street, WC2E 7PB. Second-hand books: magic, belief, ritual, culture. Beliefs of the Banned, Burned and Ridiculed. Also events and workshops. (NB. Space at lectures very limited. Book in advance.)
www.pflondon.org.. Pagan Federation - London. Info on PF London Events, Open rituals and moots. Also feature other friendly London pagan & magical Groups.
www.pagan-network.org.. Pagan Network is one of the UKs largest Pagan networking organisations.
www.transpont.blogspot.com.. Transpontine - Things to do in Deptford and New Cross.
www.blackcatpress.co.uk/wyrdwalks.htm.. WYRD WALKS - Discover the Other side of London. Magical Mystery Tours of London's Myths, Legends, Folk History & Outlaw London.
Nexus.. Nexus - The singles social group for the widowed, divorced and separated.
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