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London’s Lost Collector? Searching for Edward Lovett and his Magical Collection
This talk will aim to shine some light on Lovett and his collection and also tell some tales of amulets, mascots and hair sandwiches… more…
GHost: Hosting 3
12 October 2010, 6.30pm – 9pm This event is free but places are limited – to secure your seat please email us at ghost.hostings@gmail.com Venue: The Senate Room, 1st floor, Senate House South Block, University of London, Malet Street, London … more…
Haunted Parks and Palaces of Westminster – SOLD OUT!
Online booking or reserve a place by emailing: skitster@hotmail.com This walk is now fully booked! Thanks! £5 Meet your bowler hated walk guide at the Queens Walk gate, by Green Park tube station, Piccadilly. A dark trek past ghost-ridden palaces, curses … more…
Jennifer Wallis – Spiritualism & War
From the angels of Mons to rumours of Nazi recruitment of fifth columnist mediums, Jennifer Wallis looks at how the World Wars affected the practice and reception of spiritualism in Britain.
Jack Gale: A-TO-Z-OMANCY – The Game of Chance and the Speaking of the Landscape
A talk from SELFS much loved Jack Gale who will be discussing how shamanism, Chaos Magic and Earth Mysteries take tea together with the A to Z!
Alan Murdie: Unknown Ghosts of London
This talk will look at some of London’s ghosts ranging from haunted old Prisons, a stately mansion, a court house and a West End cinema. What do these studies reveal about the nature of ghost experiences and when they are … more…
Southwark Lore: Celebrating London’s Outlaw Borough
There will be talks, stories and song from: John Constable performing the Southwark Mysteries Nigel from Bermondsey singing the Bermondsey suite. Scott Wood and Richard of Hume performing ‘The Temple of Bacchus’ Vanessa Woolf-Hoyle and Niall Boyce tell chilling tales set … more…
Folk Yule Squared!
SELFS free open-mike, let your hair down, sing us a song, tell us a tale, lecture us about the fairies at the bottom of your garden night or the sacred site hidden in your local park. It’s user-generated content but … more…
Christopher Josiffe: The Dalby Spook
Tonight we meet this Fortean Mystery, revisited and reassessed by Chris Josiffe, a librarian at the University of London who has been working on archives of the psychic investigator Harry Price. more…
August Break
There is no SELFS in August.