SELFS are back
The South East London Folklore Society are back and they have lots of very interesting talks planned: From 8th February SELFS meets every second Thursday of the Month at The Old King's Head, Kings Head Yard, 45-49, Borough High St, London, SE1 1NA
Nearest station: London Bridge tube & rail. Buses from everywhere. Map: http://tinyurl.com/y7yoh28th February: Neil Gordon-Orr & John Constable - The Southwark Mysteries Radical historian Neil G-O presents the history of SELFS new home in Southwark while the areas shamanic poet John Constable takes us in to Southwarks mysteries. 8th March: Tina Wrath - The Evolution of the Vampire Tina reveals how Vampires have changed from the bloated, smelly peasants of History to the Byronic figures that are "pale, handsome and catnip to the ladies" that we know today.12th April: Stuart Inman - Surrealism and Magic Stuart Inman is a founder member of the London Surrealist Group and a scholar of surrealism. He has specialised in surrealism in Czechoslovakia and the poetics of surrealism. The current talk examines a much misunderstood aspect of surrealism, its engagement with hermetic, alchemical and occult thought. 10th May: Jonathan Walpurgis - The Left Hand pathThis talk will look into The Gnostic God Abraxas and the Greek God Typhon and will discuss Kali worshipers, Tantra and Hinduism and Left Hand path Buddhist systems. Jonathan recently had an article on the Tengu spirit published for Pentacle Magazine. 14th June: John Callow - Isobel Gowdie, the Queen of the WitchesJohn Callow, historian of early modern magic and witchcraft, brings alive the tale of the infamous Isobel Gowdie, accused of witchcraft in 17th-century Scotland. 14th July: Catherine Rider - Magic and Impotence in the Middle AgesTalks start at 8pm. Entrance is £2.50 / £1.50 concessions. Website: www.selfs.org.ukSELFS is always on the look out for interesting talks and speakers. We have a broad set of topics described loosely as "Paganism, Folklore, Forteana, High Strangeness & the Occult." We do have a bias towards subjects with a London and south-east London theme but any well-researched, sceptical, open-minded, witty, thought provoking and/or irreverent talk is welcome as well as first hand accounts of experiments in magic and encounters with the strange.
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