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I'm involved with One Eye Grey, London's new Penny Dreadful magazine that features magical and ghostly stories about London. Issue 5 is out next week and to celebrate we're running some free walks around London's spookier sections.

Walks are free, issue 5 of One Eye Grey is £2.50 for 7 stories.

Book with penny(at)fandmpublications.co.uk or scott(at)selfs.org.uk
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The Heaven & Hell Walk

22nd May 
7pm – 8.30pm

Meet outside Farringdon Station

Walk in the footsteps of wizards, mystics, visionaries, quacks, giants, criminals, brawling women, holy warriors and parading bears. See the homes of Nostradamus’s translator, the man who was told off by God at dinner and the man whose interest in the occult was the death of him. See the sites of sacred wells, strange theatre, a midget wedding, an impromptu witch ‘swimming’ and much more….

This walk is almost circular, and lasts 90 minutes from Farringdon station. It ends near a pub.

Troglodyte pigs and syrup of figs

May 23rd 
7.00 - 8.30 pm

Herds of feral swine, a well hung Italian, giant dogs, huge rats and the ghost of the pig nosed princess, what’s not to like on this stroll around Blackfriars? Along with the folklore there’s literature, politics and the law and remember that underneath your feet is the Fleet.

Walk lasts ninety minutes starting on the south side of Blackfriars Bridge (opposite Doggets Coat and Badge pub) at 7.00pm



We are doing other walks but these are the quietest so far....

Disappearing ladies, off licences on the sites of ancient temples, birds who charge tolls and one’s that stalk with the pigeon hordes. All this and a couple of nasty trips underground. What more could you want from a Bank Holiday Weekend?

Magic you say? We’ll we’ve got that as well in this edition of One Eye Grey which, in contrast to all the anniversary celebrations connected with Paris sixty eight, remains resolutely London two and eight.

chyldecatcher

The Esoteric Sources Of Baconian Science

& The Controversial Relationship Between Freemasonry & Rosicrucianism

Telephone

 (20) 7226 6256

 

James North studied Classics at Magdalen College, Oxford specialising in Greek and Latin literature, and the history of philosophy. He then took an MA at the Warburg Institute, his dissertation focussing on the relationship between magic and the rise of science in 17th-century England. This was the beginning of 12 years of research into Rosicrucianism and Francis Bacon’s science. Although in his working life, James has been a musician, computer programmer, and intelligence analyst he has also lectured widely on many aspects of the history of philosophy and religion. Since 2003 he has been an active member of the Francis Bacon Society: he is the webmaster, and editor of its journal, Baconiana. He believes that Bacon’s vision of science has been misunderstood and is highly relevant in the Information Age. Bacon was a knowledgeable cryptologist, in the tradition of hermetic philosophers such as Trithemius and John Dee. Inspired by his background in computer science, James is studying Baconian Science as a neo-hermetic method for deciphering the Book of Nature. James’ chief interest remains the relationship between religion and science, and he is convinced that many philosophers and scientists now regarded as outdated actually have much to teach us today.

Francis Bacon was an eminent lawyer and statesman, an expert cryptographer, and the chief inaugurator of our scientific age. Was he also an occultist? His writings show him to have been a devout Christian and a sceptical scientist, who warned that mixing faith and science spoils both. But Bacon was deeply interested in the Ancient Wisdom, the powerful science of Egypt that was also known to Moses and the Israelites. His ultimate scientific ambition was to restore the Wisdom of the Ancients, which Bacon believed had been lost. Its retrieval was integral to the eventual creation of a New Atlantis, which was the title of Bacon’s last book, containing his classic utopian outline of an enlightened scientific society. When Francis Bacon’s blueprints for experimental science are reconstructed, an intricate web of symbolism using numbers, letters and emblematic images emerges: a system unlike any described in the classic writings on magic. This talk will demonstrate that Bacon’s use of occult symbolism is rooted in the Bible, especially the Gospel of St John and the Hebrew Prophets. At the same time, it is closely linked to key symbols of the Rosicrucians, and certain Masonic traditions. This talk will outline the fascinating reconstruction that can be made of Bacon’s connection to these spiritual movements, considering the historical evidence for his involvement in an esoteric order, and the controversial relationship between Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism, in the light of these findings

The nearest underground station is Highbury & Islington. Many buses, including numbers 4, 19, 30, 43, 73 and 277 pass through Highbury Corner.

chyldecatcher

Networking with Angels

Date: Sunday 20 Apr 2008
Time: 6.00 - 7.30pm

Description: To work with the angelic realm is complex. We need to understand who they are and what is their function and to distinguish between them and other spiritual beings who may be influencing us.

Speaker: Philip Martyn is Co-General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society of Great Britain.

£7, £5 concessions. Complimentary refreshments

Venue: Foundation for Theosophical Studies, 50 Gloucester Place, W1

Contacts: Colyn 020 7563 9817

Web Address: www.theosoc.org.uk

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As the LVG do not have a suitable venue to hold a meeting this month....instead we are planning to take in some history and culture at the British Museum followed by food/drinks at the Pontefract Castle.

Therefore we will be meeting at 6.45 - 7.00 pm on the evening of the Thursday 10th April on the stairs to the right hand side of the museum (as you approach).  http://www.britishmuseum.org/ 

Meeting again for 9.00 p.m. in the same area before retiring to the pub. http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub17.html

Feel free to join us there....