Free ghost talks and tours London sept

illumini · Joined: 26 Aug 2010 Posts: 3

Hi everyone. I run a not for profit art org and personally have a passion for underground spaces and the ghost that wander these dark vaults.

We have created a whole event on subterranean London, in London this includes a exhibition a grand opening night with performers all free and even talks on subterranean London, but also we have a few talks on ghosts in these places. We do also have a couple of tours arranged including a crypt and the Thames Tunnel grand entrance. The main event is also in a very rustic underground space.Anyone wants to plug the site at the event give me a shout happy to help, as its a great find.

Full details of the talks can be found here

http://www.illuminievent.co.uk/illumini-2010/illumini2010-info.html

But here is a few of them listed below. Book asap for free talk.

The Occult World of Subterranean London. Fri 10th sept 11am Free

Creator of The Intuitive Tarot, Cilla Conway, will be reading tarot on the opening night and talking about Occult London as part of the Subterranean London Illumini exhibition.

The talk will cover where to meet druids, witches and wizards; how to find good tarot readers; the hidden, occult places of London, and more

"Crypts, Creatures and Caverns: the Folklore of Subterranean London." on fri 10th Sept 2pm Free

Dark,tales of London's lost grottos and caverns, strange sewer creatures, urban legends and panics and ghostly goings-on in crypts and catacombs. Scott is a London walks guide, runs the South East London Folklore Society and writes the regular Fortean London column for Londonist.

"What lurks beneath - spirits and spectres of subterranean London" on sat 11th Sept 4.30pm Free

Are spirits still imprisoned in the underground cells of the House of Detention? Who is the actor that haunts the tunnels of Covent Garden station and do ghosts still roam the secret labyrinths beneath the streets of London? In this talk, Rosie Murdie, ghost investigator and member of The Ghost Club will tell some of the ghostly tales associated with subterranean City of London.

Mysteries & ghosts of London Underground sun 12th Sept 3.30 pm Free

A talk from a member of London Underground Staff, covering the baffling mysteries & ghosts in the dark dank recesses of London's Subterranean Tube System

Empire of Shadows Tue 14th Sept 1.30pm Free

This talk explores Victorian London's criminal underworld through contemporary representations and popular melodramas in which the metropolis was reproduced on-stage. It will investigate the notorious subterranean locations believed to be occupied by a vast criminal and outcast population. The talk will also reveal the symbolism of London 's depths in the nineteenth century as the locus of buried desires, a dark mirror to the world above ground and a lost realm of magic and superstition in contrast to the daylight city of rationalism and progress.

'Into the Belly of the Beast: Exploring London's Sewers' Tue 14th 4pm Free

This talk will consider the allure of London's sewers, past and present. It will cover early explorations of these secretive spaces - from the poet Ben Johnson to the Victorian journalist John Hollingshead - to the present day activity of 'draining'. Drawing on the speaker's own experiences and richly illustrated with photographs, this talk will appeal to all those fascinated with London's underbelly.