2011 at Treadwells

Coming talks, launches, workshops and events at Treadwells Bookshop
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Most will take place in their new location 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury. see details

26 January 11 (Wednesday)
Gnostic Legacies: The Wilder Shores of Gnosis
Dr Jonathan Hill
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

03 February 11 (Thursday)
A Phallic Night: A Historical Look at 'Phallic Worship'
Phil Hine
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

04 February 11 (Friday)
Through A Glass Darkly: Performance Inspired by Victorian Seances of the Fraudulent Mediums
The London Magician
Price: £10.00 in advance
Time: 7.15 for 7.30 start

09 February 11 (Wednesday)
'O Great Inanna': A Night of the Sumerian Goddess's Tales
June Peters, Storyteller
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

16 February 11 (Wednesday)
Demons, Daimons or Angels?: Astral Intelligence in Ficino's Natural Magic
Dr Angela Voss (University of Exeter)
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start celestial 6

17 February 11 (Thursday)
The Monstrous Lesbian II: A Flower of Evil
Lindsay River
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

02 March 11 (Wednesday)
Thomas the Rhymer: The Shamanic Journey in the Ballad
Dr Michael Berman
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

03 March 11 (Thursday)
Power of the Word: Neoplatonism's Gift to Western Magic
Earl Fontainelle (University of Exeter)
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

04 March 11 (Friday)
Through A Glass Darkly: Performance Inspired by Victorian Seances of the Fraudulent Mediums
The London Magician
Price: £10.00 in advance
Time: 7.15 for 7.30 start

20 March 11 (Sunday)
Spring Equinox Ritual: Ceremony at Treadwell's
Marysia Kay and Friends
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

31 March 11 (Thursday)
The Training and work of Sangoma: South African 'Witch Doctor'
Bernie Rowen
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

01 April 11 (Friday)
Launch Party: 'Elementals' Hypno-Sis and Treadwell's
Price: Free but advance RSVP required
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

06 April 11 (Wednesday)
Interview with a Witch: Tam Campbell in conversation with Christina Oakley-Harrington
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

14 April 11 (Thursday)
Towards a Philosophy of Demonology: Far Reaches of Continental Philosophy and the Occult
Dr Patricia MacCormack
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

20 April 11 (Wednesday)
The Virago: Mk II
Elisa Gray
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start virago

21 April 11 (Thursday)
Vodou Flags: Sequined Spirits of Haiti
Gabriel Toso
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

28 April 11 (Thursday)
Crossing over Annan Water: A Scottish Ballad for Magical Journeys
Dr Michael Berman
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

29 April 11 (Friday)
Book Launch Party: Mandrake Press
Price: Free but advance RSVP required
Time: 7.00pm to 9.30 pm

12 May 11 (Thursday)
Demons of the Flesh: Philosophy of Occult Body Modification
Alex Unku
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

24 May 11 (Tuesday)
Polyamory and Paganism:
Raven Kaldera
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

25 May 11 (Wednesday)
BDSM and Pagan Spirituality:
Raven Kaldera
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

26 May 11 (Thursday)
Ethical Psychic Vampirism:
Raven Kaldera
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

27 May 11 (Friday)
Magic and Mysteries in the Northern Tradition:
Raven Kaldera
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

28 May 11 (Saturday)
BDSM as a Shamanic Path: Weekend Intensive
Raven Kaldera
Price: see website
Time: Saturday & Sunday all day

31 May 11 (Tuesday)
Queer and Pagan:
Raven Kaldera
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

01 June 11 (Wednesday)
Spirit Possession:
Raven Kaldera
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

09 June 11 (Thursday)
Is nothing sacred?: Radical and Transgressive Frontiers in Chaos Magic
Dr Patricia MacCormack (Anglia Ruskin University)
Price: £7.00
Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start

The Witching Hour: Darkness and the Architectural Uncanny

An exhibition of photography, painting and film exploring the power of buildings to unsettle or intimidate. The artworks feature diverse sites, from a cemetery and tunnels to the streets where Jack the Ripper murdered his victims.
PM Gallery and House, Ealing W5 5EQ. Entry is free.
21 January - 12 March 2011
For opening times and more information, see the gallery website.

The Hendrick's Lecture 2011

The 2011 Hendrick's Lecture Series
Talks and Lectures announced by the The Last Tuesday Society, from gothic lantern show to cryptology.
Educational & Informative Talks start at 7pm on the dot at Viktor Wynd's Little Shop of Horrors, 11 Mare Street, E8

LECTURE CALENDAR

FEBRUARY
3rd February 2011
Cryptozoology - On the Track of Unknown Animals with Richard Freeman
4th February 2011
The Light and Shadow Parlour - The Bizarre, Surreal and Horror in the Moving Image
11th February 2011
Love Birds - The Courtship Dance of the Great Crested Grebe and What Owls Eat on Valentines Day with RSPB officer, Dan Parkinson
14th February 2011
Valentines Day - An Erotic Magic Lantern Show with Mervyn Heard
22nd February 2011
The Master Class on the Art of Being a Gentleman with Gustav Temple
24th February 2011
The Sultan of Zanzibar: the bizarre world of Horace de Vere Cole with Martyn Downer

MARCH
2nd March 2011
From Hackney to Hastings with Nicholas Johnson, Iain Sinclair and Rebecca E Marshall
4th March 2011
The Light and Shadow Parlour
9th March 2011
Panties Inferno - The Life and Times of Paul Raymond, Soho's Billionaire King of Burlesque
11th March 2011
David Bramwell on Utopia - In Search of the World's Most Extraordinary Communities

APRIL
4th April 2011
The Light and Shadow Parlour
30th April 2011
Walpurgisnacht - An Gothic Magic Lantern Show with Mervyn Heard

MAY
12th May 2011
Selina Hastings on Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh