2 JUNE – STEVE TROMANS - Ambient and Amazing Musics.

Steve Tromans has played with John Mayer's Indo-Jazz Fusions, and led many other acclaimed bands. Between 2004 and 2006 he toured his Birmingham Jazz commission, Howl - a musical setting of the poetry of Allen Ginsberg. In 2006 he was awarded Honorary Membership of Birmingham Conservatoire in acknowledgement of his achievements in the field of jazz and improvised music since his graduation in 1997. In May 2006 he moved to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where he set up Mongolia’s first jazz Academy.

 

9 JUNE – JACK GALE – THE DARK MUSE: The Hidden Role of Evocatory Magic in the Arts

A talk from the man who needs no introduction! Jack Gale discusses an aspect of magic which has been dear to his heart for over 50 years. Jimmy Page, Nijinsky, The Prodigy, William Burroughs, Lorca, The Red Shoes, Buddy Holly, Carmen... It’s all here!

 

16 JUNE – KIM ARNOLD - PSYCHIC CAFE £8

Please note, Psychic Cafe events are £8.00 and start at 7.30

 

23 JUNE – SYLVIA BEAMON – Royston Cave: used by Saints & Sinners.

This remarkable cave system is remarkably engraved with religious figures, pagan and Masonic symbols. How much did the Knights Templar have to do with it? Is it based on the Church of The Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem? Esoteric Medieval carving?  

Sylvia P. Beamon, M.A. (Cantab) studied archaeology and anthropology, and is an expert in underground structures. Sylvia founded the national society Subterranean Britannica in 1974.

 

30 JUNE – KEVAN MANWARING – The Way of Awen: Journey of a Bard

Author of The Bardic Handbook Kevan Manwaring, Bard of Bath & professional storyteller, talks about The Way of Awen: journey of a bard - which explores the legend of Taliesin in depth as a template for bardic development. Way of Awen is about living creatively - something essential to us all. Using 20 years of his journals, Kevan shows how the awen can be applied to every situation in life. The Taliesin Soliloquies will demonstrate ancient wisdom through intense personal experience.

Kevan Manwaring has an MA in the Teaching and Practice in Creative Writing. He teaches creative writing for the OU and Skyros Writers Lab. He also runs courses in storytelling and various aspects of the writing process to a wide variety of students.

 

7 JULY - PAOLO CORTUCCI - Multidimensional Astrology

A lightweight look at astrology and some of its layers and levels through the charts of people (famous or otherwise) and events. The presentation will focus on the most intriguing and significant factors highlighted by these charts. We will also see how they can provide meaning and guidance. The charts will be used to expand participants’ knowledge of astrology.

Participants are welcome to provide their charts for discussion. A basic knowledge of astrology would be helpful.

Paolo Cortucci is a Diploma holder of the Faculty of Astrological Studies

 

14 JULY – KIM ARNOLD - PSYCHIC CAFE £8

Please note, Psychic Cafe events are £8.00 and start at 7.30

 

21 JULY - NIGEL IRVINE – Numerology.

Nigel will be doing exactly as the title of the evening would suggest! Pencils and paper will be provided.

 

28 July – DAVID PARRY – Henrik Ibsen and the Nordic Tradition.

David Parry has a degree in Religious Studies and continued his theological research at Heythrop College.  He teaches literature and language and is a noted lecturer on Spiritualism and poet. David runs The Gruntlers, a new and highly acclaimed poetry and arts society. We are delighted to have him at The Moot again.

 

4 August – Siberian Shamanism

Shamanism is the foundation beliefs and practices of the contemporary religions. Siberian Shamanism is new to London and this evening should be most interesting. As well as the history of magic there will be practical demonstrations by Shamans. 

 KIM ARNOLD - PSYCHIC CAFE £8

Please note, Psychic Cafe events are £8.00 and start at 7.30

 

18 August - TERRY WELBOURN – T.C. Lethbridge, Dowser.

 

25 August - ROBIN HERNE - A Forest of Gods - Druidry and Polytheism

 

 

The Moot With No Name - Now WEEKLY!

For your delight we offer you the new weekly listing for The Moot With No Name as presented by The Atlantis Bookshop.   

We are also pleased to announce that we are hosting the Psychic Cafe with Kim Arnold every 4th Wednesday.

Previous Speakers in 2010 include:
20 JANUARY - STEPHANIE NORRIS - INITIATION.
27 JANUARY - KIM ARNOLD - PSYCHIC CAFE.
3 FEBRUARY - ROBERT GOODMAN - CONTACTING YOUR DAEMON.
10 FEBRUARY- GREGORY SAMS - SUN OF GOD.
17 FEBRUARY - GARY DICKINSON - A WALK ACROSS CHINA. 

3 MARCH - ROBIN COUSINS - IN SEARCH OF EDWARD KELLEY
10 MARCH - LIONEL BEER - THE QUEST FOR CAMELOT.                                                     17 MARCH - KATHERINE KNIGHT - HOW SHAKESPEARE CLEANED HIS TEETH.             31 MARCH - SIMON BRIGHTON - GODDESSES.                                               7 APRIL - AIDAN RANKIN - MANY-SIDED WISDOM                                             14 APRIL - PAUL WESTON - ALEISTER CROWLEY AND THE AEON OF HORUS: HISTORY-MAGICK-PSYCHEDELIA-UFOLOGY

Previous speakers in 2009 at The Moot With No Name include:

14 January - TERRY THE DRUID- Druidry In Avebury
28 January - DAVID GODDARD - The Mysteries of The 21st Century
11 February- KAY STOPFORTH & LIZ DEAN - Ghosts of Tarot Past, Spirits of Tarot Future
25 February - PETER KNIGHT -The Wessex Astrum- The Hexagram of the Wessex Landscape
11 March- GERALDINE BESKIN - Manly P. Hall: The Murdered Mystic?
25 March-SHANI OATES- Sin Eating: Its relevance to the Craft
8 April - PHILLIP COPPENS - Servants of the Grail. 
22 April - STEVE PATTERSON - The Cunning Craftsman
6 May - MARIAN GREEN - Exploring the Invisible
20 May - DAVID PARRY - Charles Darwin and the Northern Tradition
3 June - NIGEL PENNICK - The Bloomsbury Wonder
17 June - JAKE ARNOTT - The Devil's Paintbrush
1 July - HARMONIA SAILLE - Spiritual Runes
15 July - CHRIS STREET - Earthstars: London City of Revelation - An Illustrated Presentation
29 July - JACK GALE - ATOZOMANCY: The Game of Chance and the Speaking of the Landscape
12 August - Gary Dickinson - Revealing the Stele
26 August - John Moore - Aleister Crowley: A Modern Master
9 September - Marsha Scarbrough - Medicine Dance
23 September - Courtney Davis - The Sacred Art of Courtney Davis
7 October - Steve Wilson- It's a Conspiracy!
21 October - Shani Oates - Robert Cochrane: The Man, the Myth and his Magick.
4 November - Michael Berman - Dzyzlan, the Mother of Water: A Guided Visualisation through Abkhazia
18 November - Rat Scabies - Topic to be announced
2 December - Andrew Collins - Lost Underworld of the Pharaohs
16 December - Saturnalia!