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I put a spell on you

 
 
Gypsy Lantern
10:44 / 01.08.04
Thought I should publicise this a bit more widely than just in the Temple. I’m doing a talk on hoodoo, rootwork and related folk magic stuff at a London venue on Wednesday 4th August (this Wednesday).

The talk is called ‘I put a spell on you’ and looks at the history and development of hoodoo practice, along with some stuff about my own experiences of working with it, and why I think it’s relevant to contemporary occultism.

It takes place upstairs in The Devereaux pub. This pub is a bit of a tricky fucker to find. It's in Devereaux Court, which is a little side street that leads off The Strand. More or less at the exact point where The Strand meet Fleet Street. The side street is next to a pub called The George, more or less directly opposite the Law Courts.

If you’re in London on Wednesday night and fancy a beer and listening to me gabble on about the mysteries of banishing aerosol spray, ‘all night long’ anointing oil, and double action reversible jinx candles - and how they can help YOU, then come along.

It starts about 7:30pm I think. Drop me a PM if you want more details.
 
 
Seth
11:01 / 01.08.04
I'd love to come, shifts allowing.
 
 
Regrettable Juvenilia
18:58 / 01.08.04
Yes, I shall try to make this too...
 
 
Our Lady Has Left the Building
10:09 / 02.08.04
Hmmm, maybe me too...
 
 
captain piss
11:27 / 02.08.04
I might make it along too
 
 
illmatic
12:15 / 03.08.04
I'll be there.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
16:05 / 03.08.04
With Bells On!!!!!
 
 
Bear
08:00 / 04.08.04
Does anyone want to meet up somewhere before this so we can arrive on mass and make sure we (I) find the place?
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
09:47 / 04.08.04
Sounds like a plan. I finish work at 5:30 and talk starts at about 7:30. How's about meeting in 'The George' at 6pm-ish? The George is very close to the pub where the talk is taking place, but is much easier to find. Walk along the Strand, towards Fleet St and in the opposite direction from Charing Cross Station. The George is on the right hand side of the road (same side as Charing Cross Station) and directly opposite the law courts. I can meet you there then head over to the Devereaux at 7ish.
 
 
Bear
09:56 / 04.08.04
Nice one, sounds much easier.
 
 
Our Lady Has Left the Building
11:04 / 04.08.04
Were these the pubs you had in mind? The George and The Devereux?
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
11:41 / 04.08.04
Aye, they are the pubs. I'll be in The George from about 6ish,
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
14:28 / 04.08.04
Oh, McFly. Was this what we were meant to be talking about Herms for? Knackers. I will try to meet you guys in the George if poss...
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
14:37 / 04.08.04
Nah, Herms was a different piece. No real hurry for that one. Be good to see you along.
 
 
Bear
22:56 / 04.08.04
Put your name down here for the fan club, great night and great talk and biggest crowd they've had I belive.
 
 
Our Lady Has Left the Building
05:46 / 05.08.04
That was great fun, especially the Q&A...

"Can you give an example of workings where you've 'got your fingers burnt'?"
Gypsy Lantern: "No."

And whatsisname from the old Invisibles list who came to that first big Barbelith meet at the Spread Eagle, all those years ago...
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
09:02 / 05.08.04
Christ, I'm hungover this morning...

Thanks for turning up! I think it went quite well. Can't believe I got away with publicly suggesting that a lot of pagans might do better to ditch the magic and take up fisting!
 
 
pointless and uncalled for
09:04 / 05.08.04
There's a t-shirt in there somewhere.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
14:38 / 05.08.04
Gosh that man with the long black hair was bolshy.

I really enjoyed that, roll on Treadwell's.
 
 
Dances with Gophers
17:46 / 06.08.04
Great talk!

Anna did you mean the bloke with the thing about open windows? Cos I got into an arguement with him over that.
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
22:07 / 06.08.04
Thanks for the nice comments about my talk. Glad you liked it.

Open windows? I must have missed that bit.

Really can't remember much about the Q&A section, was a bit drunk by then and went into automatic pilot.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
23:41 / 06.08.04
I'm not sure who the guy with the window thing was!
 
 
Bill Posters
17:14 / 07.08.04
Fuuuck, sorry GL, a combination of this being organised at relatively short notice and me being busy means I've only just heard about it. Glad it went well, though.
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
11:38 / 30.09.04
Just a quick note to say that I've been asked to give this talk again at Treadwell's bookshop (tavistock road, covent garden) on monday night (Oct 4th). It will be broadly the same content as the one I did last time, as it doesnt look like I'll have a chance to rework the material. But there will be more of a Q&A discussion section afterwards, which might well be entertaining. 7pm for 7:30 start, I think.
 
  
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