London Fortean Society

8pm Thursday 27 March 2014 £3 / £2 concessions The Bell , 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Train & Tube: Liverpool Street. Tube: Aldgate, Aldgate East Can we hear the voices of the dead via electronic devices? Psychologist Cal Cooper , author of Telephone Calls from the Dead , and Prof Chris French of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit , Goldsmiths College, London offer very different views of Electronic Voice Phenomena All are welcome. Each LFS evening begins with the Fortmanteau : our monthly summary of strange news stories. More details: Many people, when asked, will say that at some point in their lives that they have experienced what they believe to be a ghost, or have had a psychic experience. However, will many people openly admit that they have experienced what they believe to be a 'phone call from the dead'? This question has been asked before, and was investigated back in 1979, in a book entitled ''Phone Calls from the Dead'...

Y'see? All makes sense now . 8pm  Thursday 27 February 2014 £3 / £2 concessions The Bell , 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Train & Tube: Liverpool Street. Tube: Aldgate, Aldgate East Popular in the 19th century, British Israelism claimed that the British people (and by extension the Americans) are the physical descendants of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, and that biblical prophecies about Israel apply to Britain today. Author and London Fortean Society co-founder Dr David V Barrett explores how in the 21st century this peculiar belief has a very real and disturbing influence on religion, race, politics, nationalism, conspiracy theory and more. 8pm Thursday 27 February 2014 £3/£2 concessions London Fortean Society meets upstairs at the fantastic Bell pub, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Train & Tube: Liverpool Street. Tube: Aldgate, Aldgate East.