Precognitive Dreams: Synchronicity and Coincidence

Can we see the future in our dreams?

Image: Dreaming by Hartwig HKD on Flickr

7.45 Tuesday 5 April 2022

£5 / £3.50 Concessions Tickets available on the door

The Miller, 96 Snowsfields, London Bridge, London SE1 3SS

Tube and Rail: London Bridge

Facebook Page 
London Fortean Email List

Renowned esoteric writer Gary Lachman has been recording his own precognitive dreams for forty years. In this unique and intriguing talk Lachman recounts the discovery that he dreams 'ahead of time', and argues convincingly that this extraordinary ability is, in fact, shared by all of us.

His latest book Dreaming Ahead of Time is a personal exploration of precognition, synchronicity and coincidence drawing on the work of thinkers including J.W. Dunne, J.B. Priestly and C.G. Jung. Lachman's description and analysis of his own experience introduces readers to the uncanny power of our dreaming minds, and reveals the illusion of our careful distinctions between past, present and future.

Gary Lachman (1955- ) was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, but has lived in London, England since 1996. A founding member of the rock group Blondie, he is now a

full time writer with more than a dozen books to his name, on topics ranging from the evolution of consciousness and the western esoteric tradition, to literature and suicide, and the history of popular culture. Lachman writes frequently for many journals in the US and UK, and lectures on his work in the US, UK, and Europe.His work has been translated into several languages.

Gary's book Dreaming Ahead of Time: Experiences with Precognitive Dreams, Synchronicity and Coincidence will be available on the night from The Word bookshop.

7.45 Tuesday 5 April 2022

£5 / £3.50 Concessions Tickets available on the door

The Miller, 96 Snowsfields, London Bridge, London SE1 3SS

Tube and Rail: London Bridge

Facebook Page
London Fortean Email List

Fortean London: Ghosts of Senate House and Ley Lines & London

Tuesday 1 March 2022
7.30pm (doors 7ish)
£5 / £3.50 concessions (Advanced tickets)
The Miller, 96 Snowsfields, London Bridge, London SE1 3SS
Tube & Rail: London Bridge
Tube: Borough
Event Facebook page

We are returned. Join the London Fortean Society for further talks on the strangeness of our home city. Sarah Sparkes covers her researches into the ghosts of a London landmark while Robert Stephenson (London Earth Mysteries) discusses the curious case of London, ley lines and Alfred Watkins.  Writer and fortean host Scott Wood shares a top five of fortean fings in south east London. Dancing ghosts, mouldering fairies, helicopters chasing UFOS. That sort of thing. 

The Ghosts of Senate House – Sarah Sparkes

Sarah Sparkes will talk about The Ghosts of Senate House, a creative research
project, which collects and archives tales of hauntings and other unexplained happenings, centered at Senate House, University of London and its immediate surrounds. Sarah was a Research Fellow at the SAS UOL and also an artist and curator. Her talk will include examples of some of the stories collected by herself and Christopher Joseph as well as actual recordings she collected for the project.

She will also illustrate how research material was developed into a series of collaborative, public artworks “The Magical Library Presents: Ghosts of Senate House” for The Bloomsbury Festival in 2011 and  'The Electric Girl' 2014, for Seance Month at Senate House Library. Sarah Sparkes runs the GHost project which she initiated with Ricarda Vidal in 2008. She is currently painting 101 GHost Stories, inspired by her research.

The Curious Story of Ley Lines & London – Robert Stephenson

In 1921 the antiquarian Alfred Watkins discovered what he believed was a system of straight prehistoric tracks connecting ancient sites across the country. In the 1960s these magically morphed into mystic ley lines - those elusive but dowsable power routes between stones circles, holy wells, churches and other sacred sites. Discover the crucial role that the capital city played in making all this possible.

Robert Stephenson has taught on London for over 20 years and a guide at 3 Victorian cemeteries in London and a City of London guide. 

Tuesday 1 March 2022
7.30pm (doors 7ish)
£5 / £3.50 concessions (Advanced tickets)
The Miller, 96 Snowsfields, London Bridge, London SE1 3SS
Tube & Rail: London Bridge
Tube: Borough
Event Facebook page