1-2 Vigil: Participatory Observation and Field Work
An investigation into Haunted Space, Psychometry and Spectatorship. Audience members take an active role  in a vigil within a haunted site.
Tours at 8pm, 8.35pm, 9.10pm and 9.45pm. Royal Academy Schools, London. £10/£7. Over 16s only.

2  Grave Understanding: Ancient Egypt and Greece at West Norwood Cemetery
Tour giving an introduction to the cemetery and the types of Greek and Egyptian influenced monuments.
11.30am - 1.30pm. West Norwood Cemetery, London. £3 donation.

7  Egyptian Treasures
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian archaeology unveils a major redisplay of its 80,000 Egyptian and Sudanese artefacts, highlighting its many 'firsts' including a dress from 5000 BC, the earliest example of glazing, and the oldest will on papyrus paper, and introducing a new interpretative approach using everyday objects to bring the past to life.
1pm-5pm Tuesday - Saturday. Petrie Museum, University College London. Free.

8  Animating Matter with The Light and Shadow Parlour
A programme of short animated films and explore ideas around the ancient tradition of animating matter, from the old Golem myths to alchemy, puppetry, surrealism and animation.
7pm. The Last Tuesday Society, London. £7.

8 - 7 Nov  Doctor Who Live
Daleks, cybermen and other Doctor Who monsters on UK tour. With special FX, video clips, a live orchestra and pyrotechnics.
Various venues. See website for details and ticket info.

12  Screening of Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Universal horror classic featuring the Gill-Man, a prehistoric bloodthirsty and lustful fish-human hybrid. With an introduction by Dr. Joe Cain (UCL Science and Technology Studies).
6pm. Darwin Lecture Theatre, University College London. Free.

13  The Life and Legend of Austin Osman Spare
Phil Baker profiles the strange career of extraordinary artist, visionary and magician, Austin Osman Spare.
7pm. The Last Tuesday Society, London. £6.

13  Alchemical Countdown: Number and Number Symbolism in Alchemy
Paul Cowlan discusses alchemy through an expanding and contracting net of numbers. Taking in the fundamental influences of Hermeticism and Platonic cosmography, counting up or down, it reveals a world of arcane belief.
7.30pm. Treadwell's Bookshop, London. £7.

14  The Dalby Spook
SELFS event. Talk by University of London librarian Christopher Josiffe on Gef the Talking Mongoose, the Isle of Man media sensation.
8pm. Old King's Head, Greenwich, London. £2.50 / £1.50 concs.

14 Crowley's Amalantrah Working: Thelema, the Tao, and the New York years
In New York in 1918, Aleister Crowley undertook a visionary session with his friend Roddie Minor, with her having visions and reporting them to Crowley as they occurred. Gary Dickinson looks in greater depth at Crowley's relationship with the Tao Te Ching, and other related themes.
7.30pm. Treadwell's Bookshop, London. £7.

21  The Search for the Amazon Headshrinkers
Author and adventurer Piers Gibbons retraces explorer Edmundo Bielawski's journey into the Amazon to capture the process of an actual human head being shrunk on film.
7pm. The Last Tuesday Society, London. £7.

22-31  London Ghost Festival
Spooky goings-on organised by ghost-hunting group London Paranormal. Include ghost vigils, walks, talks and story-telling.
See London Paranormal website for listing and ticket information

23-24  FT presents UNCONVENTION 2010
The year's most extraordinary weekend!
10am-5pm, University of Westminster, London. Click here for full details and to buy tickets.

27  Dead Man Talking with Magnus Irvin
Anecdotes from beyond the grave giving a rare insight into being dead from a man who once experienced life's abundant joys and now laments their absence.
7pm, The Last Tuesday Society, London. £7. 

28  The Book in Western Art: Symbol, Device, Allegory.
Talk by art and book specialist Laura Miller on the symbolism of the book through history.
7.30pm. Treadwell's Bookshop, London. £7. 

29  A Danse Macabre
A Halloween Ball held in an elabroate tented palace underneath the arches of London Bridge. Features music, film, performance, and the chopping up of teddy bears.
The Last Tuesday Society, London. Tickets £25.

29  Through a Glass Darkly: Performance inspired by Victorian seances and fraudulant mediums
The London Magician will talk about, and demonstrate, the mind-reading and magical effects that first flourished in the Victorian seances hosted by fraudulent mediums.
7.15pm. Treadwell's Bookshop, London. £10.

29-31  Halifax Ghost Story Festival
A celebration of the ghost story, including film screenings, readings, talks and plays.
Dean Clough, Halifax. Listing and ticket information on the venue's website.

31  Samhuinn (Hallowe'en)
Marking the end of Celtic summer, the Beltane Fire Society take to the streets of Edinburgh, marching from Castle Esplanade, down the Royal Mile into Parliament Square, where they banish the summer court (headed by the Green Man) to allow for the onset of winter.
Edinburgh. Click here for full details.




ONGOING

Until 23 Dec  The Masonic Emporium
Exhibition about the growing market for Masonic goods and ceremonial costumes during the 19th century.
Freemasons' Hall, London. Free.




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