On the last Tuesday of (most) months, the October Gallery, in Bloomsbury, London, hosts a lecture on an in some way mind-expanding topic. This year's programme kicks off with a talk on LSD by FT's very own UFO correspondent Andy Roberts.


LSD in Britain: A Cultural History
Andy Roberts
Tuesday 26 January 2010

A history of LSD in Britain since it's arrival here in 1952, taking in medical and military experiments and LSD's place in the counterculture. Probably the only talk on LSD in which you'll hear the words of the Reverend Ian Paisley.



Exploring Consciousness: Yogic and Buddhist Philosophy in Relation to Psychic Awareness
Dr Serena Roney-Dougal
Tuesday 16 February 2010

A discussion of how certain religious philosophies of consciousness lead, at the psychic level, to an experience of mind not limited by time, space and the senses, as potential omniscience and omnipotence, considered by some as attributes of the divine.


Our Living Sun: The Missing Piece in the Cosmic Jigsaw
Greg Sams
30 March 2010

Natural foods and fractal art pioneer Greg Sams argues that historical notions of a living Sun make more sense than our ‘hot rock’, and that once we recognise stellar consciousness it becomes apparent that consciousness pervades the entire cosmos, and that our Universe is a bottom up construction that is filled with intelligence and design, yet in no need of an Intelligent Designer.