Katy will be telling the tale of Sigurd and Fafnir, a bloodthirsty, gripping legend and the original story of the Ring

Welcome to an evening where we get to know the different ghost stories from the countries in the north

Traditional tales gathered in Greenland, on Baffin Island and in Labrador by Danish explorers Knud Rasmussen and Peter Freuchen

This talk will explore the film's ongoing influence and legacy.

Join Mark Hewitt who will delve into the personalities of Wade and Williamson and exploring the tangled journey this collection has been on

The phenomenon of old, worn-out leather shoes having been deliberately concealed within ancient buildings is now an attested practice

Tales that explore the theme of ageing from various traditions.

This illustrated Zoom talk will explore one of the most popular and long-lived of all the mythical creatures that humans have invented.

In Tudor times the ‘common sort’ were no different from us, laughing together, mocking each other and sharing bawdy tales in tavern yards

Explore the authentic folklore, history and contemporary practices associated with the Krampus with Al Ridenour

Join witch Lucya Starza for this talk about the customs, tales and rituals for the Winter Solstice and Christmas

Hannah will tell a collection of European tales to both chill and warm the heart for a Winter’s night.

This lecture aims to demonstrate how folk horror operates as a mode in Thai cinema with a view to finding alternative definitions.

Join psychic medium Patti Negri for an intimate online seance where each participant will have the chance to summon a specific spirit

This talk sets out those sources, explaining why they are just as problematic—if not more so—than the classical accounts.

This talk will explore the impact of the Occult on David Bowie's art, moving between conjecture and overt displays of his interest

Tonight, we delve into the mysterious depths of the Scandinavian folklore

This talk will discuss the nineteenth-century evidence for the Mari Lwyd and its parallels elsewhere in Welsh tradition and the ritual's

This evening Mr. Wynd will tell some takes of the Medieval trickster Reynard the Fox and how he does horrible things to his supposed friends

This talk will highlight some of the specific problems of folk horror, while also distinguishing between folk horror as a genre

Today the chief source of medieval alicorn, the narwhal, is an endangered species that engages our concern for the environment

Brace yourself, for you're about to embark on a chilling journey through the ancient realm of Sámi ghost stories

In his talk, Dr Stiùbhart will introduce us to Kirk’s life and works, comparing the beliefs presented in the ‘Secret Commonwealth’

Please join Amy Slonaker for an illustrated lecture on the Surrealist themes in the comic book art of Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929- )

Step into the eerie realm of our lecture, where we'll unravel the unsettling phenomenon of Killer Clowns

In this special six-part series, Professor Marguerite Johnson takes us on an uncanny journey across time and space into the wilds of human imagination.

In this illustrated talk, Professor Marguerite Johnson considers the mindboggling topic of vagina dentata (or toothed vagina).

Guto Dafis delivers this ancient Welsh tale of enchantment with a sense of immediacy and awareness of the relevance of its themes for today

This illustrated zoom talk will cover a brief survey of the history of the tarot and its influence in art and fashion.

Created and performed by Kerima Mohideen these stories address issues of global heating, climate justice, land rights, gender and inequality

Join Jon Dear and learn about the history of Dracula and vampires on the small screen. Enter freely and of your own free will!

Perhaps the oldest and most enduring of all myths is the Nekyia: the descent to and return from the underworld.

This first session introduces the alchemical nekyia—a narrative journey evoking the archetypal iconography of underworld

Today, we embark on a captivating journey into the world of storytelling, where we will delve into the enchanting tales of Hodja Basruddin

Unsurprisingly, the folk tales of Mexico often reflect this embrace of the other world

John Clark investigates the significance of the two figures of giants, known as Gog and Magog, that stand in London's medieval Guildhall.

This presentation explores that shift through imagery and storytelling.

This lecture introduces the original sources describing this beloved divinity, and explores how the image of her in contemporary culture

The Bogomils are less well known than the Western European Cathars, but are arguably more influential on European spirituality.

Tonight we will open up that portal to a creepy and chilling world filled with demon-like characters and ghosts and spirits

Join Julian Vayne for this informed and accessible deep dive into the story of the most notorious occultist of the 20th century.

In this talk, I clarify some misconceptions about Hopi cosmology and explain how collaborative research

To mark LGBT+ History Month, Sacha Coward takes us on an illustrated Zoom talk through the hidden queer history of myths and monsters.

Join psychic medium Patti Negri for an intimate online seance where each participant will have the chance to summon a specific spirit

Believe it or not, some people – including doctors and scientists – believed that a womb possessed a mind of its own

I will focus therefore on Folk Horror’s concern with the otherness of the landscape, nature, failed/misguided agency, and rural culture

In this lecture series Lena will tell the once so controversial stories from the secret journal known as “Kryptadia” published and distributed in Europe in the 1800’s.

The presentation focuses on the vision of Ibn Umail, illustrated by the spectacular text

Carl Abrahamsson ponders the occasional occurrence of Satan in various guises

In Old Norse culture, there is a number of stories about peculiar conceptions and births

This talk will consider Norse, Celtic, Greek and Roman views of the wolf and how they have shaped the ways we think about these beautiful creatures today

This talk introduces and contextualises the Four Branches of the Mabinogi as a whole, explaining how they are a rich blend of native lore

The Four Branches of The Mabinogi a branch-by-branch (i.e. tale by tale) introduction to the quartet of stories that form the luminous highpoint of medieval Welsh storytelling

In this programme Pete will tell a selection of stories in which walking is the key to everything else which happens.

I will be looking at love magic in particular, even though very little of it measures up to modern standards of what love means

An enthralling journey through time, as we unravel the captivating narrative of women's roles and the ever-evolving views on the female gender.

In this discussion, we will delve into the captivating world of photographing Norway through the lens of a dedicated photographer

Through this talk I would like to show you all my passion for observing and photographing the beauty of the underwater world in the clear and warm Mediterranean Sea.

Imagine losing your penis. Imagine someone – a woman, naturally – stealing your penis.

This talk traces the uneasy relationship between fashion and folk horror. It shows how the costumes of folk horror films

We move to the 16th century Hermetic Renaissance exemplified by the Rosarium philosophorum

The talk will take a fresh look at how the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was founded, who inspired and led it, and how its rituals were developed.

This lecture delves into the more shadowy side of Norse magic.

This lecture traverses the same territory in a different way, focusing on the themes of concealment, national identity, and violence.

This talk will reflect on the Victorian and Edwardian fascination with Pan and his appearance in the stories of Saki, Grahame, Benson, Machen and others.

Tells the tale of the fourth branch of the Mabinogion from the perspective of the Flower Queen who became the Owl.

Detecting the so-called ‘witch’s mark’ or ‘devil’s mark’ was a means of proving someone was a witch.

The presentation continues with a focus on one of the most famous and splendidly illuminated texts of the Hermetic Renaissance

The third branch is the most folktale-like of the the four, taking as its subject the travails of the shrewd nobleman Manawydan

In These Woods More Free’ when Robin Hood goes to London adventuring

This talk will combine an overview of Wilde’s life and philosophy peppered with readings from his poetry and prose to illustrate

This lecture unpacks stories around women giving birth to animals, from rabbits to pigs.

This session delves into the mysteries of perhaps the most extraordinary of all alchemical texts, the Atalanta Fugiens of Michael Maier.

The final branch of the four is the most bewilderingly magical of all, featuring incest, punitive shapechanging

This lecture considers hair as a marker of monstrosity, beginning with ancient accounts of the hirsute women

This session focuses on alchemical and hermetic themes in brief selections from poetry of the Elizabethan era and early decades

This talk looks at one of the most frightening and unsettling tragedies to survive from classical Athens.

Plant lore and mythology have a tale for every malaise – including menopause and midlife crisis.

This lecture serves to introduce this gorgeous, complex poem and to demonstrate its relevance to us today.

This botanical tour will look at some of these old tales and contemplate what they tell us about humanity, spirituality, sexuality

The cultural transformations of the Enlightenment, or Early-Modern Era, involved the psychologicizing of alchemical mythologies

One of the secret undercurrents of the literature of the American Renaissance in the mid 19th century

This talk weighs up Sharp’s deeply peculiar cultural achievement, probing the role that ‘Fiona’ played in his complex life.

This talk will draw on notions of personhood, reflect on changing laws from around the world as we reconsider our relationships with the non-human

At the same time that renewed interest in alchemy and hermeticism was being explored in both Freudian and Jungian circles

The reduction to the fundamental elements of aesthetic composition—geometrical figures like the rectangle, square, circle

This talk explores a selection of such legends and the possible explanations for how those stories started – from medical and psychiatric explanations

Jung’s engagement with alchemy began in the late 1920s and dominated his late work

Leonora Carrington’s traumatic breakdown and incarceration in the Spanish asylum at Santander,

Join psychic medium Patti Negri for an intimate online seance where each participant will have the chance to summon a specific spirit

Join psychic medium Patti Negri for an intimate online seance where each participant will have the chance to summon a specific spirit

Join psychic medium Patti Negri for an intimate online seance where each participant will have the chance to summon a specific spirit

Join psychic medium Patti Negri for an intimate online seance where each participant will have the chance to summon a specific spirit

The Spiritualism Symposium by Shannon Taggart : The Moment of Revelation: Cases from New York's ‘Burned-Over District’ - Joscelyn Godwin

Join psychic medium Patti Negri for an intimate online seance where each participant will have the chance to summon a specific spirit

Join psychic medium Patti Negri for an intimate online seance where each participant will have the chance to summon a specific spirit

Join psychic medium Patti Negri for an intimate online seance where each participant will have the chance to summon a specific spirit

Join psychic medium Patti Negri for an intimate online seance where each participant will have the chance to summon a specific spirit

Join psychic medium Patti Negri for an intimate online seance where each participant will have the chance to summon a specific spirit