Occult London (Pocket Essentials (Paperback))

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Also included are instructions for a series of four walks covering features of occult significance for the Elizabethan, 18th-century, Fin de Siécle, and contemporary periods; as well as an A-to-Z geographic dictionary of London's most resonant occult locations. This is interesting, for both regions have a rich tradition of bull veneration and each was contemporary with Dynastic Egypt, where I believe the tradition of Mithraism originated. As one of London’s oldest botanic gardens and a herbal witches’ paradise, it contains a unique living collection of around 5,000 different edible, unusual and medicinal plants that have changed the world. Miraculously, the stunning edifice survived the bombings of a world war, and it is no wonder that Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressed his staff each morning with the pensive question; “Is Saint Paul’s still standing?

You get to see parts of London that most other tours never mention or explore which is exactly what I was looking for after paying for boring, stale, and cookie cutter tours far too many times. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.To the East is the alleged burial spot of John Dee – mathematician, alchemist, astrologer and an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I – as well as a cocktail bar where you can find shrunken heads and the squat where Throbbing Gristle’s offshoot Pyschick TV had their headquarters. The account leads us to believe that the griffin may have been a real animal, which multiplied before fading from history, only to be seen once more in the 1980s, and on multiple occasions by various upstanding citizens of West London. In the Aladdin’s Cave of wonders you will find wind chimes, pendulums and other esoteric decorations for your home. Across town, the Knights Templar established a base in High Holborn, in a Roman temple once revered by Hugues de Payens.

As one of the largest esoteric markets in the UK, Witchfest sells an array of mystic treats for the modern witch. Like Rome and Paris before it, and New York shortly thereafter, London now possessed one of the most highly charged artefacts in the occult tradition, an ancient Egyptian obelisk; a powerful talisman to the sun god. This book describes these practitioners of the occult and their unorthodox beliefs, alongside the myths and legends through which the city has always been perceived.Welcome To The Dark Side is a large-format map that charts centuries of occult activity including the headquarters of the Golden Dawn; Aleister Crowley’s temples; where William Blake saw angels and William Burroughs launched a psychic attack after eating an unsatisfactory cheesecake. If you are a resident of another country or region, please select the appropriate version of Tripadvisor for your country or region in the drop-down menu.

London’s cemeteries are home to ghosts and spirits, along with imposing monuments, tombs and the invading wildlife and plants.

Occult London: A Guide to the Highly Unusual , published by Herb Lester Associates, is a beautifully packaged, litho-printed map of the capital city, designed and illustrated by Brian Rau, with text by Kate Hodges.