DEAD HAND - The Science of Automatic Writing
- Brompton Cemetery Chapel
Description
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Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Walks & Tours
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Tickets from £13.20
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Sun, 27th Oct 2019 @ 15:00 - 17:00
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15:00 - 17:00
DEAD HAND
The Science of Automatic Writing with Robert Dickins
A part of the London Month of the Dead
At Brompton Cemetery Chapel
Why would someone choose to write or draw and then claim not to be the author of those words or images? During the 1850s, an increasing amount of people began to practice what was variously described as writing mediumship, automatic writing, or passive writing. Those writers claimed that the authority of their words belonged not to them, but to the dead. This talk will explore the notion that relinquishing authorship paradoxically imbued the practitioner with new forms of spiritual authority - forms that challenged orthodox hierarchies in the home, the church, and wider society. It was a time when the dead took a role in democratising the power of the living.
Tickets £12 including a delightful gin cocktail.
Robert Dickins
Robert Dickins is a historian, writer and editor. He is the founder of the Psychedelic Press, co-director of the Psychedelic Museum, and is currently undertaking his PhD at Queen Mary, University of London. His research interests focus on the history and literature of psychedelic substances, and the role of writing in spiritual and magical traditions during the 19th century. He is also the author of the novel ‘Erin'.
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Dead Hand
LMOD Ticket
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15:00 - 17:00 | £13.20 |
Location
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Brompton Cemetery Chapel, In the middle of Brompton cemetery, Entrances at Fulham Road and Old Brompton Road, London, SW10 9UG
Nearest Station
Earl's Court (Tube)
Getting there
Organiser
A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
The London Month of the Dead has been curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat to inform, entertain and provoke on the subject of death and London cemeteries.
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7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
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