Please note this is NOT a ZOOM Lecture but an in person lecture, tickets include a complimentary glass of Devil’s Botany Absinthe.
Doors open at 6:30pm and talk starts at 7pm
Satan’s Places: In search of Baphomet and the Black Mass
We take a chronological trip from antiquity to the kaleidoscopic 1960s following the hoof steps of the Devil, his sacrifices and sacrileges, some apocryphal, others horrifically real. This richly illustrated talk traces an itinerary from the ruins of Mendes in Egypt via the tophets of Tunisia to the hills of Dublin, before heading to Belgium and Paris to luxuriate in the sumptuous robes of 19th-century European decadence, in search of the bona fide Black Mass. We explore the obsessions of Joris-Karl Huysmans’ brilliant depiction of Satanism in his infamous novel Là-bas, and the opulent churches and strange events in Bruges that fired his imagination, before reprising the fictional Mass at the denouement of his book.
THE SEASON OF THE WITCH
This event is part of The Last Tuesday Society’s Season of the Witch series of lectures & workshops running in conjunction with our autumn/winter exhibition. For a full list of events in The Season of the Witch, please see https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-season-of-the-witch-3426299
Bio
Andy Sharp: is a writer and multimedia artist, best known for his occultural research project English Heretic. His new book, The Astral Geographic, a study of magic through landscape, is published by Watkins in October 2023
Devil’s Botany is the UK’s first absinthe distillery, founded by Directors of The Last Tuesday Society’s Absinthe Parlour & Cocktail Bar. Celebrating spirit’s connection to art, literature, magic & mixology, Devil’s Botany is unleashing the future of absinthe with bold expressions for the adventurous drinkers of today.
The venue opens at 18:30. Doors will close at 19:00 to avoid disrupting the speaker. We kindly ask that all guests arrive before 19:00. Refunds are not possible for in person events with less than seven days notice in any circumstances.
