Part 2 of Cassandra’s report on this years dark Gathering can be read here –
Dark Gathering 2018 – Part Two
We were delighted to read the first part of Cassandra’s report on this years spectacular Dark Gathering event.
Dark Gathering 2018 – Part One
As part of Suzanne’s exhibition at the Recency Townhouse in Brighton, Suzanne O’Haire will present a series of 34 domestic-scale sculptural assemblages, titled beyond belief, made predominately out of discarded objects, castings from disposed packaging and elements of neon lighting. Permanent structures will emerge from impermanent matter, where arrangements of acrobatically stacked, bundled or tentatively balanced forms will perform as supposed magical sigils or spells.
O’Haire wants this work to encourage conversation regarding a presumed connection between the making of art and notions of magic. She has invited Sally O’Reilly (writer), Simon Costin (Director of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic) and David Bramwell (writer/broadcaster) as guest speakers. All three have revealed a distinctive slant towards the occult within their own work and will give talks within the duration of the show.
Simon’s talk is now completely sold out but do contact the venue in case of cancellations.
http://www.rth.org.uk/whats-on
The Museum is now closed but as of the last few years, we will be opening before and after Christmas from 12 noon and closing at 4pm. Here are the …
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Sponsored by the MWM.
The Northern Witan, a Symposium of Traditional Witchcraft and Folk Magic, is a series of five lectures presented by practitioners and scholars exploring themes relating to to Witchcraft and Folk …
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Wood blocks from 1720
We have been lucky to recently acquire these two incredibly rare woodblocks, originally used to illustrate The History of Witches and Wizards, 1720. John Crabb, author of Graven Images: The …
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The museum has several objects on loan to a new touring exhibition. ‘The British Isles have a particularly strong relationship to magic and the occult, with the chants of …
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Simon will be promoting the museum at a talk in London on the 30th October at the Town Hall Hotel. Other speakers will be Professor Ronald Hutton — The History …
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We are delighted to announce that we have several items from the museums collection in this new exhibition in Oxford at the prestigious Ashmolean Museum. ‘Explore the history of magic …
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Hi! My name is Aleksandra and I have spent the last month working here at the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic. I study liberal arts with a major in history …
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Newberry Library are asking members of the public to transcribe the manuscript, which can be read here: http://publications.newberry.org/dig/rc-transcribe/charms It is a commonplace book, compiled by Robert Ashley (1565-1641). In addition to …
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On Wednesday 15th August at 7.30pm, there will be an opportunity to see WITCH, an original play written for performance at the Museum. The first ever play to have been …
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Several months ago Simon flew to Ireland to meet with friends, Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone. Janet had kindly decided that she would like to pass on two iconic items …
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Here’s a link to an interview with the artist Paul Atlas Saunders. He has been busily creating a fantastic door that will greet people as they enter the Museum, to …
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For the past few years, we have been delighted to have dramatic performances at the Museum created and performed by our friends at Circle of Spears productions (a Devon based …
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We received a letter in the post which included a much older letter. A visitor to the Museum had written to Cecil Williamson (Museum founder) in 1985 about labyrinths and …
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We are pleased to say that a guidebook is now available for our 2018 exhibition “Dew of Heaven: Objects of Ritual Magic.” The guidebook is available for just £3 and …
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Above, a painting by David Teniers the younger of a witch and a bat-headed demon. Pursuing my quest of archiving documents written by Cecil Williamson, I came across few documents related …
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Our thanks to Andy Bailey for generously donating several copies of the new book “Martin Dayton” to the Museum. With his permission, we plan to keep one in the library …
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The Museum library has over 8000 titles in it. This includes DVDs, VHS, audio, magazines, journals and books, books, books! You are very welcome to book some time in the …
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If you aren’t able to visit the Museum in Cornwall, a selection of our objects will be on display in York’s Barley Hall run by the York Archaeological Trust. Their …
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Our Midsummer event on June 23rd has received a lot of attention online and is now also in a couple of our local papers. This is from this week’s Cornish …
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We are really pleased to have Rob Sherman’s innovative interactive project with us in the Museum library this week. Here Rob writes about his first day: “There’s a cloying, candlelit …
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This piece was written by Enora, our lovely intern from Brittany in France. She has been with us for nearly two weeks now and has helped out in all sorts …
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