A thought-provoking talk was provided by speaker Kevin Beint at the Theosophical Society Leicester Lodge titled “Theosophy and the Bahá’í Faith in Their Early Days.”
The lecture began by taking us back to the late 19th century. It’s easy to romanticise this era as one of innovation and empire—but the reality for most people was far harsher.
Ten more takeaways from Shaun Johnson’s deep dive into death, memory, and meaning
In Part 2 we head to rural Mexico, ancient cosmologies, dug-up ancestors, and some uncomfortable truths about how badly modern societies handle death.
The Day of the Dead is often reduced to sugar skulls, face paint, and Instagram parades. But as Shaun Johnson’s talk showed, it’s something far richer, stranger, and older — a living tradition shaped by ritual, rebellion, remembrance, and a bit of chaos.
Here are ten key takeaways from the November talk in case you missed it!
Professor of Psychology Chris Roe gave a fascinating talk on parapsychology at the Leicester Lodge. It was a thoughtful, funny, occasionally unsettling exploration of why people have psychic-type experiences, and how psychologists try (and often struggle) to study them properly.
