Next EdFortSoc : Wed 8th June, 7.30pm
The next meeting of the Edinburgh Fortean Society is Wednesday the 8th of June at 7.30pm.
This will be held in the Comedy Room of the Beehive Inn in the Grassmarket, Edinburgh.
Stuart Robbins will be speaking on
TALES OF TREES BEWITCHED : Weird wanderings among Scottish trees
“To enter a wood is to pass into a different world in which we ourselves are transformed.” : Roger Deakin, Wildwood: A Journey through Trees
Our forests are haunted – places of ritual, imagination and the supernatural. Stuart Robbins will take us on a highly visual journey around Scotland in search of remarkable and mysterious individual trees, exploring their folktales, history and fortean themes including ghosts, witches, fairies and death.
Originally intended as a lockdown online Edinburgh Fortean event, Stuart will introduce his presentation. There’ll be a follow up Q&A session, and an opportunity to contribute with any weird tree tales you have to tell.
£1 entry
Next EdFortSoc LIVE : Wednesday 11th May, 7.30pm
The legendary Ash Pryce will be speaking on
Victorian Spiritualism: The Fox Sisters and the World they Created
In 1848, Western New York , two young sisters stumbled across the spirit world and a religion rapidly grew out of it. Stretching from the Tsars of Russia, to the court of the French Emperor, across oceans and continents, a movement spread. In 1888 the sisters revealed a startling secret – the spirit rappings that originated the movement had been faked.
Ash Pryce is a stage mentalist and founder of the Edinburgh Skeptics society. In his first traditional lecture in more than a decade, he will be looking at the world of the Victorian Occult, the big names that sold it, and the skeptics that tried to expose it, and the women that created a global phenomena.
This will be held in the restaurant area of the Beehive Bar in Grassmarket, this is on the floor below our normal meeting room. Admission only £1 !
Next EdFortSoc LIVE : Wednesday, 13th April
Wednesday the 13th of April represents the return to real life meetings of the Edinburgh Fortean Society.
We will be meeting in the Comedy Room (upstairs as far as you can go) of the Beehive pub in Grassmarket from 7.30 pm, and it’s a social meeting – no organised talk but a chance to chat to everyone, to be out meeting friends face to face.
Please note this meeting is a Wednesday rather than our previous Tuesday meeting, it is likely that we will be making the move to the second Wednesday of the month for the foreseeable future.
Next EdFortSocOnline : Tuesday 8th March
The Edinburgh Fortean Society presents :
In Conversation with Matt Bille
Join Gordon Rutter and Matt Bille as they talk about cryptozoology.
Matt is an author and his first two cryptozoology books are Rumors of Existence and Shadows of Existence. His latest book, Of Books and Beasts : A Cryptozoologist’s Library, was published at the end of 2021.
A frequent contributor to TV programmes Matt has had a prolific blog since 2005.
The video will be available online from 7.30pm on Tuesday the 8th of March from https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX8Ez-brarHABUMKRQsT-lA
Next EdFortSocOnlineLive : Tuesday 8th Feb, 8pm
Next EdFortSocOnline : 7.30pm, 11th January, 2022
Next EdFortSocOnline LIVE : 21st December 2021
It’s the EdFort Virtual Saturnalia!
A chance to see out the year with some like-minded individuals – no talk, just a social event – a chance to raise a glass and make merry online.
Time: Dec 21, 2021 07:00 PM London
Join Zoom Meeting https://ed-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/85279506106
Meeting ID: 852 7950 6106
Passcode: 4AiZnXwX
Join by Skype for Business https://ed-ac-uk.zoom.us/skype/85279506106
Next EdFortSocOnline LIVE : Tuesday the 9th of November, 7.30pm
Next EdFortSocOnline LIVE : Tuesday the 12th of October at 7.30pm, live via Zoom
In 2012 and again in 2014, The Wall Street Journal Called Steve Parsons “The Gold Standard of Ghost Hunting.”
Steve is a unique investigator of ghosts, hauntings and related phenomena whose background, peer recognition, experience, and knowledge separate him from a domain full of pseudo-scientific amateur ghost hunters. He has hunted for ghosts since childhood and has been a full time investigator for more than 30 years. Peers and leading academic parapsychologists acknowledge him to be one of the best paranormal investigators in the UK.
He has been involved in many areas of psychical research and has developed and pioneered new methods of investigating ghosts and haunting phenomena. He remains at the forefront of true scientific ghost hunting. His work on infrasound and the paranormal led him to design and build specialist equipment to precisely measure & record location based Infrasound. Using newly applied digital photographic techniques, he was the first to finally demonstrate and prove that the much debated orb phenomenon has a mundane explanation.
Steve has contributed to, and participated in, numerous documentaries for broadcasters Worldwide including productions for The Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, Japanese TV and for both the BBC and other UK broadcasters. In addition, he has worked as the paranormal investigator on hit TV shows Most Haunted and I’m Famous & Frightened, cleverly balancing the entertainment needs of the shows with his technical & rigorous approach to investigations.
He has written five books and is a regular contributor to the news media, books & magazines, his prolific work has featured and has been cited in numerous books, peer reviewed journals, as well as popular magazines and newspapers. Since 2012, he has co-hosted the popular Ghost Chronicles International radio show and hosts his own paranormal themed show on independent radio.
His forthright and no nonsense approach is well known throughout paranormal investigation circles and he has a hard won reputation for producing results. Steve continues to present his research at academic conferences and public ‘paracon’ events in the UK, Europe and the USA.
Steve is the co-founder of Para.Science, which in 2021 celebrated 28 years of active spontaneous case investigation. Some of these investigations involved tens of thousands of man hours and several years to complete. A commitment to quality that will continue into the future.
In addition to his work with Para.Science, he is often asked to act as an independent advisor on many other investigations offering training, support and analysis of subsequent evidence. He is currently a Council member for The Society for Psychical Research – SPR (founded 1882) an Advisor to The Ghost Club (founded 1862).