Some say it came from Troy, others believe it was a druid stone or even the stone from which Arthur extracted Excalibur. The purple and gold exterior contains a multitude of gems, stones, pendants, oils, compasses, cards, sundials, bracelets, interesting zodiac and and of course horoscopes and astrology books. The Clink Prison Museum takes visitors back to a grisly past that we all love hearing about, while rejoicing that we weren’t alive back then.

From the Elizabethan magic of Dr Dee and Simon Forman, to the occult designs of Wren and Hawksmoor; from the Victorian London of Spring-Heeled Jack, to the  fin de siècle  heyday of Madame Blavatsky and Aleister Crowley. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. In Egypt, the slaughter of Apis (‘bee’ in Latin) bulls resulted in 1000 souls, represented as bees, being born out of the body of the dead bull. There are many museum exhibits in London that document these changes via artefacts and re-creations.His wide-eyed likeness glares out from the centre of the map (he's the one in the silly hat), and he pops up all over town like a demon with an Oyster card.

The World's End pub in Camden is built on land once owned by a witch, whose husband met a grizzly end in the oven. a great little reference book, entertainingly written and full of fascinating information about the mysterious side of England's capital city - Lucya Szachnowski, www. Valery was an amazing tour guide and takes great care to make sure that the places you visit are tailored to exactly what you want to see.Since 1673 Chelsea Physic Garden has occupied four acres of land on the edge of the Thames after it was established to grow medicinal plants by the apothecaries.

Not surprisingly, her arrival in London in 1887 created quite a stir and she promptly initiated W B Yeats, one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century, as well as Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, and even Thomas Edison. Legends such as Spring-Heeled Jack and the Vampire of Highgate Cemetery are examined, and the book concludes with a gazetteer of notable occult sites.Are 1830s Springheel Jack and 1970s Highgate vampire lore really examples of occult thought or experimentation?