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  • The Medium is the Message: British Artist & Automatist Sidney Manley

    Archive Treasures

    This series revisits 'The Medium is the Message', an exhibition curated by Jacqui McIntosh in 2025/6. Enter the room dedicated to British artist Sidney Manley (1900-1970), mapping the development of his artwork from spirit guide faces and landscapes to later abstract botanicals.

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  • The Medium is the Message: Visionary Artist Paulina Peavy

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    This series revisits 'The Medium is the Message', an exhibition curated by Jacqui McIntosh in 2025/6. Enter the room dedicated to American visionary artist Paulina Peavy (1901-99), whose work was shown for the first time in the UK at The College of Psychic Studies.

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  • The Light of the Cross, by Ithell Colquhoun

    Archive Treasures

    In this article from the September 1968 issue of Prediction magazine, occultist & artist Ithell Colquhoun unpacks the symbolism and mysteries of stone crosses in Cornwall.

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  • 100 Years at Queensberry Place

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    In the autumn of 1925, our erstwhile president, the author & Spiritualist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, secured a new premises for us. A century on, and The College of Psychic Studies continues to thrive at this esteemed address...

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  • Celebrating the 3rd Annual Florence Farr Conference

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    The College of Psychic Studies was delighted to host the 3rd Annual Florence Farr Conference this summer. Immense gratitude to the speakers and participants who joined us to create such a memorable day...

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  • Bergie and Zan, by Ithell Colquhoun

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    In this article from the January 1971 issue of Prediction magazine, artist Ithell Colquhoun recounts the love story of the Golden Dawn's Moïna Mathers & Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, aka Bergie & Zan.

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