Talking Towers- Panacean Towers
Thu 7 Nov 2024 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Panacea Museum, MK40 3NX
Description
Talking Towers- Panacean Towers
A talk by Zara Matthews, Museum Director Panacea Museum
In collaboration with CenSAMM- www.censamm.org
The Panacea Society (1919-2012) believed their leader was the Daughter of God and their garden was on the site of the Garden of Eden. They looked forward to the return of Jesus Christ at the Second Coming and spent their time preparing for the coming Apocalypse. The Society built their own chapel and clock tower, and named their outposts around the world ‘towers’.
The Panacea Charitable Trust operate both the Museum and the Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements (CenSAMM). CenSAMM promote high quality critical and academic research into apocalyptic and millenarian movements across time, place and culture. The Panacea Museum and CenSAMM have organised this event as part of the Being Human Festival.
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This event is part of Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 7–16 November 2024. Being Human is led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information please see beinghumanfestival.org.
Location
Panacea Museum, MK40 3NX