Rounding the Year: Bringing in the Evergreen Tree

I love a real tree at Yuletide. Yet despite popular opinion to the contrary, ancient pagans didn't bring entire fir trees into their houses for midwinter celebrations. That only began in about the 16th century. Nevertheless, the Romans decorated their villas with sprigs of evergreen for Saturnalia in December, and the Druids considered mistletoe to be a sacred herb. 

In England, Christmas trees in the home were a fashion started by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a secular, family-centric replacement for kissing boughs. The earlier decorations were hoops covered with greenery and hung from the ceiling. As the name suggests, kissing boughs were designed to encourage a more adult kind of party atmosphere. You can see a replica of one in a photo I took at the Museum of the Home, which has rooms decorated as they would have been in late December at various times in history.

Anyone who has read my book Rounding the Wheel of the Year will know I honestly believe people should enjoy the festive season with its wide variety of traditions from many cultures, countries and origins. We can sing Joy to the World, wish peace on Earth, and offer goodwill to everyone regardless of background or belief. We can share the things we love and appreciate each other's customs.

The picture at the top shows my real Yule tree, still in the garden. I bring it inside every year shortly before the 21st and take it back out after New Year. I've managed to keep it alive since 2017, when I bought it as a tiny sapling in a pot. You can read an earlier post about it here. I already have a fake tree inside. That's silver tinsel with changing coloured lights. It might not be the height of good taste, but has sentimental value and I love it. It's okay to like sparkles, baubles, and things that are a bit kitsch too.

Share your Pictures

Since my book Rounding the Wheel of the Year  came out I've been inviting people to share seasonal pictures, art, crafts, words and other creativity. I'd love to encourage readers to record what's happening in nature in various ways including photographs, as well as other seasonal journalling, musings, drawing, painting and crafting.

Here are ways to share the things you're doing or what you see out and about as the wheel turns:

• Leave a comment on this post about what you're up to
• Find my prompts to share on my Facebook Page: Lucya Starza Pagan Portals Author
• Share on Instagram with the tag #RoundingtheYear
  

Where to find Rounding the Wheel of the Year

My book offers more ways to acknowledge and celebrate the seasons in ritual, magic, folklore and nature. You can view Rounding the Wheel of the Year on Amazon, find it at esoteric bookshops or via my publisher Moon Books: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/moon-books/our-books/pagan-portals-rounding-wheel-year

(Please note: I earn commission from some links.)

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Author Interview: Festive Reads, Heathenry & Pilgrimage

This December I'm chatting to authors about their favourite festive reads and what they love most about the time of year. Today I talk to Thea Prothero about those things, and about her love of pilgrimage as a spiritual activity for people of all religions.

Q:  What's your favourite part of the festive season?

I have to admit that the best part of the festive season is not being at work! I also get the opportunity to do some cooking, which can be very difficult when working full time. I usually make mince pies, Xmas cake and have a scandi inspired Xmas dinner, including pork ribs, jonssons temptation and seasonal veg. 

Q: What book have you most loved as a seasonal read?

I’m a ghost story fan, so love to listen, read and watch M R James at this time of year, the British Library have brought out some excellent seasonal collections.

I also write a ghost story for Christmas every year, which I send to my family as a gift-  these are usually inspired by MRJ, this years is based loosely around A View from a Hill and I was influenced by my recent visit to Pompeii.

Q: Which of your own books would you most recommend either to give someone else as a present or for a gift for oneself?

It would have to be A Guide to Pilgrimage. I believe this is perfect for the pilgrimage-curious family member because it isn’t based around any doctrine from mainstream religion.

Q: Of the books you’ve written, which is your favourite?

I don’t know if I can choose, although I believe that my pilgrimage writing and practice has changed and grown since I wrote A Guide to Pilgrimage. I like to think of myself as a pilgrimage advocate. I feel strongly that pilgrimage is a devotional practice well suited for today’s society and is totally adaptable to any religious or spiritual belief. 

Heathenry for the Solitary Practitioner was the hardest to write, I was very emotional at points especially when interviewing the Heathen women I spoke to. I feel passionately that women in Heathenry need a voice. 

Q: What are both of those books about?

Pilgrimage as an accessible and adaptable transformational spiritual practice.  Everyone and anyone can do it! 

Heathenry for the Solitary Practitioner is aimed at those who follow the  old Norse and Germanic pantheon and cosmology , but for whatever reason practice alone. It’s also a great introduction for anyone who is heathen-curious.

Q: Tell me a bit more about yourself and any other things you’ve written.

I live in the south of the UK and am a solitary heathen who occasionally meets up with others.  I'm currently studying a masters in Viking Studies at the University of the Highlands and Islands.

As mentioned, I also write ghost and folk-horror short stories, and have had two published in The Silent Companion, the journal of A Ghostly Company, plus one last year in Moon Books Yule issue of Moonscape.

Q: Relating to your writing, what plans do you have for the future?

I want to write further books related to Norse Heathenry, especially the goddess Hel. I would like to have more short stories published. - watch this space!

Heathenry for the Solitary Practitioner and A Guide to Pilgrimage published by Moon Books, part of Collective Ink.

You can also view A Guide to Pilgrimage on Amazon

Please note: I earn commission from some links.

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Settle in for Yuletide with the Pagan Portal Podcast

A special Yuletide episode of the Pagan Portal Podcast will be uploaded to Spotify at noon today, and once again I'm on the panel alongside fellow witches and Moon Books authors Rachel Patterson, Jessica Howard, and Katie Ness. You can listen to it then for free.

Enjoy a deep dive into Yule, the Winter Solstice, our individual practices and how we weave magic through the darkest months of the year. Together, we explore: 

• How Pagans celebrate Yule in a modern context
• The blending of Christmas and Pagan traditions
• The Winter Solstice, traditions and altars 
• Shadow work, journaling and the introspective nature of Yule 
• Deities, and if we work with them or not
• Personal stories, family traditions and cheese! 

Here are ways to access the recording as well as October's Samhain special, where I was also on the panel:

• You can listen to the podcast for free via Spotify at any time after it goes live:  https://open.spotify.com/show/11N4kNj65tTz9NFUcZTMa7?
• You can also find the video on the Moon Books publishing YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MoonBooksPublishing
• Join the members area to get an early preview

Author Interview: Favourite Festive Books & More

This December I'm chatting to authors about their favourite festive reads and what they love most about the time of year. Today I talk to Mabh Savage, a Pagan author, poet, and musician, with a passion for local plants and wildlife, particularly the birds who visit regularly.

Q: What's your favourite part of the festive season?

A: I love getting the first decorations up with the kids. We have different ideas about what makes the season magical; I love the changing weather, the longer nights, and the thrill of the oncoming solstice and the returning light behind it. The rest of the family, well, it’s all about food and pressies really. But when we get the bags of decs out of the loft, we all come together with a single goal — to make our house as glittery and grotto-like as possible. I have to say, though, Solstice dinner is a close second. The only thing that mars it is having to cook it myself, but even this is fun in its own way, if tiring.

Q: What book have you most loved as a Yuletide read?

A: My favourite seasonal read, which I will be reading again this year, is The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. “The Dark is Reading” is a trend that started several years ago, with the idea being that you read the chapters on the dates they happen in the story, which is based all around midwinter. So, you start reading it on the 20th December, and read it in “real time” with the events in the book. It’s fun, it’s accessible for the kids (we try and read it together), and the story is in turns dark, hopeful, and full of magic.

Q: Which of your own books would you most recommend either to give someone else as a present or for a gift for oneself?

The Magic of Birds is a great gift for anyone who loves nature, folklore, mythology, or modern magic and symbolism. It’s my favourite book of my own so far, and was so much fun to write, particularly being able to draw on my own experiences of exploring local nature and the birds that live all around us. Wishing everyone a warm, safe season ahead!

The Magic of Birds is published by Moon Books.

You can also view The Magic of Birds on Amazon.

Please note: I earn commission from some links.

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Magical Online & London Events in the Next Weeks

Here's a list of events for pagans, witches and those with similar interests over the next couple of weeks. I mainly include in-person things in or near London, because that's where I'm based, as well as online talks and workshops you can do anywhere and a few conferences further afield.

Now to 11 January 2026; Mumbai + London. Free exhibition of new perspectives on the ancient world with a cultural comparison between the British Museum sculptures of the Indian god Vishnu, the ancient Egyptian goddess Sekhmet and the Roman god Bacchus (or Greek Dionysos). Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/mumbai-london-new-perspectives-ancient-world

Now on; Dark Secrets: The Esoteric Exhibition. Venue: The Vaults, Leake Street, SE1 7NN. Open Wednesdays to Sundays. Tickets from £21. https://darksecretsexhibition.com/london/

Now to April 20 2026; Welcome To Fairy Land - Luciana Nedelea Art Exhibition. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: Museum opening hours, free entry https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/museum/events-exhibitions/

Now – 19 April 2026; Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection Exhibition. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Free https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/thirst-in-search-of-freshwater

Now - 31 January 2026. The Medium is the Message. An exhibition at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Open Tuesday - Sunday daytime. Free entry. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Now to 10 January 2026; Jane and Louise Wilson: Performance of Entrapment. Exhibition investigating parallels between the Roman Temple of Mithras in London and Ise Jingu shrine in Japan. Venue: Bloomberg Space, 12 Walbrook, London, EC4N 8AA. Free. https://www.londonmithraeum.com/

Now to 16 May 2026; Broken, Burnt, Buried. Exhibition of Egyptians objects deliberately broken as part of ritual and religious practices. Venue: Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT. Free. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/

Now – 26 February 2026;  Exhibition: Elective Affinities. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH , Time: 10am-5pm Monday - Friday. Free, but book a ticket. https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/elective-affinities/

Now – 1 February 2026; Thirst: In Search of Freshwater. Exhibition about humanity’s vital connection with freshwater, including pagan, spiritual and mystical aspects. Venue: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Free https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/thirst-in-search-of-freshwater

Most lunchtimes and some other times: Meditation in-person or online. In-person venue: Inner Space, 36 Shorts Gardens, Covent Garden, London · WC2H 9AB. Time: 1pm (for lunchtime meditation). Free. https://www.meetup.com/inner-space-covent-garden/events/

Every Wednesday and Friday (except Bank Holidays); College of Psychic Studies -  pop in to have a look around the lovely building.  Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time: 11am-5pm weekdays. Free entry. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Various dates; London Witches and Chilling History Bankside Walking Tour. Meet at Southwark View Point, Minerva Square, London, SE1 9DF. Times various. Tickets from £16.31. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/enthral-experiences-58960674733

Wednesday 3 December; The Life Code Tarot with Janis King. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2pm  Tickets tbc https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 3 December; Cecil Court Christmas Celebration with carol singing, mince pies and late shopping. Venue: Watkins Esoteric Bookshop, London, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK. Time: 6pm-8pm. Free just turn up https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Wednesday 3 December (and other dates); Viktor Wynd Museum Guided Tour and a Devil's Botany Absinthe. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6pm. Tickets from £12. Price includes a Cocktail with Devil’s Botany. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Wednesday 3 December; Egyptian Temple Rites. Online tclass with Pixie P Carney via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £85. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 3 December; Drumming and Meditation online with Taz Thornton. Time: 7pm. Free  https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial

Wednesday 3 December; Sacred Gong Meditation with Joe Summerfield. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 7pm. Tickets: from £45. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 3 December; Love Magic. Start of 2-session online tclass with Dr Rebecca Beattie via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 3 December; Queer Plant-lore: Signs and Symbols. Online talk by Roy Vickery via the Folklore Centre. Time: 7pm. Tickets £5. https://www.folkloremythmagic.com/

Wednesday 3 December (every full and new moon); Moon Space online event via She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 3 December (every Wednesday); Sound Bath. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 3 December (and other dates); Gong Bath. Venue:  Akasa, 5a Prince Edward Rd, Hackney Wick,  London E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  from £25.63. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427

Wednesday 3 December; Tarot in Pop Culture – Lecture and Soirée with Melissa Mercury. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £10 per person.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Wednesday 3 December; Krampus – Santa’s Little … Helper? Talk by Deborah Hyde via Skeptics in the Pub. Venue: KC Continental Stores, 26 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, N1 9DT. Time: 7.30pm. Entry tbc https://www.facebook.com/events/1394852762007908/?

Wednesday 3 December (and other dates); Sound Bowl Meditation with Spiritual Tiik. Online event. Time: 8.30pm. Tickets £12.74. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/spiritual-tiik-29294295627

Thursday 4 December (most Thursdays); 30 Minute Guided Meditation. Online via Rest Less Events. Time: 9am. Tickets £3.99 per class. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/

Thursday 4 December (most Thursdays); Shamanic Dance with Luisa Passalacqua. Venue near Wandsworth Town Station, London. Time: 11am. Tickets donations (or free) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/luisa-passalacqua-16972493584?

Thursday 4 December; Manifest with the Universal Laws. Online class with Abiola Abrams via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 4 December; Midweek Meditation with the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 3pm. Tickets: free for members/£7.50 non members. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk

Thursday 4 December; Aleister Crowley's Mysticism: A Practical Guide with Marco Visconti. Talk and signing. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, London, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday 4 December; Full Moon Ritual by the Thames with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at Millennium Bridge, Thames Embankment, · London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5. https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/

Thursday 4 December (and other dates); Full Moon Women's Gong Bath. Venue:  Akasa, 5a Prince Edward Rd, Hackney Wick,  London E9 5LX. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  from £25.63. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/sunita-kaur-34415293427

Thursday 4 December; Death and Generation: A Journey Through the Wheel of the Tarot with Kingfisher Coven. Venue:  Lost Souls Pizza Camden, 245 Eversholt Street, London NW1 1BA.  Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5 https://www.eventbrite.com/o/keith-broad-kingfisher-coven-88810783003

Thursday 4 December; Witchcraft's Paths to Power: Dance and Body Work. Workshop with Hannah Sanders via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events 

Thursday 4 December; Trancing in the Dark. Start of 2-Part Workshop with Julian Vayne via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £50. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Thursday 4 December; Full Moon Celebration with South East London Pagans. Venue: One Tree Hill, Honor Oak, South London. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834

Thursday 4 December (tbc but usually every fortnight); Inquisitive Spirit open circle. Learn Mediumship and Psychic development with a group.  Venue: Bretons Manor, 411 Rainham Road, South Hornchurch RM13 7LP. Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm. Cost £10 per session  Text 07549 638276 for details.

Thursday 4 December; Full Moon Sacred Geometry and Meditation workshop. Venue: Crystal Wicca, West Wickham, BR4. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £36. https://www.facebook.com/TheCrystalWicca

Thursday 4 December; The Ghosts of Christmas Past. Talk by Sarah Clegg on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.49. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 5 December (usually every Friday); Live Chat hosted by Rachel Patterson, author of Gods and Goddesses of England and the Kitchen Witch series of books. Time: 9am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/RachelPattersonbooks/

Friday 5 December (1st and 3rd Friday each month); Pagan Portal Podcast by Moon Books. Time: noon (or listen to recording later). Free event. https://open.spotify.com/show/11N4kNj65tTz9NFUcZTMa7?

Friday 5 December;  More Weight by Ben Wickey:  with Alan Moore, Iain Sinclair and Victor Rees, event via The Swedenborg Society. Venue: Swedenborg House, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2TH. Time: 6:30pm to 8pm. Tickets: £3. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-weight-by-ben-wickey-w-alan-moore-iain-sinclair-and-victor-rees-tickets-1976185214173

Friday 5 December; Demonstration of Psychic Mediumship with Nicoletta Stephens and Amanda Watson. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 7pm. Tickets: £27. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 5 December (and other dates); New Moon, Full Moon or Divine Union Cacao Ceremony, Heart Ritual and Gong Bath. Venue: Private Location near Wandsworth Town/Clapham Junction, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  From £32.93 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-moon-full-moon-or-divine-union-cacao-ceremonyheart-ritual-gong-bath-tickets-169545022727

Friday 5 December (and other dates); Holistic Sound Bath Meditation - Summoning The Sacred. Venue: Training Points Fitness and Therapy, 5-6 Cooper's Yard, London SE19 1TN. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/holistic-sound-bath-meditation-summoning-the-sacred-tickets-223970159777?#

Saturday 6 December; Dancing the Tarot. Start of 2-day course with Adrien Mastrosimone Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS.Time: 12.30pm. Tickets: £250. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Saturday 6 December; Tarot, Astrology and You in 2026, Class with Avril Price. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 1pm. Tickets: £125. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 6 December;  Candle Magic Workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 2pm. Tickets £35. https://www.wiccamooninherservice.co.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Saturday 6 December (tbc but usually first Saturday each month); Gong Bath. Venue: Upminster Sanctuary Pea Lane, Upminster, RM142XH. Time: 7pm. Tickets: tbc.  https://upminstersanctuary.com/

Sunday 7 December;  Group Constellation Workshop by Avideya. Venue: 30 Friern Watch Avenue, London N12 9NT. Time:  from 10am to 5pm.  From £53.80. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/group-constellation-workshop-tickets-1841086030879

Sunday 7 December; The Malice Market. Venue: Venue: Chislehurst Caves, Imperial Place, Chislehurst, NW Kent. Time: 11am. Free entry. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1335736923852705/

Sunday 7 December; Black Jaguar Medicine: Sister Otorongo and Soul Loss Retrieval Ceremony with Pixie P Carney. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 1pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 7 December; Asclepian Dream Healing. Online class with Tiffany Lazic via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £85. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 7 December (every Sunday); Soul Restore Sound Healing. Venue: The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, London W1T 1PG. Time: 4pm. Tickets: £30. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-mandrake-17825575648

Sunday 7 December; The Hooden Horse of Kent. Online talk via the Folklore Library and Archive. Time: 7pm. Tickets:  £6.13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-library-archive-68703440013?

Monday 8 December; Soul Connections, Past Lives and Healing workshop with Maria Antoniou. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: from £85. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Monday 8 December and other dates; Tea with a Medium. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm  Cost £60 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Monday 8 December; Dark Fairytales from Around the World. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets from £15. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Monday 8 December; Mr Wright and Mrs Always Right: Gary Wright and Geraldine Beskin in Conversationm. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm  Cost £20 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Monday 8 December; Theosophy. Online discussion group via Rudolf Steiner House. Time: 7pm. Tickets free https://www.meetup.com/rudolf-steiner-spiritual-science/events/

Monday 8 December; The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case – Deconstructing a myth, by Ian Ridpath

Writer. Talk at Greenwich Skeptics. Venue: The Plume of Feathers, 19 Park Vista, Greenwich, SE10 9LZ. Time: 7.30pm. Ssuggested donation: £4. https://greenwichskeptics.org/

Monday 8 December (usually a Monday early in the month); South East London Pagans Moot. Venue: The Ivy House, 55 Stuart Road, London, SE15 3BE. Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834

Monday 8 December;  Greek Myth and Religion. Talk by Philip Matyszak on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.49. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday, 8 December  (tbc but usually every Monday); Tea With a Druid. Free online event by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Time 8pm. https://druidry.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/druidry

Tuesday 9 December (and other dates and times); Viktor Wynd Museum Guided Tour + a Devil's Botany Absinthe. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: 6pm. Tickets from £16. Price includes a Cocktail with Devil’s Botany. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-last-tuesday-society-viktor-wynd-museum-33776720489

Wednesday 10 December; Festive Christmas Gong Bath and Sound Meditation in the Mansion. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Wednesday 10 December; Moon and Tide Magic Workshop with Levannah Morgan via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 10 December; Power of Fire workshop. Training group workshop by the Wytchery. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS, UK. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/the-wytchery/

Wednesday 10 December (tbc but usually 2nd Wed each month);  Enfield Town Circle Moot. Venue: Crown and Horsehoes, Horseshoe Lane, Enfield, EN2 6PZ.  Time: 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

Wednesday 10 December; The Dark Origins of Christmas: Demons, Witches, Twelfth Night, and more. Talk by Diane Purkiss via Seed Talks. Venue: 8 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 2ER. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £13.50 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/seed-talks-in-london-1252979?

Thursday 11 December; Celebrate 150 Years of Wisdom: A Book Presentation on the Theosophical Movement. Talk and signing. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, London, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK. Time: 5pm. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Thursday, 11 December; Yule Customs Talk. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 6pm. Tickets £25. https://www.wiccamooninherservice.co.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/wiccamoonuk/

Thursday 11 December; Ithell Colquhoun’s Diagrammatic Style talk by Dr Amy Hales. Online via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday, 11 December; Erotic Alchemy. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Thursday, 11 December; Christmas Lore. Talk by Cunning Folk at South East London Folklore Society. Venue: The Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE. Time: 8pm, Free but £5/£8 donations welcome.  Email cunningfolkmusic@gmail.com to book a space or visit  https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Thursday, 11 December;  Psychedelics and Memories of Birth, Abuse and Aliens. Talk by Timmy Davis on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets ·from  £3.49. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 12 December; Start of The Winter Mothers Retreat 2025 with Laura Daligan. Nine days of online magic, soul retrieval, healing and connection with the Ancient Mothers of Winter. Inlcudes live and recorded sessions so you can do this when you like. Tickets: £111. https://www.lauradaligan.com/product-page/the-winter-mothers-retreat

Friday 12 December; Festive Friday at the College - Have a mince pie and a drink, browse the library, or enjoy the peace of the sanctuary, plus 15 per cent discount in the shop. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Free entry, no need to book https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 12 December; Saturnalia. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 6.30pm  Tickets free but book a place https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Friday 12 December (and other dates); Gong Bath by Claire The Soul Nurturer. Venue: Secret Soul Sanctuary, Sydenham Hill, London SE23 3PH. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £20.21. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/claire-the-soul-nurturer-35479207053

Saturday 13 December (and other dates); Drum Birthing Workshop with Lynn Gosney. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain, Minster, Kent. Starts 8.45am. Tickets £225/£250. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain

Saturday 13 December; Moon Books Super Epic Pagan Quiz of the Year. Streaming live to YT and FB. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/843552198401493?

Sunday 14 December; Shamanic Group with Les Fuller. All welcome Venue: Woodford Church at 9 Grove Crescent, South Woodford, London E18 2JR. Time 11am-3pm. Tickets: £10. http://woodfordchurch.com/

Sunday 14 December; North West Kent Pagans Moot. Organised by NWK Pagans for members of the group. Venue: Chislehurst Caves, NW Kent. Time: 11.30am. https://www.facebook.com/groups/445487428816887

Sunday 14 December; I'll be teaching an in-person workshop on scrying with crystal balls, mirrors, fire, and water. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Time: noon. Tickets £32. Price includes a Cocktail with Devil’s Botany. https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/exhibition/scrying-workshop-with-lucya-starza-live-4/

Sunday 14 December; Satanic Flea Market. Venue: Electrowerkz 7 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NQ. Time: noon. Tickets £4. https://www.facebook.com/events/843750454662152

Sunday 14 December; Find Your Yellow Brick Road workshop with Gerrie March. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 1pm. Tickets £90 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 14 December; Crystal Magic and Fossil Folklore workshop with Nicholas Pearson. Online via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 14 December; Craft a Yule Log and Witch’s Yule Ball  with Crystal Wicca. Venue: Crystal Wicca, West Wickham, BR4. Time: 3pm. Tickets: £55. https://www.facebook.com/TheCrystalWicca

Sunday 14 December (every Sunday); Mindfulness Meditation. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3, 1NG. Time: 6pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Sunday 14 December; Magic in Contemporary Art, Ep. 9. Lecture and Discussion with Dr Amy Hale via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start. Tickets: £5. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Monday 15 December; I'm giving an in-person talk on Magic for Yuletide and New Year’s Eve Divination. Price includes a Cocktail with Devil’s Botany. Venue: Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. Doors open: 6.30pm. Tickets from £16.40. https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/exhibition/magic-for-yuletide-and-new-years-eve-divination-with-lucya-starza-live/ or https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magic-for-yuletide-and-new-years-eve-divination-with-lucya-starza-live-tickets-1673832470979?

For activities after these dates please visit my events page. 

Please note that I am not responsible for the content of these events except my own talks and workshops. Contact organisers directly if you have questions or to check ticket availability. Where a practitioner is offering information about magical healing, this is *not* medical advice. If you're running an event you want included, please email me at badwitch1234@gmail.com Also please note I earn commission for some links.