Off to the Greenoaks Gathering - Come and Join Me!

Today I'm setting off for the Greenoaks Gathering. The pagan festival officially runs from Friday 13 to Sunday 15 June in the beautiful Cambridgeshire Fens. I'm getting there on set-up day because I'm involved with the events. I'm very much looking forward to it!

On Saturday I'm running a workshop on scrying with clouds and trees, then on Sunday I'll be helping people create meditative art with flowers and leaves. You can see one of my examples below. As well as lots of  talks and classes, the festival also has music, kids activities, and a magickal market. 

Obviously I'm hoping we'll have lovely weather with blue skies and just a few little white fluffy clouds to help us scry. The photo at the top shows clouds and trees reflected in water.

The venue is Hatters Campsite, Second Drove Adelaide, Ely CB7 4UD. Tickets are £0 – £114.47.  You can find out more here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/greenoaks-gathering-2025-tickets-892366882367?

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, including the Summer Solstice. There are online things you can do anywhere plus in-person talks and workshops in or near London, and some conferences and festivals further afield.

Now - 5 July; Well Hung Art Exhibition, celebrating queer artists. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Free entry during shop opening hours. https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Now - October 31; Alexandrian Witchcraft exhibition. Venue: Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Boscastle, Cornwall. Musueum opening hours: 10am-4.30pm. Entry £10/£5. https://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/

Now - 21 Aug; Whittington: The Man, The Myth and The Cat. Venue: Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH. Time: 10am - 4pm, Mon to Thu. Admission: Free. https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/events/whittington-the-man-the-myth-and-the-cat

Now - 30 June; Hereafter Exhibition. Venue: Swedenborg House, The Swedenborg Society, 20/21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH.  Time: 10.30am-5pm Mon-Fri. Free but book a ticket https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/

Now - 19 October; Ancient India Living Traditions Exhibition. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Tickets £20 (free for members). https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/ancient-india-living-traditions

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; College of Psychic Studies -  pop in to 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/

Wednesday 11 June; Work in Progress Summer 2025 - 'Esoteric Aesthetics and Gendered Exclusions in Post-Revolutionary Mexican Visual Art' - Lecture. Venue: Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB. Time: 2pm Tickets: free. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/

Wednesday 11 June and other dates; Tea with a Medium. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: 2.30pm  Cost £55 https://theatlantisbookshop.com/

Wednesday 11 June; An Introduction to Dowsing: How to Use a Pendulum Effectively. Workshop with Pixie P Carney, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £85. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 11 June; Working with the Spirit Doctors and the Spirit World. Start of 6-session course with Susan Gashe, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 6pm. Tickets: £190. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 11 June (2nd Wed each month); Enfield Town Circle Moot. Venue: Crown and Horsehoes, Horseshoe Lane, Enfield, EN2 6PZ.  Time: 6pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

Wednesday 11 June (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 11 June;  Astral Projection and Out of Body Experiences. Talk by Wagner Borges. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 7.30pm. Tickets: £23. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 11 June  (and other dates); 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 and other times. 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 11 June (every full and new moon); Moon Space online ritual with Tree Carr via She's Lost Control. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Wednesday 11 June;  Making Incense and Powders. Workshop with Hannah Sanders via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 11 June (2nd Wed each month); Power of Practice. 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 11 June (2nd Wed each month); Historic Building Mythbusting. Talk by James Wrightat Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub. Venue: The Duke of Greenwich, 91 Colomb St, SE10 9EZ. Time: 7.30pm. free but suggested donation: £4. https://sitp.online/sitp/greenwich

Wednesday 11 June; Full Moon Ceremony and Birth of Isis Rite by the Thames with London Woodland Witches and Pagans. Meet at Millennium Bridge, Thames Embankment, · London. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £0-£8.50. https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/

Wednesday, 11 June; Sound Bowl Meditation with Spiritual Tiik. Time: 8.30pm. Tickets £12.74. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/spiritual-tiik-29294295627

Thursday, 12 June - 20 June. LlewellynCon 2025. Sixth Annual LlewellynCon: 10 Days of author talks, giveaways, swag, and more. Online event, with recordings for catching up later. Starts 2.30am UK time. Free, but reserve a space. https://www.llewellyn.com/LlewellynCon2025/?

Thursday 12 June; 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 12 June; Hereafter Book Launch with Speakers: Chloe Aridjis, Andrew Durbin, Jennifer Higgie and Simon Moretti. Venue: Venue: Swedenborg Hall, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2TH. Time: 5pm-9pm. Price: Free but book. https://www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/hereafter-book-launch/

Thursday 12 June; Sacred Rose: The Soul's Path to Beauty and Wisdom. Talk and signing by Mara Freeman. 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 12 June; Anatomy and Physiology for Energy Workers. Start of 6-session course with Doe Warnes, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £190. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday 12 June; Ella Young, Nature Mystic. Lecture and Soirée with scholars Sally and James North. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Thursday 12 June; Nurturing Full Moon Sound Bath with Guided Meditation. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets: £12. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Thursday 12 June; Full Moon Celebration with South East London Pagans. Venue: Peckham Rye, London SE15. Time: 7.30pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/7046502195365834

Thursday, 12 June; Weird Fairy 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. Turn up on the night or email cunningfolkmusic@gmail.com to book a space.  https://www.eventbrite.com/o/cunning-folk-7829505560

Friday 13 June (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, 13 - Sunday 15 June; Greenoaks Gathering 2025. Pagan gathering in the beautiful Cambridgeshire Fens, at an eco venue. Music, speakers, workshops (including a couple run by myself), kids activities, and a magickal market. Venue: Mad Hatters Campsite, Second Drove Adelaide, Ely CB7 4UD. Tickets: £0 – £114.47. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/greenoaks-gathering-2025-tickets-892366882367?

Friday, 13 June and other times and dates; London Witches and History Bankside Walking Tour. Meet at Southwark View Point, Minerva Square, London, SE1 9DF. Time: 2pm/4pm/6pm. Tickets from From £7.73. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/20-off-london-witches-history-bankside-walking-tour-tickets-1335204034209?

Friday, 13 June (every fortnight until July 25); Practice Reading Tarot. Free online event. Time: 7pm. https://www.meetup.com/astrotarotkitchen/events/

Friday 13 June;  An Evening of Mediumship with TJ Higgs. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 7pm. Tickets: £27. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 13 June (and other dates); Gong Bath / Sound Journey 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

Friday 13 June; Transpersonal Sound Meditation with Valentina. Venue: She's Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35.  https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events

Saturday, 14 - Sunday June; Witch - A Festival of Spirituality, Paganism and Witchcraft. Venue:  Scots Sports and Social Club, Selbourne Avenue Bletchley MK3 5BX. Starts 10am. Tickets £0 – £45 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/witch-a-festival-of-spirituality-paganism-witchcraft-tickets-1089905339209?

Saturday 14 June; Journey to the Akashic Records and Beyond. Workshop with Frances Billinghurst, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 10.30m. Tickets: £85. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 14 June; Soul Connections. Workshop with Natasha Astara. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £125. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 14 June; Old Palace Clog Bus Tour. Live music and morris dancing performed by Old Palace Clog, Black Swan Border Morris, Greenwich Morris Men and Northwood Morris Men. Times and venues: 11am - 12pm : Croydon Minster, CR0 1RN; 1:30pm - 2:30pm: Fulham Palace, SW6 6EA and Bishops Park, SW6 6EA; 3pm - 4.30pm: St Mary’s Church, Church Square, Putney SW15 1SN (close to The Rocket, Wetherspoons). https://www.facebook.com/events/2233259150468203?

Saturday 14 June; The Blooming Lovelies Oracle. Talk and signing by Amber Fossey. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, London, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK. Time: noon. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Saturday 14 June; Mindful stroll and Forest Bathing. Meet at: Sydenham Gate, Crystal Palace Park Road, London SE26 6UF. Time: 1pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/parkbathe-34393467709

Saturday 14 June; Drum Circle with Emma Hewitt of Salamay Tarot and Healing Arts. Venue: Forest Hill Friends Meeting House, 34 Sunderland Road, London SE23 2QA. Time: 2pm. Tickets  £22.38. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/emma-hewitt-salamay-tarot-healing-arts-38061527643

Saturday 14 June; Warburg Library and Collections Tours. Venue: Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB. Time: 2pm Tickets: free. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/

Saturday 14 June;  How to be a Wicked Witch. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £40. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/events-and-workshops/how-to-be-a-wicked-witch/

Sunday 15 June; How Starseeds Can Assist in Their Own and Gaia’s Ascension. Workshop with Carol Nayach. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £125. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 15 June; Old Palace Clog Day of Dance. Live music and morris dancing performed by Old Palace Clog, Brixton Tatterjacks, Madder Mill Molly, Pennyroyal Clog Dancers and Quaggy Morris. Venue: Crystal Palace Park, SE London. Time: 11.30am. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/2440335379685563?

Sunday 15 June/20 July/17 August; Dawn of the Oak Pagan moot. Venue: The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon Road/Greville Street, London EC1M 3JF. Time: 2.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/groups/dawnoftheoak/

Sunday 15 June (and other dates); 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 15 June (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 15 June; Magic in Contemporary Art, Ep. 4. Dr. Amy Hale speaks with artists Jesse Bransford and Barry William Hale about the influence of Hermetic magic on their work. Online and delayed viewing via Treadwell's. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £5. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 15 June; Agony and the Ecstasy: Sacred and Carnal Devotion to Saints. Talk by Eric Huangs on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday, 16 June (and other dates); Meditative Art and Visualisation: Inspired by the Seasons. Online with Rest Less Events. Time: 10am. Tickets £3.99. https://events.restless.co.uk/event-calendar/relaxation-and-art-making/

Monday, 16 June (Mondays);  7pm:  Carter Memorial Lecture: Making Heaven on Earth, by Wade Caves. 8.30pm: Chart Discussion. Online events via the Astrological Lodge of London. Tickets £9/£6. https://astrolodge.co.uk/

Monday 16 June; The Psychic Brain: Exploring the Neurobiology of Psychics and Mediums. Online  presentation by Dr Jeff Tarrant, hosted by the Society for Psychical Research via Zoom. Time: 8pm. Tickets: Free for members/£5 non members. https://www.spr.ac.uk/

Monday 16 June, A free online class on the Goddess Babalon by Halo Quin, author of Crimson Craft. Time: 8pm. https://haloquin.kit.com/babalon?

Monday, 16 June; Scott Cunningham - The Path Taken. Talk by Christine Ashworth on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Monday, 16 June (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 17 June; Yoga for Mind, Breath and Body. Venue: Beckenham Place Mansion, Place Park, The Mansion, Beckenham BR3 1SY. Time: 6.15pm. Tickets: £12. https://www.beckenhamplace.org/whatson/

Tuesday 17 June;  Family Constellations with Ancestral Connections and Healing, with Emma Hewitt of Salamay Tarot and Healing Arts. Venue: The Electric Elephant Cafe, 186A Crampton Street, London SE17 3AE. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets  £38.62. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/emma-hewitt-salamay-tarot-healing-arts-38061527643

Tuesday 17 June; Connecting Folklore, History and Theory in the 21st Century: Irish Folklore. A Folklore Society online talk by Sarah Covington. Time: 7pm. Tickets £6. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089

Tuesday 17 June; Developing the Intuitive Mind. Start of 6-session beginner course with Maria Antoniou, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £190. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 17 June (and other dates); Gong Bath / Sound Journey 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

Tuesday 17 June; Atomic Albion. Talk by Tom Bolton on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Wednesday, 18 June; Space for Storytelling. Venue: The Bridge St John, Waterloo. Time: 6.30pm.  Free (crowdfunded) workshops guest-hosted by others with London Dreamtime.  https://www.londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Wednesday 18 June;  Mystic, Magician or Witch – Book Launch and Soirée with Murray Langham. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10.  https://www.treadwells-london.com/ or reserve a place by visiting the shop.

Wednesdays 18 June; Animal Symbolism in the Tarot. Start of 3-session course with Laetitia Barbier, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £115. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Wednesday 18 June;  Making Magical Oils and Salves. Workshop with Hannah Sanders via Treadwells Online. Time: 7pm start, delayed viewing available. Tickets: £15. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Wednesday 18 June (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

Wednesday, 18 June (3rd Wednesday each month); The More Mead Moot. Venue: The Hope pub, Carshalton, Surrey. Time: 7pm. Free. https://www.facebook.com/Pagan-FutureFests-352385661439366/#

Wednesday, 18 June; The Field Guide to DMT Entities. Talk by David Jay Brownn on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 9pm. Tickets · from £6.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Thursday 19 - 22nd June; Elemental Temple Festival Summer Solstice. Music, rituals, workshops. Venue: East Hanney, Wantage, Oxfordshire. Full tickets £188, Friday - Sunday £155, Day £88. Kids Free. https://www.elementalhealingtemple.com/

Thursday 19 June; Realms of the Round Table/Voyages with the Celtic Saints. Talk and signing with John Matthews. 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 19 June; Drumming Circle. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9. Time: 6.15pm. Tickets: £55. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/shop/events-and-workshops/drumming-circle/?

Thursdays 19 June; Earth Grids and Ley Lines. Start of 2-session course with Gemma Petherbridge, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Thursday, 19 June (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 19 June; PF London Summer Solstice Open Ritual via Pagan Federation London. Venue: Pirate Castle, Gilbey's Wharf Oval Road NW1 7EA London, UK Time: 7.30pm. Entry £8 for PF members, £10 for non-members (cash only). https://www.facebook.com/PaganFederationLondon

Thursday 19 June; Unveiling the World of Freak Shows. Talk by Lena Heide Brennand on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 9pm. Tickets · from £6.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

Friday 20 June to Sunday 22 June; Folklore and the Senses. The Folklore Society's annual conference, in collaboration with the Dept of Folklore and Ethnology, University College Cork. Hybrid event at University College Cork, and Online via Teams. Starts 1pm Friday. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-folklore-society-32190494089

Friday 20 June (1st and 3rd Friday each month); The Pagan Portal Podcast by Moon Books. Time: noon (or listen to recording later). Free event. https://open.spotify.com/show/11N4kNj65tTz9NFUcZTMa7?

Friday 20 June to Saturday 21 June; Summer Solstice at Stonehenge. English Heritage is allowing managed free open access to the stones for the sunset and sunrise, although the car parking is charged. Times: 7pm Friday to 8am Saturday. Details: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/things-to-do/solstice/  The event will also be livestreamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/EnglishHeritage

Friday 20 June; Strumpets and Harlots Walking Tour with Maria Beadell's organised by Treadwell's Bookshop. Meet at Covent Garden tube Station, Long Acre, London WC2E 9JT. Time: 7.20pm. Tickets: £20. https://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 20 June (Every 3rd Friday of the month until December 19); Way of the Witch monthly online circle with Samantha K. and Jacqui C. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.meetup.com/sammi-k-shamanic-practitioner-psychic-medium/events/

Saturday 21 June; Summer Solstice Sunrise and Sunset Walks on the Wick, Essex.  Meet at: Middlewick Ranges (Lidl entrance), 208 Mersea Road, Colchester, CO2 8QG. Time: 3.15am for the sunrise walk, and 7.30pm for the sunset walk. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/events/665625189169540/?

Saturday 21 June; Psychic Powers Unlocked: Remote Viewing into Hidden Realms. Workshop with Ann Théato. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. Time 11am. Tickets: £125. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 21 June;  Sacred Sweat Lodge for Summer Solstice. Venue: Shamanic Centre Caer Corhrain Kent. Run by Lynn Gosney. Time: 11.30am. Tickets £30, email lynn.gosney@hotmail.com for info and to book. https://www.facebook.com/shamaniccentrecaercorhrain/

Saturday 21 June; The Witch's Shadow Work Oracle. Talk and signing by Clare Gogerty and Tijana Lukovic. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, London, 19-21 Cecil Ct, London WC2N 4EZ, UK. Time: noon. Free but reserve a place https://www.watkinsbooks.com/events

Saturday 21 June (date tbc);  Shamanic Journey - event by by Indigo Earth. Venue: The Twelfth House UK, 1 Chingford Road, London E17 4PW. Time: 11am. Tickets £25. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/priest-of-indigo-earth-joseph-atiase-35528479563

Saturday 21 June; The Art of Reading Oracle Cards. Workshop with Geoffrey Beitz, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: noon. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 21 June (tbc but usually on a Saturday near the solstice); Summer Solstice at Coldrum Stones with Kent Gorsed. Venue: Coldrum Long Barrow, West Maling, Kent. Time: noon. Free. https://www.facebook.com/kentgorsedd/

Saturday, June 21; Summer Solstice Flower Mandala Ritual. Venue: Elmstead Woods, Chislehurst, Kent. Time: 1pm. Standard tickets  £24.54. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-solstice-flower-mandala-ritual-tickets-1388170287699?

Saturday 21 June; Summer Solstice Free and open Gorsed of Caer Abiri ritual at Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire. Meet at the Red Lion pub from noon for druidic ceremony at 1.30pm. Offering of bread, mead, or Bardic performance always welcomed. Free event, just turn up. https://www.facebook.com/groups/49080749624/

Saturday, 21 June; Litha Summer Solstice Workshop and Celebration Circle. Venue: 24 The Green, Twickenham TW2 5AB. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets from £17.50. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/litha-summer-solstice-workshop-and-celebration-circle-tickets-1381590417129?

Saturday, 21 June; Solstice Ritual By Cunning Folk. Venue: Dash The Henge Store, 348 Camberwell New Road, London SE5 0RW. Time: 5 - 6pm. Free. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solstice-ritual-at-dash-the-henge-store-free-tickets-1393894298369?

Saturday, 21 June; Summer Solstice Ceremony 2025. Venue: Lesnes Abbey Lodge, Abbey, New Rd, London SE2 0AX. Time: 5pm. Tickets From £49.46. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-solstice-ceremony-2025-tickets-1305036050959?

Saturday 21 June; Summer Solstice Celebration in Kent. Venue: Belmont House and Gardens, Throwley Road, Faversham ME13 0HH. Time: 6 - 10pm. Tickets: £9.38 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-solstice-celebration-tickets-1360151432549?

Sunday, 22 June; Summer Solstice Yoga and Meditation + Optional Wild Swim on the Heath. Venue: Hampstead Heath, Next to Mixed Bathing Ponds, London NW3 1BP. Time: 10am. Tickets  £8.83. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-solstice-yoga-meditation-optional-wild-swim-on-the-heath-tickets-1364608874879?

Sunday 22 June; Photo Readings and Predictions online class. Time: 11am. Tickets £10. https://www.facebook.com/events/1624935388166965/?

Sunday 22 June and 20 July; Mythic London – Walking Tour with Caroline Wise organised by Treadwell's. Time: 11.50am. Meet outside St Mary Le Strand Church, Strand, London WC2R 1ES. Tickets: £35. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events

Sunday 22 June; Druidic Ritual to celebrate Summer Solstice on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Gather in the Hawthorne Grove at Primrose Hill, London, NW1 8YH, at 12.30pm to prepare the site for the ritual at 1pm. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm. Bring a small contribution of food and drink to share. https://www.facebook.com/LooseAssociationOfDruidsOfPrimroseHill

Sunday, 22 June; Womens' Circle - Summer Solstice Picnic Social and Rose Tea Ceremony. Venue: Victoria Park, Grove Road, London E3 5TB. Time: 1pm. Tickets: £6.13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-circle-summer-solstice-picnic-social-rose-tea-ceremony-tickets-1371531109469?

Sunday 22 June;  A Blot for Holda. A meeting of Druid, Heathen and Pagan groups and solitaries for a ceremony to honour the Goddess Holda. Venue: Greenwich Park, Greenwich, South · London. Time: 2pm. Free but bring offerings for Holda and food and drink. https://www.facebook.com/groups/166261441013/

Sunday 22 June; Summer Solstice 2025 Ceremony in Queen's Wood with Mani and Woodland Witches. Meet at the entrance on Queenswood Road, London N6 5UU.  Time: 2pm. Tickets £7. https://www.meetup.com/londonwoodlandwitches/events/

Sunday 22 June (tbc but usually on a Sunday near the Sostice); Anderida Gorsedd Summer Solstice open ritual. Venue: Long Man of Wilmington, Wilmington, near Eastbourne, East Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm, walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards, the Giants Rest pub. https://www.facebook.com/groups/227609495203/

Sunday 22 June; Crystals for Past Life and Karmic Healing. Workshop with Nicholas Pearson, via the College of Psychic Studies. Online event. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £90. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 22 June (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 22 June; Summer Solstice pagan ceremony. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3, 1NG. Time: 7pm. Free, but donations welcome. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk

Sunday 22 June; Mr. Punch’s journey from Napoli to somewhere-on-sea. Talk by John Rudlin on Zoom via The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities and Last Tuesday Society. Time: 8pm. Tickets · from £6.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619

For activities after these dates please visit my events page. 

Please note that I am not responsible for the content of any of these events. 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 I earn commission from advertisers for some links.

Green London: Goodbye to Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

I went for a walk around the dinosaur lakes at Crystal Palace park to say goodbye to them for a while. I took the photo at the top of this post as a reminder, because I will never see them looking quite like that again. That's probably a good thing.

The entire park is undergoing much-needed and long-awaited restoration and improvement. The 15-month makeover started last month and some work has already begun. In fact, the photo below is another I took. It shows one of the statues of prehistoric creatures that looks like it's already been repaired and had a coat of paint. I'm not sure if that grey colour is the final coat - I hope it looks a bit more characterful when I see it next.

While some of the park will stay open during the project, including a route from Crystal Palace Station to Penge Gate, footpaths around the dinosaurs and tidal lakes are closed from now to December 2025. Other parts of Crystal Palace have already been restored, including the historic subway, which I blogged about last autumn.

Crystal Palace Park has always been one of my favourite green space near where I live. I have happy memories of playing there when I was a child, I love visiting for walks, I've enjoyed events there, and I've celebrated the Summer Solstice high on the terraces a few times. 

I'm now looking forward to the dinosaur lakes being reopened when the restoration is finished. I'll be saying hello to them in their new coats of paint, and be sure to take more photos.

You can find out more about the restoration and other things happening in Crystal Palace Park here: https://www.crystalpalaceparktrust.org/

Green London

I've been blogging regularly about London's green spaces in an effort to dispel a prevalent myth in the pagan community that it's just all concrete. Even in the City, which is of course heavily built up, there are still places where nature thrives, while Greater London has huge areas of woods, commons, parks and beautiful gardens.

The pictures on this post were all taken by me. Please do not use them without my permission.

Previous Green London posts

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/04/green-london-rookery-streatham-common.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/03/green-london-plumstead-common-its.html

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/03/green-london-londons-first-botanical.html

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/03/green-london-japanese-gardens-in.html

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2023/09/green-london-riverview-walk-river-pool.html

Book Review: Pagan Portals - Feminist Witchcraft

Pagan Portals - Feminist Witchcraft is published this month, and it's very good. Susan Harper is both an academic cultural anthropologist and a longstanding practicing Feminist Witch. As the subtitle says, her book offers an introduction to this modern pagan tradition that puts all women at its core. 

The first chapters clearly explain what Feminist Witchcraft is, what it's not, and how it's different from other spiritual and magical paths, including eclectic witchcraft and initiatory Wicca. It won't come as a surprise to many to learn that's because practitioners focus on working with goddesses, largely ignoring the gods. Susan Harper succintly explains the reasons for this, which make a lot of sense. It's empowering for people to honour deities that look like they do. Feeling empowered is an important aspect of the tradition. 

But this path isn't just for women, it is for all who want to fight the patriarchy. The other vital strand of  Feminist Witchcraft is politics - not necessarily party politics, but a recognition that everything one does in society is a political act. Feminist Witches aim to use their power, both magical and social, as a force for change.

Later chapters move on to practical matters - what witches do. This includes outlines of rituals, magick, spellcraft, how to work with the Wheel of the Year, and the phases of the moon. This is more aimed at complete beginners in my opinion, although if you're just starting out you'll find it an excellent set of basic instructions for things like circle work. Those already familiar with modern pagan witchcraft rites in general, will probably skim through and enjoy having a look to see what's different between Feminist Witchcraft and other ways of practicing.

Publisher Moon Books offers this synopsis on its website:

"Are you seeking a spiritual path that blends your love of the Earth, your yearning for magick, and your commitment to justice? Are you curious to know how collective power can change not only ourselves but also our world? Do you want to heal the damage that patriarchy does and then step into your power? Feminist Witchcraft is waiting for you. Across history, witchcraft has been about power - and our world needs empowered people more than ever. This book is here to guide your journey towards a more embodied, politically informed, authentic life. Tapping into our personal and communal power is transformational - both in caring for ourselves and each other and in using our collective will to create a more just and equitable world for all."

I very much enjoyed reading Feminist Witchcraft and will be adopting some of the techniques in my own practice in the future. I thoroughly recommend the book if you want to learn more about the topic, or if you are a witch who wants to do more to change the world.

About the author, Susan Harper

Susan Harper, PhD is an educator, advocate, activist, writer, and ritual specialist in the American Midwest. She holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Southern Methodist University and an MA in Multicultural Women's and Gender Studies from Texas Woman's University. She has been researching and writing about Feminist Witchcraft, Goddess Spirituality, Tarot, and ContemporaryPaganism for more than 30 years.

You can view Pagan Portals - Feminist Witchcraft on Amazon. Please note I earn commission from some links.

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Pagan Eye: Well Hung Art at Atlantis Bookshop

I went to see the The Well Hung Art Exhibition that's currently on in the underground temple at The Atlantis Bookshop in London, and I took this photo. This is what shop owners  Bali and Geraldine Beskin say about it on their website:

"We are absolutely delighted to be able to bring to our customers this marvellous collection of art in a wide variety of media, many of which are available for purchase at this one-of-its-kind exhibition.  Coinciding with Pride Month, we present 70 works of art from over 40 artists from all areas of the queer community, and from all parts of the globe."

Curator Gary Wright said: 

“The Atlantis Bookshop has always been a place of safety for occultists.  It was where you could gently go and find your magical tribe – your community of magicians, tarot readers, witches, druids etc.  Some well-known people have been patrons of the shop – Aleister Crowley, Austin Spare, Doreen Valiente, Dion Fortune, Gerald Gardner – and anybody within the occult community has always known and supported the shop. However, what isn’t so well known is the shop has always been a great champion of the queer community, what is now called the LGBTQ+ community.  It’s equally been a safe space for people of all sexual orientations and identities to come and be welcomed.”

The Well Hung Art Exhibition runs until 5 July and is free to view. A 64-page full-colour catalogue is available to browse, or to buy a copy in the shop. The Atlantis Bookshop is open Monday to Saturday at 49a Museum Street, London, WC1A 1LY. Visit the website for more details: http://theatlantisbookshop.com/

On each Pagan Eye post, I show a photo that I find interesting, with a few words about it. If you want to send me a photo for a Pagan Eye post, please email it to badwitch1234@gmail.com Let me know what the photo shows and whether you want your name mentioned or not. For copyright reasons, the photo must be one you have taken yourself and you must confirm that you are submitting it for A Bad Witch's Blog.

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