This week's pagan events in London

Here are this week's pagan events in London. Some of these have already been mentioned in my guide to Samhain open rituals and Pagan events in England, which I posted a couple of days ago.

Tuesday 27 October; The Rollright Stones, a local perspective. Talk by Julia Phillips at London Earth Mysteries Circle, Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, W1U 8EA. From 7pm. Admission £4 non-members, £2.50 members. http://www.londonearth.com/

Tuesday 27 October; An Introduction to Eternal Cosmic Principles. Lecture with Stefan Rippel at The College of Psychic Studies 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Cost: £5/£8. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

Tuesday 27 & Thursday 29 October; Witches, Wizards and Warlocks: A Guided Walk in Magical London with Delianne Forget, organised by Treadwells, 34 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PB. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Ticket price £7 in advance. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com.

Wednesday, 28 October; Ghosts and Legends; Patsy Langley and her partner, Ricky Sorenti, have a new book in progress (to be published early 2010) appraising the ghosts and legends of Middlesex, tales both ancient and modern. Patsy will be talking about this and other hauntings at Pagan Forum Secret Chiefs, Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8.30pm. Admission £2.

Wednesday 28 October; The Gruesome History of Bodysnatching. A illustrated lecture by Robert Stephenson at The Mortuary, St Marychurch Street, SE16 4JE. Organised by Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Local History Group. Time: 7.30pm for 7.45pm start. Cost £1.50. For more details visit http://www.kingstairs.com/rotherhithe/

Thursday 29 October; Pagan Federation London with MMA Coven is hosting an indoor Samhain ritual at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL. 7.30pm for 8pm start. Entrance £5 (£4 for members). Bring food and drink to share. No photographs allowed. Visit http://www.pflondon.org/

Thursday 29 October; Pazuzu, Lamashtu, Lilith and Demons: As Understood in Ancient Mesopotamia. Lecture by Dr Daniel Schwemer (SOAS) at Treadwells, 34 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PB. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Ticket price £5 in advance. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com.

Friday 30 October; Abraxas occult journal launch party organised by Treadwells, 34 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7PB. 7pm start. Entry free but booking essential. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com.

For details of future events, visit http://paganevents.blogspot.com/2008/09/pagan-events.html