Pagan events in and near London

Here are highlights of this week's pagan events in and near London. To find out about future events, click on the events link at the top of the page.

Now to 6 March 2011; Journey Through the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. British Museum exhibition following the ancient Egyptians' journey from death to the afterlife as depicted in the Book of the Dead - a collection of spells to guide the dead person through the dangers of the underworld. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B3DG. Open daily 10am to 5.30pm. Adult tickets £12. Advance booking essential via http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/future_exhibitions/book_of_the_dead.aspx

Monday 8 November; Spellcasting, Charms and Elves – Lives Of Common People in Anglo-Saxon Times (Illustrated with the speaker’s Anglo-Saxon poetry). Talk by Andrew Rea at pagan forum Secret Chiefs. Venue: Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8.30pm. Admission £2. http://secretchiefslondon.wordpress.com/

Tuesday, 9 November; Mystery Animals in London. Talk by Neil Arnold at London Earth Mysteries Circle. Venue: The Theosophical Society 50 Gloucester Place W1U 8EA. Time 7.15pm.

Tuesday, 9 November; The Art of Being Human. Channelled lecture by trance medium Sarah Tyler-Walters at The College of Psychic Studies 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Cost: £5/£8. Advance booking essential. Tel: 020 - 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

Wednesday 10 November; Ghosts! Talk by Andy Mercer at The Moot with No Name. Venue: Devereux public house, 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8pm. Admission £5/£3.

Thursday 11 November; Sound and Song in Shamanic Healing. Free workshop and seminar at University Centre, Folkestone, from 6pm – 8pm. For more details and to book a place, contact Isobel Salisbury on 01303 220870 or email isobel.salisbury@canterbury.ac.uk

Thursday 11 November; Through the Furnace for a Lover (to the Mountains for a Brother): A Siberian Shamanic Storytelling Night with Juen Peters at Treadwell's, 34 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London. Advance booking essential, price: £7: Time: 7.15pm for 7.30 start. For more details call 020 7240 8906 or email info@treadwells-london.com

Thursday 11 November; Urban Legends and Ghosts of the London Underground. Talk by Scott Wood with Anthony Clayton, author of Subterranean City: Beneath the Streets of London,organised by the South East London Folklore Society, at The Old King's Head Pub, Kings Head Yard, 45-49 Borough High St, London, SE1 1NA at 8pm. Entry is £2.50.

Friday 12 November; Some Secret Place: Pagan Ritual Evening with Peter James Mahoney and friends. Small pagan ritual group, suitable for those with some experience at Treadwell's, 34 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London. Cost £7. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30 start. For details email somesecretpeter@googlemail.com

Friday 12 November; A Demonstration of Seership by Barbara Meiklejohn-free at The College of Psychic Studies 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Cost: £5/£8. Advance booking essential. Tel: 020 - 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

Saturday 13 November; Re-kindling the Ancestral Fires. Talk about bringing the wisdom, memory and communion with the ancestors into our lives. Time: 7pm-12pm. Venue: Trosley Woods, Vigo Village, Kent. Cost: £35 per person (includes a vegetarian meal). For more details and for booking information, email rob@woodspirit.org.uk

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