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 Sunday 6 February; The Imbolc Blues. Play written and presented by The Night Kitchen Cabaret. Venue: Clerkenwell Theatre, 24 Exmouth Market, London EC1R 4QE. Show begins at 7.45pm, with fun and games after the show until approximately 10.45pm. Tickets £12. Tel: 020 7274 4888.

Monday 31 January; Odinism and the Pagan Revival. Talk by David Parry at pagan forum Secret Chiefs. Venue: Devereux public house (pictured), 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8.30pm. Admission £2. http://secretchiefslondon.wordpress.com/

1 - 6 February: Cheltenham Paranormal Festival. Talks, films, ghost walks, ghost hunts and loads of other events. For full details, visit the website http://www.cheltenhamparanormalfestival.com/

Tuesday 1 February; Connect With One of Your Power Animals. Talk by Amanda Robert at The College of Psychic Studies 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 9pm. Cost: £8/£12. Advance booking essential. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

Wednesday 2 February; Creative Meditation. Half-hour guided lunchtime meditation to experience the richness of our inner world in all its colours, shades and contrasts. Venue: Inner Space, 36 Short’s Gardens, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9AB. Time: 1pm-1.30pm. http://www.innerspace.org.uk/

Wednesday 2 February; weekly Wednesday talk 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.

Wednesday 2 February; Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram: Workshop Evening with Marysia Kay at Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, WC1. Price: £10. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. To book, call 020 7240 8906. For more details email info@treadwells-london.com or visit http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Thursday 3 February; A Phallic Night: A Historical Look at Phallic Worship with Phil Hine at Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, WC1. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Price: £7. To book, call 020 7240 8906. For more details email info@treadwells-london.com or visit http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 4 February; Through A Glass Darkly: Performance Inspired by Victorian Seances of the Fraudulent Mediums at Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, WC1. Price: £10. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. To book, call 020 7240 8906. For more details email info@treadwells-london.com or visit http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 5 February; Marsden Imbolc Fire Festival. Popular annual event features a procession, a fire 'circus', drama and music. The free event starts at 7pm. Meet at Marsden Information Point, 20-26 Peel Street, Marsden, Kirklees, HD7 6BW. For more details, call 01484 845595

Saturday, 5 February; Confessions of a Ghosthunter. Talk by Christian Jensen Romer as part of the part of the Cheltenham Paranormal Festival. Location: The Playhouse Theatre, Bath Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL53 7HG. Time: 7.30pm - 8.30pm. Tickets £3. For more details about the ghost festival visit http://www.cheltenhamparanormalfestival.com/ Phone the theatre on 01242 522852

Sunday 6 February; Imbolc (Candlemas) Public Ritual on Primrose Hill. Celebrate the Druidic Festival of Imbolc, or Candlemas, the third in the series of eight festivals in the Ogdoadal Cycle in the Druidic Year. It will take place in the Hawthorne Grove on Primrose Hill, Regent's Park, London NW1, under the aegis of the Loose Association of Druids. Afterwards there will be a social at the Washington pub, 50 Englands Lane, London NW3 4YD. Ritual starts at 12.30pm. Free event, just turn up.

Sunday 6 February; London's Chinese New Year festival to celebrate the start of the Year of the Rabbit. This will take place in Trafalgar Square, Chinatown and Shaftesbury Avenue, Central London, W1, from noon to 6pm. This is a free, public event so just turn up and have fun.

Please note: I try to keep my events page accurate, but if you do spot any errors, please let me know by leaving a comment. If you know of any other events you would like mentioned, please email badwitch1234@gmail.com