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 until 6 March; 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 (pictured), 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 28 February; Persephone and Dionysus: Greek Mysteries: Ancient, Modern, Postmodern. Talk by Jocelyn Chaplin 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 1 March; Experience of Mystery as a Doorway to Awakening. Talk by Tim Freke 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

Tuesday 1 March; A Race of Magicians: Judaic pagan magic. Talk by Richard Levy at Romford Sacred Hart Moot. This pagan moot meets on the 1st Tuesday of every month, from 7pm to 10.30pm at its new venue in La Tasca, The Brewery, Romford, Essex RM1 1AU. Email Sarah at: romfordsacredhart@hotmail.com. More details on www.sacredhart.350.com

Wednesday 2 March; Thomas the Rhymer: The Shamanic Journey in the Ballad. Talk by Dr Michael Berman at Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, WC1. Price: £7. 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/

Wednesday 2 March; True Vampyres. Talk by Father Sebastiaan, author of Vampyre Sanguinomicon: The Lexicon of the Living Vampireand Magister within the Ordo Strigoi Vii at weekly pagan moot 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 March; 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. To register for a place visit http://www.innerspace.org.uk/

Thursday 3 March; Power of the Word: Neoplatonism's Gift to Western Magic. Talk by Earl Fontainelle of the University of Exeter at Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, WC1. Price: £7. 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/

Friday 4 March; Through A Glass Darkly: performance inspired by Victorian seances of the fraudulent mediums by The London Magician 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/

Friday 4 March; Enchantment - An Evening of Chant and Mantra with Stewart Pearce at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Cost: £10/£15. Advance booking essential. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

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