Monday, 27 August 2012

This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London


Now to Sunday 9 September; Mummers, Maypoles and Milkmaids. Free exhibition, coinciding with the publication of the book of the same name, bringing together 50 photographs of regional rituals performed throughout the year from Cornwall to Northumberland to mark the changing seasons and celebrate nature's bounty. Location: Horniman Museum, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ. For more details, visit http://www.horniman.ac.uk/  You can read my review of the book here: http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2011/10/review-mummers-maypoles-and-milkmaids.html The photo above is in the exhibition and is copyright Sara Hannant.

Now to Sat 27 Apr 2013; Signs, Symbols, Secrets: An Illustrated Guide to Alchemy. Free exhibition of images and writings about the quest for the philosophers’ stone. Venue: Science Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD. For more details visit: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/galleries/signs_symbols_secrets_alchemy.aspx

Tuesday 28 August; Chertsey Moot. A social moot held on the last Tuesday of the month at the Golden Grove pub, Ruxbury Road, St Annes Hill, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9EN. All welcome. From 8pm to 11pm. For more details, email: sian_ap_pysgotwr@yahoo.co.uk

Thursday 30 August; Fortean London: Ghosts, Magic and the Hackney Bear. Venue: The Bell
50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Time: 8pm until 10.30pm. Entry on the door: £3/£2 unwaged.

Monday 3 September; The Mindful Manifesto. Talk by Dr Jonty Heaversedge and Ed Halliwell at Alternatives, St. James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL. Time: 7pm to 8.30pm. Tickets £10/5 concs. To book tickets and for more info visit the Alternatives website: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/Site/EventDescription.aspx?EventID=1019

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