This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Monday 24 September. Initiation and the Wiccan Mysteries. Talk by Tam Campbell 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/

Monday 24 September; Dying to be Me. Talk by Anita Moorjani, author of Dying To Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healingabout her near death experience. Venue: 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/Talks.aspx

Tuesday 25 September; How to Use Crystals in Everyday Life. Talk by Andie Hudson at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 12.30pm.- 1.30pm Cost: £5/£8. Advance booking advised. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

Tuesday 25 September; The Magdalene Prophecies - An Ancient Secret Revealed. Talk by Dr Manjir Samanta-Laughton MBBS at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm.- 8.30pm Cost: £8/£12. Advance booking advised. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

Tuesday 25 September; 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

Wednesday 26 September; The Pygmalion Syndrome: Sex Dolls, Solipsism and Statues. Lecture by Dr. Stephen Alexander at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £7, advance booking recommended. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Wednesday 26 September; Atlantis Bookshops Presents... Aleister Crowley in 1910: The Year of the Beast. Talk by Steve Wilson at The Blue Posts at 81 Newman Street just off Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 3ET. Meet from 7.30pm, event starts at 8pm. Admission £5.

Thursday 27 September; Fortean London: The Natural Historie of the European Werewolf. Venue: The Bell 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Time: 8pm until 10.30pm. Entry on the door: £3/£2 unwaged.

Friday 28 September; A Demonstration of Theta Healing. Talk by Deborah Talalay at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm.- 8.30pm Cost: £8/£12. Advance booking advised. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

Friday 28,Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 September; London Mind Body Soul Experience. Big weekend event with stalls, therapies, classes, talks, workshops and more. Venue: Olympia 2, London.
Opening Times: Friday 11am-6pm, Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 10am-5pm. Day ticket prices £10/£8, 2-day passes £16/£13, 3-day passes £22/18. For more details and to book online visit http://www.mbsevents.co.uk/

Saturday 29 September; At the Centre of Chaos - A Chaos Magick Workshop with Nikki Wyrd, co-author of The Book of Baphometat Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am to 5.30pm. Tickets £45, £25 advance deposit required. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 30 September; Shakespeare Readers Society meets at Treadwells,  33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS to read a Shakespeare play each month, in order that the Bard wrote them. Parts are divvied out, or one can follow along without having to speak. Price: small donation towards room hire. Time: 6.30pm. For details, visit http://www.shakespearereaderssociety.co.uk/

If you know of any pagan event taking place in or near London and want it mentioned on the events listings on A Bad Witch's Blog, please email the details to badwitch1234@gmail.com