This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Monday 8 October; The Ghost Project - Ghost-Making in Contemporary Art and Creative Research. Talk by Sarah Sparkes 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 8 October; Healing Transcendence. Talk by Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal, author of Transcendence: Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental MeditationVenue: 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 9 October; A Gentle Introduction to Astrology. Talk by Adam Smith 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 9 October; Mystical Dimensions in Near Death and Dying. Talk by Brendan Mooney 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 9 October; Transcendence. Talk by Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal, author of Transcendence: Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental MeditationVenue: Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit the website http://www.watkinsbooks.com/

Tuesday 9 October; Mediums at Large - an irreverent look at contemporary stage psychics and mediums and their historical counterparts and methods. Talk by Paul Zenon at Room LG01, New Academic Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW. Time: 6.10pm. Free event. For more details and directions visit http://www.gold.ac.uk/apru/speakers/

Wednesday 10 October; Transhumanism, ZeroState and the New Gnosticism. Talk by Amon Kalkin at The Moot with No Name. Venue: 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.

Wednesday 10 October; Your Own Hypnosis and Trance Induction: Workshop for Magical Practitioners with Mark Smith, Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £10, advance booking recommended. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Thursday 11 October; Gary Lachman, talking about Madam Blavatsky's time in London. His new book Madame Blavatsky: The Mother of Modern Spiritualityhas just been published by Tarcher/Penguin. Venue: South East London Folklore Society (SELFS). Venue: The Old King's Head, Kings Head Yard, 45-49 Borough High St, London SE1 1NA. Entry: £2.50 / £1.50 concessions. No need to book in advance. Meetings are the second Thursday of each month. http://www.selfs.org.uk/

Friday 12 October, 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 advised. Tel: 020 7589 3292. http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

Saturday 13 October; Explore the Seven Stages of Mystical Transformation. A one-day workshop with Caroline Myss, author of Sacred Contracts and Why People Don't Heal. Venue: Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ. Ticket price £70. For tickets and more details tel 0207 3719191 or visit the website http://www.mindbodyspirit.co.uk/

Saturday 13 October to 6 January 2013; Collective Observations: Folklore and Photography from Benjamin Stone to Flickr. Exhibition at the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne, Sussex. Free event. For more details, visit http://www.townereastbourne.org.uk/exhibition/collective-observations-folklore-photography-from-benjamin-stone-to-flickr/