This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Saturday 18 May; Chaos Magick: Divining the Future. Afternoon workshop with Nikki Wyrd. Venue: Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 12.45pm for 1pm start. Tickets £25, advance booking essential. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 18 May; Shaking Things Up - Socrates V the Establishment. Debate and discussion with philosopher Rick Lewis. Venue: Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH. Time: 2.30pm. Free entry and no booking required but limited places. http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/event/330/Shaking-things-up!---Socrates-vs-the-Establishment?&Keyword=&TypeID=

Saturday 18 May; Tribal Unity presents Touch the Earth Live! Pagan folk band Touch the Earth performing live with a light show and guests the belly dance group Tribal Unity. Venue: The Basildon Lower Academy, Timberlog Close, Basildon, Essex, SS14 1UX. Doors open 6.30pm. Tickets £9, concessions £7. http://www.tribalunity.co.uk/

Sunday 19 May - Sunday 26 May; I:MAGE Esoteric Art Exhibition. This is taking place in the art gallery at 32 Store Street, next door to Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. It is being hosted by Fulgur Fine art and Treadwell's. There is an opening reception on Sunday 19 May from noon. For full details, visit the website: http://fulgur.co.uk/

Sunday 19 May; Dawn of the Oak. Pagan moot on the third Sunday of each month. Venue: Upstairs at The Castle, 34-35 Cowcross Road, Farringdon, London EC1M 6DB (near Farringdon tube). Time: 3pm-6pm.

Sunday 19 May; Film: Conjuration to Beelzebub - NOKO Order 41. Venue: Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 5.45pm for 6pm start. Tickets £7, advance booking recommended. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Monday 20 May; The Shaman in Stilettos.Talk by author Anna Hunt at Alternatives, St. James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL. Time: 7pm to 8.30pm. Tickets £10/£5 concs. Advance booking required. To book tickets and for more info visit the Alternatives website: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/Site/Talks.aspx

Monday 20 May; An Almost Forgotten History. Talk by Ken Rees 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 20 May; Croydon Crows. PF moot held every 3rd Monday of each month at the Skylark pub, South End, South Croydon from 8pm onwards.

Monday 20 May; Building the Fourth Pyramid: An Occult Art Installation in Galverston. Lecture by Jesse Bransford (NYU). Venue: Treadwell's, 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/

Tuesday 21 May; An Evening of Soul Portraits and Clairvoyance with Dr Angela Watkins and June Elleni-Laine. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Cost: £10/£12 Advance booking essential. Time: 7pm-8.30pm. For further details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

Wednesday 22 May; Being a Cathar Today. Talk and book signing by Colum Hayward at 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/

Thursday 23 May; Crossbones Vigil to honour The Goose and the outcast dead of Cross Bones Graveyard. Gather from 6.45pm in Redcross Way outside the Memorial Gates, SE1, opposite the Boot and Flogger, just north of the junction with Union Street. Nearest tubes Borough or London Bridge, 5 minutes walk away. The event is free. http://www.crossbones.org.uk/

Thursday 23 May; Ithell Colquhoun: Cornwall, Landscape and the Goddess. Lecture by Dr Any Hale. Venue: Treadwell's, 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/

Friday 24 May; 'Spare': A One-Man Play by John Constable. Venue: Treadwell's, 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/

Friday 24 - Monday 27 May; Mind Body Spirit London Festival. Stalls, entertainment, talks and workshops. Some of the talks and workshops cost extra. Venue: Earls Court, Brompton Hall, London SW5 9TA. Time: from 10am to 6pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and from 10am to 5pm on Bank Holiday Monday. Tickets cost £10 on the door, £8 advance. For full programme details or to buy advance tickets, call the ticket hotline: 020 7371 9191 or visit www.mindbodyspirit.co.uk

Friday 24 May; Prediction Awards Event. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Doors open 6.30pm. Tickets £10. Website: http://www.predictionmagazine.co.uk/

Saturday 25 May; Abraxas Journal Party hosted by Treadwell's and Fulgur. Venue: Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS and Fulgar at 32 Store Street. Time: 4pm to 10pm. Tickets free but advance booking required. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 26 May; Mythic London. One-day Workshop with Caroline Wise. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 10.45am until 5.30pm Tickets £45, advance booking recommended. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

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