Summer Solstice Week Events In and Around London

Saturday June 15-Sunday June 16; Returning to the Oracular Womb - A Weekend Intensive on London and Delphi with Elle Hull. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Time: 10am-5pm each day and an evening meditation on the banks of the Thames on the 15th. Costs: £150 - all materials included. For more details and to book online, visit http://oracularwomb.blogspot.co.uk/

Saturday 15 June; The Wisdom of Mary Magdalene. Workshop with Sharon Prince through London Spiritual Movement. Venue: Somers Town Community Centre, 150 Ossulston Street, Kings Cross London NW1 1EE. Starts: 11am. http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/events/120030982/

Saturday 15 June; Reading of Rudolf Steiner's Mystery Drama: 'The Guardian of the Threshold' With Trevor Dance. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT. Time: 2pm-6.30pm. Tickets: £3.30 pay on the door. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/

Saturday 15 June; Midsummer: Custom, Magic and Lore. One-Day Workshop with Suzanne Corbie at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 10.45am - 5.30pm. Cost £45, advance booking and deposit essential. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com. www.treadwells-london.com

Saturday 15 June; Seidr High Seat Rite. The High Seat Rite is an early Norse practice of Shamanic trance prophecy, using dancing, chanting and drumming to help the Seer in a shamanic journey to the Norse Underworld. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm-10pm. Tickets: £7.50, advance booking is essential as no tickets will be sold on the door. To book a place, email HighSeatRitesLondon@gmail.com.

Sunday 16 June; Summer Solstice Pub Lunch and Wiccan Training at a pub in Clapham, South London. Time: 12.30. For details and to reserve a place visit The London Wicca Meetup Group: http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Wicca-Meetup-Group/

Sunday 16 June; 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. Suggested Donation £30.

Monday 17 June; Becoming Miracle Minded. Talk by Marianne Williamson, author of The Law of Divine Compensation: Mastering the Metaphysics of Abundance,Venue: 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 17 June  Croydon Crows. PF moot held every 3rd Monday of each month at the Skylark pub, South End, South Croydon from 8pm onwards.

Tuesday 18 June; Awakening Our Souls To Their True Purpose. Lecture by Andy Tomlinson. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Cost: £10/£12 Advance booking recommended. Time: 7pm start. For further details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

Wednesday 19 June; Sound Healing and Gong Bath by London College of Spirituality. Free event as part of Mindfulness Week in the More London Fringe Festival with the London Spiritual Movement. Venue: The Scoop at More London, 2A Riverside, SE1 2DB. Start time 6.30pm. Free entry. For more details visit http://www.morelondon.co.uk/events_details.asp?ID=190

Thursday 20 June; Meditation and Mindfulness with Wake Up London. Free event as part of Mindfulness Week in the More London Fringe Festival. Venue: The Scoop at More London, 2A Riverside, SE1 2DB. Start time 6.30pm. Free entry. For more details visit http://www.morelondon.co.uk/events_details.asp?ID=190

Thursday 20 June - 23 June; Gathering of the Elders from the Ecuadorian Amazon. Summer Solstice gathering at Caer Corhain Shamamic Development Centre of the Isle of Sheppey, North Kent. Starts Thursday evening. Cost £250. For more details and information on how to book, visit http://www.touchtheearthuk.com/

Thursday 20 June; Croydon CoA Witches Gathering with talks and social activities at the The Green Dragon, High St, Croydon. 8pm start. For more details visit: http://www.witchfest.net/

Thursday 20 June; PFL Litha Open Ritual by Tribe of Avalon. Venue: Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn London. Time: 7.30pm for 8pm start. Ritual ends around 9pm followed by feasting until 10pm. Entrance: £6/£5 PF members. Please bring seasonal food and drinks to share at feast after ritual. For more details, visit http://london.paganfed.org/

Thursday 20 June; Enochian for uninitiated witches followed by memorial for Robert Cochrane. Pub near Primrose Hill and Chalk Farm in North London. Time: 7.30pm. For full details and to reserve a place visit The London Wicca Meetup Group: http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Wicca-Meetup-Group/

Thursday 20 June; Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki of SOL. A rare London appearance at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Price: £15 advance booking required. Time: 7pm foir 7.30pm start.  info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Thursday 20 June-Friday 21 June; Stonehenge, the 5,000-year-old megalithic monument on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, is the most famous place in England to celebrate the solstices. Entry is normally restricted although English Heritage, which manages the site, will be providing what it calls "managed open access" to Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice. English Heritage allows individuals and groups to conduct their own ceremonies and rituals during the opening times, from 7pm on 20 June until 8am on 21 June. No camping is allowed. There is a car park half a mile from the stones, but it is more environmentally friendly to use public transport to get there, buses run from Salisbury railway station. For details about access to the stones, visit: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/stonehenge/summer-solstice/

Friday 21 June; Drumming and Tribal Singing with the London College of Spirituality. Free event as part of Mindfulness Week in the More London Fringe Festival. Venue: The Scoop at More London, 2A Riverside, SE1 2DB. Start time 6.30pm. Free entry. For more details visit http://www.morelondon.co.uk/events_details.asp?ID=190

Friday 21 June; Summer Solstice on the Beach with Coven of the Bright Isle, at Joss Bay, Broadstairs, Kent. The Coven of the Bright Isle, a normally closed Wiccan group based in Thanet, is holding an open Wiccan Summer Solstice ritual to which all pagans are welcome. The ritual is timed to coincide with sunrise, at 4.30am. Meet at the car park on North Foreland Hill CT10 3PG before sunrise. Bring food and drink for yourself and join the group for breakfast round the fire afterwards – weather permitting.

Friday 21 June; Unveiling of Blue Plaque to Commemorate Doreen Valiente in Brighton. There will be an afternoon of events starting at noon and going on until the evening to celebrate Doreen Valiente. Meet at Steine Gardens, Brighton, at noon for the start of the programme. There will be a procession to Tyson Place, where Doreen lived, and the unveiling itself will take place at 2.30pm. Entertainment will take place later at The Green Door Store, Railway Arches. This is a free event during the afternoon, followed by evening entertainment from 7pm that costs £5. For full details, visit http://doreenvaliente.org/

Friday 21 June; Midsummer Meditation at Chalice Well World Peace Garden, in Glastonbury. Gathering at the Well Head at 12pm for celebration and meditation until 12.30pm, then gather on the lower lawn for quiet conversation. Free admission from 10am until noon, then normal price admission. For more details about Chalice Well, visit the website http://www.chalicewell.org.uk/

Friday 21 June; The Angel Whisperer. Talk by Kyle Gray. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Cost: £10/£12 Advance booking recommended. Time: 7pm start. For further details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

Friday 21 June; The Great School of Chartres. Lecture by Sylvia Francke, author of The Tree of Life and the Holy Grail: Ancient and Modern Spiritual Paths and the Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau.Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £3.30/£1 pay on the door. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/

Saturday 22 June; Shaking Things Up - Reason, Religion and Conflict. Debate and discussion with philosopher Anja Steinbauer. 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/

Saturday 22 June; Summer Solstice Open Ritual on Cooden Beach, Cooden Sea Rd, Bexhill TN39 4TT. Time: 2.30pm. This open ritual is free and all are welcome. Bring a picnic and wear suitable shoes for a stony beach.

Saturday 22 June; Hern's Tribe Midsummer open ritual in Richmond Park. Family friendly outdoor event. Bring your own picnic. For more details, visit http://www.pflondon.org/html/news_-_info.html

Saturday, June 22; Free and Open Gorsedd Summer Solstice Rite at Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire. Open Druidic style ceremony to celebrate the Summer Solstice. Meet at the Red Lion pub from Noon for ceremony at 1.30pm until 3pm. Free event - offerings of song, poetry, cake, mead are welcomed. There is no camping at Avebury this Saturday as Solstice camping is 20th and 21st only.

Sunday 23 June; Greenman Walk organised by The Goddess Foundation. This is a family event that takes place every summer. Venue: Ashplats Woods, East Grinstead, near East Grinstead Town Football Club. It is an event for all of the family to celebrate Summer Solstice. Bring a picnic, go for a walk, watch the Summer Solstice Mummers Play and take part in a quiz. No charge, but donations greatly appreciated. For more details, contact The Goddess Foundation via its website: http://www.goddessfoundation.org.uk/

Sunday 23 June. Fairy Festival at Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Chalton, Hants. For more details and to book tickets call 02392 598838 or visit http://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/

Sunday 23 June; Midsummer on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Open ritual hosted by Jeremy Morgan, the Druid of Wormwood Scrubbs. Venue: The Hawthorne Grove, Primrose Hill, Regents Park, London NW1. Starts at 12.30pm, ends at around 2.30pm. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm.

Sunday, 23 June; Anderida Gorsedd Summer Solstice open ritual at the Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex (pictured at the top of the page). Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm for a walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards back to the Giants Rest pub in Wilmington for a social drink together.

Sunday 23 June; The Druids: Ancient and Modern. Talk by Ken Rees at The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U. Time: 6pm. Entry: £7/£4. Nearest tube - Baker Street.

Sunday 23 June; St John's Eve, Midsummer 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/

Sunday 23 June; Summer Solstice. Evening service led by the Wheel of the Year Group at Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. http://www.rosslynhillchapel.com/

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