Friday 28 June 2013

This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London


Friday 28 June to July 1; The Kith of Yggdrasil Althing 2013 - an open event at a camp site in North London with talks, workshops and a chance to experience Northern Tradition rites and magic. Prices are £30 for two to four days (£25 Kith and Troth members), £15 per day for one days camping (£12.50 Kith and Troth members) and £7.50 for one day non-camping (£6.50 Kith and Troth members). For further details and bookings email Phil, the Kith Secretary on: pparkyn@yahoo.co.uk

Saturday 29 June; Hern's Tribe Swearing on the Horns open ritual in Queen's Wood, Highgate, North London. Outdoor event with a ritual, drumming and storytelling and a picnic. Time: 2pm-4pm. Bring your own picnic and a drum if you have one. Nearest tube station: Highgate. For more details, visit http://www.pflondon.org/html/news_-_info.html

Sunday 30 June; Spirits on the Brain: Insights from Psychology and Neuroscience. Talk by Chris French, Professor of Psychology and Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths College, about belief in spirits. Venue: Brockway Room, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Time: 11am. Tickets £3 on door, free to Conway Hall Ethical Society members. For more details and to reserve a place visit: http://www.meetup.com/ConwayHall/events/120482342/

Sunday 30 June; The Thin Veil of London. Part-tour, part-theatre, Rich Cochrane and Robert Kingham delve into the mystical environs of Holborn and Bloomsbury as part of Arthur Machen's 150th Birthday festival events. Time: 6p-8pm. Tickets £12. For more details, visit: http://www.minimumlabyrinth.org/the-thin-veil-of-london.html To book tickets visit the Museum of London website: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk

Monday 1 July; Open Circle with Ellie and Lisa. Ritual for those with some experience of paganism. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £7, advance booking essential. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Monday 1 July; Your Soul's Gift.Talk by author Robert Schwatrz 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

Tuesday 2 July, The Pagan Munch - a friendly social event for pagans interested in exploring their kinks and fetishes including BDSM. Tonight is its second birthday! Venue: The Old Nick, 20-22 Sandland Street, London WC1R 4PZ. Time: 6pm-11.30pm.

Tuesday 2 July, Sacred Love - Language of the Heart. Weekly Workshop with Vaz Sriharan as part of the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Evolve Welless Centre, 10 Kendrick Mews, London, SW7 3HG. Time: 7pm. Suggested donation £10. To reserve a place, visit: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/events/126427692/?a=ea2_grp&rv=ea2

Tuesday 2 July, Sacred Waters: The Healing Cosmos Reflected on Earth. Lecture by Sylvia Francke, author of The Tree of Life and the Holy Grail.Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm for 7.30pm. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/

Tuesday 2 July, Alchemy's Citrinitas Stage. Lecture by Paul Cowlan 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 3 July; The Thin Veil of London. Part-tour, part-theatre, Rich Cochrane and Robert Kingham delve into the mystical environs of Holborn and Bloomsbury as part of Arthur Machen's 150th Birthday festival events. Time: 6p-8pm. Tickets £12. For more details, visit: http://www.minimumlabyrinth.org/the-thin-veil-of-london.html

Wednesday 3 July; Talk by Drew Miles at Cobwebs and Cauldron's Moot. Venue: The Sun Pub, London Road, Romford. Cost £3. Time: 7.30pm for 8pm start. https://www.facebook.com/events/1393368660875713/

Thursday 4 July, Scarlet Letter- Redux. Seminar with Stephen Alexander on Nathaniel Hawthorne's American Gothic classic 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/

Friday 5 July; Demonstrations of Mediumship by Anthony Kesner. 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

Saturday 6 July, Annual Sisterhood Gathering in Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire. Women's event with picnic, meditation, drumming, chanting, song and chat. Meet at 12 noon outside the Red Lion pub, Avebury. http://www.goddessfoundation.org.uk/

Saturday 6 July, What Dreams May Come. Performance by London Dreamtime at West Norwood Cemetery's Greek Corner to celebrate the living and the dead with tall tales, site-specific theatre-magic, voodoo music and strange facts. Venue: West Norwood Cemetery, London SE27 9JU. Start time: 7.30pm. Tickets £11. Book here: http://whatdreamsmaycome.eventbrite.co.uk/

Sunday 7 July; Herbalist's Walk with Natasha Richardson in Mile End, East London. Time: 12.45pm for 1pm start. Event lasts about 2.5 hours. Tickets £10, advance booking essential, via Treadwells Bookshop: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 7 July; Bronze Age Sun Disk workshop - a chance to find out how Bronze Age people worked gold with stone tools. Participants get to make their own Sun Disk. Venue: Butser Ancient Farm, Chalton Lane, Chalton, Hants. cost: £90 includes materials. For more details and to book tickets call 02392 598838 or visit http://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/

Sunday 7 July; Submerging Sekhmet - 7-7 Sekhmet Ceremony for Protection of London. Meet by the Cleopatra's Needle, on the Victoria Embankment, London, at 7pm to consecrate a statue of Sekhmet made from Thames clay. The group will then cross to the south bank on foot for a sunset ceremony to submerge the statue. This is an open event organised by Mani of Pagan Frontiers and led by Caroline Wise of the Fellowship of Isis. For further details, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/381104401989664/

To find out about future events, click on the Events link at the top of the page. If you want an event listed on A Bad Witch's Blog, email badwitch1234@gmail.com

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