This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Friday 23 - Sunday 25 August; Conference for Consciousness and Human Evolution. Venue: Millennium Gloucester Hotel and Conference Centre, Kensington, 4-18 Harrington Gardens, London, SW7 4LH. Three-day tickets cost £180 booked online. For more details and to book visit: http://www.tcche.org/index.html

Saturday 24 August; Ecstatic Dance London Masked Summer Ball London. Location given only to members of the meet-up group. Tickets £15. Time: 7.30pm to 10.30pm. To join the group and book tickets visit: http://www.meetup.com/london-ecstatic-dance/events/124437342/

Saturday 24 August; Forest based Blue Moon ritual celebrating the full moon for members of the London Wicca Meetup Group. This will be a Wiccan-style esbat ritual in a forest location at night in Hampshire, with overnight camping available for those who cannot get back home afterwards. You must be a member of the group to join this meeting and spaces are limited. For details, visit http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Wicca-Meetup-Group/

Tuesday 27 August; 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 28 August; Divine Light Attunement with Savitri via the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Evolve Wellness Centre, 10 Kendrick Mews, South Kensington, London SW7 3HG. Time: 5.45pm – 7.45pm. Tickets: £27. http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/events/134504402/?a=ea1_grp&rv=ea1

Thursday 29 August; The Stories from the City walk with The London Fortean Society. Walk starts at The Royal Exchange and ends at the Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Meet at 7.30pm by the Wellington Monument outside the Royal Exchange at the start of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill. Nearest station is Bank. The walk ends at the Bell pub at 9pm. £3/£2 concessions. The society meets on the last Thursday of each month. For more details, visit http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Thursday 29 August; Woden and the Wolf Kin. Talk by Stephen Pollington 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/

Saturday 31 August; Sacred Seidr Songs. A workshop with Kith of Yggdrasil at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am to 5pm start. Tickets £30/£25, advance booking needed via andre@drawingdownthestars.com. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 31 August; Into the Woods with London Dreamtime. Midnight storytelling with Katy Carr and Vanessa Woolf at a secret location in London. Time: 11pm start. Tickets £5. For details and bookings visit: http://www.run-riot.com/wild-card/woods-katy-carr-and-vanessa-woolf

Sunday 1 September; Workshop with London herbalist Natasha Richardson on how to work with wild berries, rich in vitamins and helpful in the upcoming cold and flu season. The day will end with a seasonal ritual. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 10.45am for 11am start. Ends at 5.30pm. Tickets £45, advance booking essential, via Treadwells Bookshop: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 1 September; Walk exploring the legend of Spring Heeled Jack with Steve Ash. Start at Barnes Common at 7.15 pm, and including trips on the Undergroung, returning by 10pm. Note: An Oyster or travel card will be needed. Cost £7. For details, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1400749130141728/