Autumn Equinox Events in London and South England

Saturday 21 September; Family Picnic / Social to mark International Peace Day and Celebrate Autumn Equinox in Hyde Park. London. Noon to 4pm. Meet by the Italian Gardens for a walk around the Serpentine to Peter Pan's statue, where the picnic will be held. (closest entrance is near Lancaster Gate tube station). Free event, bring a picnic and something to sit on as the ground might be wet. For more details, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/382484225184820/

Saturday 21 September; Equinox Workshop: The History of the Witchcraft, the Poisons and Flying ointments with Sensory Solutions. Venue: Atlantis Spiritual Centre, Theobalds Park Road, Enfield, EN2 9DG. Time: 1pm-3pm, Cost: £30 - payment by paypal to sensorysolutions@hotmail.co.uk. To find out more about Sensory Solutions visit: http://www.sensorysolutions.co.uk/ or http://sensoryherbcraft.blogspot.co.uk/

Saturday 21 September; Running a Spiritual Business. A workshop with Inspiral Mediums at the Festival Leisure Park, Basildon, Essex. Cost: £30. For details and to book tickets, visit: http://inspiralmediums.create.net/ourshop/prod_2539213-Running-A-Spiritual-Business-Basildon-21st-September-2013.html

Saturday 21 September; The Kraken Wakes. Afternoon of talks from Roberto Migliussi (a new approach to the old, Al Cummins (poetry and talk on octopus totems), Mike Slater (the 18th century occult scene) and Peter and Alkistis of Scarlet Imprint (grimoires). Food also being served. Venue: The Golden Guinea pub, Bristol. Start time 2pm. Tickets cost £12 from http://www.underworldapothecary.com/the-kraken-wakes-bristol-event/ The image right shows Scarlet Imprint's The True Grimoire: Volume 1 (Encyclopaedia Goetica).

Saturday 21 September; Autumn Equinox Gathering - Songs of the Golden Age with Ravi and friends. An evening of song, movement, sound healing, conscious meetings and meditation. Venue: St. Peter's Church, 310 Kennington Lane, London SE11 5HY London. Starts 7pm. Cost:£35 on the door/ £20 if rsvped on meetup: http://www.meetup.com/london-ecstatic-dance

Sunday 22 September; Autumn Equinox Meditation at Chalice Well World Peace Garden, in Glastonbury to celebrate the Wheel of the Year. 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/

Sunday 22 September; Alban Elued / Autumn Equinox 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 12.45pm, ends at around 2.30pm. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm.

Sunday 22 September; Celebration of the Autumn Equinox. Wheel of the Year ritual drawing from Celtic earth/pagan traditions at Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Tel: 020 7433 3267. http://www.rosslynhillchapel.com/

Monday 23 September; Celebration of the Autumn Equinox will take place at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, at sunrise. Access to the stone circle (weather permitting)at 6.15am. Sunrise will be at 6.56am. Visitors must leave the site by 8am. This event is free to enter, but the car park will only be open for pre-registered disabled parking. For more details, visit: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/events/autumn-equinox-sh-23-sep/

Monday 23 September; Mindfulness and Change. Talk by Ron Alexander 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 24 September; 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

Tuesday 24 September; Introduction to numerology with Cobwebs N Cauldrons. Venue: Bonlife, 43 North Street, Romford, Essex. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15 (£5 non-refundable deposit). For more details, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/592372940819699/

Tuesday 24 September; Wise Mind, Open Heart - Finding Purpose And Meaning In Times Of Change. Lecture by Ronald Alexander PhD. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm-8.30pm. Cost: £10/£12 Advance booking advised. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

Wednesday 25 September; Gaia Love Meditation organised by Lidija Ablamska and the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Healing Residence, 18 Paddocks Close, South Harrow, HA2 8NP. Time: 7pm. Tickets £8 - book online: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Thursday 26 September; Labyrinth WisdomTalk and signing by Tony Christie at Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit the website http://www.watkinsbooks.com/

Thursday 26 September; PFL Autumn Equinox Open Ritual with Circle of the Four Winds. 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 26 September; Fortean London: Magic, Mazes. Marshes and a Curse on Eddie and the Hot Rods! Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Cost: £3/£2 concessions. Time: 8pm - 10pm. Just turn up, no need to book in advance. The society meets on the last Thursday of each month. For more details, visit http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Friday 27 September; An Evening of Angelic Readings with Amanda Roberts. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Cost: £10/£12 Advance booking advised. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit http://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/index.html

Saturday 28 September; The Warrior's Call: A Public Pagan Ritual to Protect Albion from Fracking. Glastonbury Tor, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 8BH. Meet at noon at the bottom of Glastonbury High Street to walk in mass pilgrimage to the base of the Tor and engage in group magickal working for the protection of this sacred landscape. Free event, just turn up and bring percussion instruments if you have them.

Sunday 29 September; Kith of Yggdrasil London Moot. Free open meeting, from 2 – 4pm, at The Horseshoe Inn, 26 Melior St, London SE1 3QP, close to London Bridge Station. https://www.facebook.com/groups/161481960584/