This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Sunday 5 January; Wassail in East Greenwich Pleasaunce with South East London Folklore Society. Games, songs, music, stories, food and drink to wish our trees well in the year ahead. Free event, starting at around noon.

Sunday 5 January; Twelfth Night with The Lions Part. Twelfth Night is an annual seasonal celebration held in the Bankside area of London. It is a celebration of the New Year, mixing ancient seasonal customs with contemporary festivity. Free event, just turn up from 2.30pm. For full details, visit: http://www.thelionspart.co.uk/twelfthnight/index.html

Sunday 5 January; Certification: Reiki 1 Attunement: Become a Reiki healer, training with Savitri through the London College of Spirituality. Venue: 18 Paddocks Close, South Harrow, HA2 8NP. Cost: £110. Starts 10am. For more details and to book, visit: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Monday 6 January; Mesopotamian Sex Magic - The world’s oldest known sex rite. Lecture 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/

Monday 6 January; The Golden Teachings: Awakening Your Heart with Aang, arranged through the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Start: 7pm. Cost: £10. For more details and to book places visit http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Tuesday, 7 January; Cobwebs and Cauldrons Moot with talk about diversity. Venue: The White Horse Pub, 118 High Road, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Greater London RM6 6NU. Entry £4.

Tuesday, 7 January; Living Light: Embodying Sacred Love with Vaz, arranged through the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Columbia Hotel(Lancaster Suite, 95 - 99 Lancaster Gate, London W2 3NS. Start: 7pm. Cost: £12. For more details and to book places visit http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Wednesday 8 January; The Skeptical Bobby. Talk by Stevyn Colgan, a former member of the Met Police Problem Solving Unit, about approaching issues that do not respond to traditional policing methods. Event is at Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub, The Star and Garter, 60 Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich, London SE10 9NY. 7.30pm. http://greenwich.skepticsinthepub.org/

Thursday 9 January; London's Legendary Landscape. Talk by Scott Wood, author of London Urban Legends: The Corpse on the Tube and Other StoriesVenue: South East London Folklore Society (SELFS). Venue: The Old King's Head, Kings Head Yard, 45-49 Borough High St, London SE1 1NA. Entry: £2.50 / £1.50 concessions. No need to book in advance. Meetings are the second Thursday of each month. http://www.selfs.org.uk/

Monday 13 January 201; Treadwell’s Open Circle – Deep Winter Ritual for solitary pagans led by Lisa Grace and Ellie Hughes. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. For further details, tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/