Events: This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Friday 30 May; Abraxas 5 Launch Party at Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm-9pm. Free event but advance booking required. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 30 May; Self Healing through Movement and Natural Vision Improvement. Lecture with Meir Schneider, author of Vision for Life.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 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 31 May, The Hero's Journey - Exploring The Sun in the Astrological Chart. Workshop with Cat Cox at The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London WC1A 1LY. Time 11am-5pm. Cost £45. To reserve a place, contact Bali on either 020 7405 2120 or atlantis@thatlantisbookshop.com

Saturday 31 May, Rilko Summer Conference with a full day of talks. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT. Time: 10am - 8pm. Tickets £35/£30. http://www.rilko.net/EZ/rilko/rilko/home.php

Saturday 31 May, Meeting the Subconscious. Dreams and Visuals. Workshop with the Energy Sensing and Intuition Development Meetup Group at Latvian House, 72 Queensboro​ugh Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Time: 1pm-3pm. Tickets £10. For more details and to book places visit http://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development

Saturday 31 May; Myth of Viking times I: Odin and Freya - learn about the gods of the Norse pantheon, and the world of the Vikings at City Lit, Keeley Street, Covent Garden, Camden, London WC2B 4BA. Time: 10.30am-4.30pm. Full fee: £40, seniors: £26, concession: £14. Course code HA016. To enrol, call 020 7831 7831 or visit http://www.citylit.ac.uk/.

Sunday 1 June; Unlocking The Mystery of the Number 7. Talk by Finian Heavey. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA. Time: 6pm-7.30pm. Fee £7/£5, TS members: £4. Website: www.theosoc.org.uk

Sunday 1 June; Ghouls' Night Out - Computing and other Modern Perversions. An evening of comedy, film, live music and talks on the subject of 1980s technophobia hosted by occult comedian Andrew O’Neill. Venue: The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JB. Time: 6pm-10.30pm. Tickets £7 from More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/244694105736911/ Tel: 020 7837 5371.

Monday 2 June; When You’re Falling, Dive: Thriving in Adversity. Talk by Mark Matousek, author of When You're Falling, Dive: Using Your Pain to Transform Your Life.Venue: Alternatives, St. James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL. Time: 7pm to 8.30pm. Tickets £12/£8 concs if booked online in advance. To book tickets and for more info visit the Alternatives website: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/Site/Talks.aspx

Monday 2 June; Elias Ashmole: London’s Forgotten Adept. Lecture by Ruth Clydesdale. Venue: 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/

Tuesday 3 June; The Gene Keys. Lecture with Richard Rudd. 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 https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 3 June; Cobwebs and Cauldrons Moot at The White Horse, Chadwell Heath, Essex. Time: 7.30pm. Cost £4. https://www.facebook.com/events/1452117601698084/

Tuesday 3 June; Exploding Head Syndrome. Talk by Dr Brian Sharpless. Venue: the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Room LG01, New Academic Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW. Talks start at 6.10pm. Free event. For more details, contact c.french@gold.ac.uk or visit http://www.gold.ac.uk/apru/speakers/

Wednesday, 4 June; Devil in the Room: Sleep Paralysis and the Paranormal. Talk by Carla Mackinnon and Dan Denis at Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub, The Star and Garter, 60 Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich, London SE10 9NY. 7.30pm. http://greenwich.skepticsinthepub.org/

Wednesday, 4 June; The Witches' Inn. Pagan moot at The Feathers Hotel, 42 High St, Merstham, Redhill, Surrey RH1 3EA. Starts at 8pm. Moots are on the first Wednesday of each month. https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Witches-Inn/1568424150049437

Wednesday, 4 June; Folklore in England: Level 1. Fourth of a six-part course by Steve Roud. Venue: Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Rd, London NW1 7AY. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £66 for the full course. http://www.efdss.org/


Wednesday, 4 June; High Magic for Druids, Pagans and Heathens. Talk with John Michael Greer, author of A World Full of Gods: An Inquiry into Polytheism.Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London WC1A 1LY. Time 7pm. Cost £10. To reserve a place, contact Bali on either 020 7405 2120 or atlantis@thatlantisbookshop.com

Thursday 5 June; The Trickster:The God Of Laughter, Lies, And Larceny. Talk with Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki at The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London WC1A 1LY. Time 7pm. Cost £10. To reserve a place, contact Bali on either 020 7405 2120 or atlantis@thatlantisbookshop.com

Thursday 5 June; Football Magic: Magic and the Beautiful Game. Lecture by Chris Roberts, author of Football Voodoo: Magic, superstition and religion in the beautiful game.Venue: 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 6 June; Group Healing Night and Social with the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Conference Room, Canterbury Hall, 11 – 18 Cartwright Gardens, London. Time: 7pm. Price: £10. For more details and to book places visit http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Saturday 7 June; Pagan Federation South Conference 2014. A day of pagan talks at the RISC Centre in Reading. Time: noon to midnight. Tickets £17/£15 available in advance by Paypal at http://southcentral.paganfed.org/2014/

Saturday 7 June; Myth of Viking times II: Thor and Loki - explore the archetypal figures of the Hero and the Trickster in Norse mytholog at City Lit, Keeley Street, Covent Garden, Camden, London WC2B 4BA. Time: 10.30am-4.30pm. Full fee: £40, seniors: £26, concession: £14. Course code HA017. To enrol, call 020 7831 7831 or visit http://www.citylit.ac.uk/.

Saturday 7 June; Walking Tour: Occult London run via Treadwell's Books. Meeting place will be a central London tube station, details given to those who book. Look for the lady in the witch hat. Time: 2pm - 5pm. Price: £10. Book online via http://www.treadwells-london.com/ or call 020 7419 8507.

Saturday 7 June; London Dreamtime presents... Outer Limits 2: Enchanted Woolwich. Venue: Woolwich's old and charmingly derelict "lido". Time: 7.45pm. Cost: £3 per person, booking essential, email neckingernell@yahoo.com http://www.londondreamtime.com/Whats_on.html

Sunday 8 June; Woodland Wicca Circle - an introductory-level Wiccan ritual with some basic instructions in Wicca, witchcraft and ritual magic, suitable for newcomers and beginners to the Craft. These rituals are part of a monthly training programme facilitated by Gardnerian HP Mani of Pagan Frontiers and take place outdoors at London locations including Richmond Park, Trent Park, Queen’s Woods, woods in Croydon, Hyde Park and riverside locations by Thames. The events are free but small donations to running costs are appreciated. For more details and to reserve a place, visit: http://www.witchcraftandmagic.org/html/wicca_full_moon_rituals.html

If you know of any pagan events taking place in or near London and want the details listed on A Bad Witch's Blog, please email the details to badwitch1234@gmail.com