This Week's London Pagan Events and a Few Elsewhere

Friday 9 May May; Group Healing Night arranged through the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Conference Room, Canterbury Hall, 11 – 18 Cartwright Gardens, London WC1H. Start: 7pm. Cost: £10. For more details and to book places visit http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Friday 9 May - 11 May; Tribal Weekend With Neil Burridge and Will Lord at Caer Corhain Shamamic Development Centre of the Isle of Sheppey, North Kent. Cost: £100. For more details and information on how to book, visit http://www.touchtheearthuk.com/

Saturday 10 May; May in a Day. Children's traditional May activities including a May Pole Dance at Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Rd, London NW1 7AY. Time: 2pm. Tickets: £6. http://www.efdss.org/

Saturday 10 May; Make Your Own Witch Hat. Day Workshop with Val Thomas. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 710.45am-5.30pm. Tickets £55, advance booking and deposit essential. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 10 May; Initiatory Pathway Private Milk Moon Rite and Barbecue at a private house near Angel Tube sation, London N!. Details only given to members of the group. Time: 7pm. For details, visit: http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Wicca-Meetup-Group

10 – 11 May 2014. Mind Body Soul Experience Manchester - big event with talks, entertainment, workshops and stalls in Manchester. Online admission costs are £7.50 for adults and £6 for concessions. They can be booked via: www.mbsevents.co.uk On the door, tickets are £9/£7.50.

Saturday 10 May - 24 May, Visions of England. Art exhibition of works by Stephen Harwood at The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London WC1A 1LY. Open Mon-Sat 11am-6pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/775421809136888/

Sunday 11 May; Herbs for May Time. Day course with Natasha Richardson . Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 710.45am-5.30pm. Tickets £45, advance booking and deposit essential. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 11 May;  HP Blavatsky - Priestess of Isis. Talk by Colyn Boyce. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA. Time: 6pm. Fee £7, TS members: £5. Website: www.theosoc.org.uk

Sunday 11 May; 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

Monday 12 May; Treadwell's Open Circle. Wiccan-style ceremony for those with some experience led by Lisa Grace and Ellie Hughes. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £7, advance booking required. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Monday 12 May; Psychic Circle run by Shamanic Spirit at a venue in Croydon, South London. The circle is held on Mondays fortnightly starting at 7.30pm. Cost £5. For more details and to book places call 07952 041477. For more information, visit http://shamanicspirit.co.uk/.

Monday 12 May; Breaking Down is Waking Up: Can Psychological Suffering be a Spiritual Gateway?Talk by Dr Russell Razzaque. 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

Thursday 15 May; Ganesha: all over India. Gallery talk by Richard Blurton at the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm-2pm. Free event in room 3. For more details and online booking visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Tuesday 13 May; Cobwebs N Cauldron Drumming Circle. Drumming, chanting and healing. Refreshments provided. Venue: Fairkytes Art Centre, 51 Billet Lane, Hornchurch RM11 1AX. Bring drums, rattles etc, cost is £5. https://www.facebook.com/events/491217044313330/

Thursday 15 May; Croydon CoA Witches Gathering with talks and social activities at 1 Matthews Yard, Off Surrey Street, Croydon. 8pm start. Entry: £1/£2. For more details visit: http://www.witchfest.net/

Friday 16 May; Surrealism, Satanism and Witchcraft. Lecture by Dan Zamani. 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 16 May; Free social night with the London College of Spirituality. Venue: The Arc Bar, Torrens Street, Islington, London EC1V 1NQ. Start: 6.30pm.  For more details and to book places visit http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Friday 16 - Monday 19 May; The Magical Faerie Festival 2014. Four-day pagan festival with music and workshops. Venue: Pleasant Rise Farm; Cuckmere Road; Alfriston; East Sussex BN26 5TN. Full tickets are £60 for adults and £15 for children, some day tickets available at £25 for adults and £10 for children. Tickets and passes can be ordered online at http://www.magicalfestivals.co.uk/ or by calling 07845 438340.

Saturday 17 May; Fellowship of Isis London Gathering. Venue in central London, details sent on booking. Tickets: £20 or £30 to include a 3-hour goddess walk on Sunday 18th May. For booking details contact info@starofelen.com.

Sunday 18 May; The Minotaur. One-day introduction to the legendary Minotaur of the Cretan king Minos’ labyrinth 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 HH038. To enrol, call 020 7831 7831 or visit http://www.citylit.ac.uk/.

Sunday 18 May; Dawn of the Oak. Pagan moot on the third Sunday of each month. Venue: Upstairs at The Castle, 34-35 Cowcross Road, Farringdon, London EC1M 6DB (near Farringdon tube). Time: 3pm-6pm.