This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Friday 15 August; Launch Party for Catch 23, a psychogeography work by Tim Weeks. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm-9pm. Advance reservation required. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

15-17 August; Tribal Women's Gathering With Lynn Gosney, Gill Hunt and Deana Lawman at Caer Corhain Shamamic Development Centre of the Isle of Sheppey, North Kent. Cost: £80. For more details and information on how to book, visit http://www.touchtheearthuk.com/

Saturday 16 August; Tarot: The Cards of Change. Intermediate Level Workshop with Sue Merlyn. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am - 5.30pm. Tickets £45, advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 17 August; 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.

Sunday 17 August; Guided Herbalist Walk with Natasha Richardson run via Treadwell's Books. Venue: Chelsea Physic Garden. Time: 1pm - 3pm. Cost £10 but you also need to buy your own admission ticket to the Chelsea Physic Garden (£9.90 adult full price, discount for concession). Book online via http://www.treadwells-london.com/ or call 020 7419 8507.

Sunday 17 August; Walking Tour: Occult London with Delianne Forget run via Treadwell's Books. Meeting place will be a central London tube station, details given to those who book. Time: 2pm - 5pm. Price: £10. Book online via http://www.treadwells-london.com/ or call 020 7419 8507.

Sunday 17 August; Hampstead Heath: visiting Power Vortex, Picnic and Social - free day out with the London College of Spirituality. Time: 11.45am - 6pm. Meet at Kentish Town Underground Station (Northern Line) at 11.45am for a prompt noon walk to Hampstead Heath. Bring your own picnic and something to sit on. Full details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/events/

Monday 18 August; Healing and Meditation Circle with Wendy Stokes - no experience required. Venue: Spirit of Isis, Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, Essex. Every Monday 11am - 1pm. No booking required, £7. Free parking in the Abbey Gardens car park. www.wendystokes.co.uk

Monday 18 August; 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 18 August; Sacred Heart Awakening: The Fifth Element (Spirit / Magick) with Aang organised through the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Time: 7.15pm to 9pm. £15. http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/events/

Wednesday 20 August; Spark In The Darkpoetry reading with with John Constable. Venue: Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, King’s Cross, London, N1 9DX. Time: 7pm. Free event, just turn up. www.housmans.com

Thursday, 21 August; Croydon CoA Witches Gathering with talks and social activities at 1 Matthews Yard, off Surrey Street, Croydon. 8pm start. Entry: £1/£2. Event held on the third Thursday each month. For more details visit: http://www.witchfest.net/

Friday 22 August; The Faeries of the Minesweeper with London Dreamtime and Lucy Williams. Venue: Deptford Creek. Time: 8pm. For more details and to book places email lemwilliams1@gmail.com or vanessa@londondreamtime.com. http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Saturday 23 August; Roman Gods in the Enlightenment Gallery, talk at the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm-2pm. Free event. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Saturday 23 August; Crossbones Vigil to honour The Goose and the outcast dead of Cross Bones Graveyard. Bring a flower, a ribbon, a totem or memento to tie to the shrine. Gather from 6.45pm for a 7pm start in Redcross Way outside the Memorial Gates, SE1 1TA, opposite the Boot and Flogger pub, just north of the junction with Union Street. Nearest tubes Borough or London Bridge. The event is free, but donations are welcome. For more details, visit http://www.crossbones.org.uk/

Sunday 24 August; An Evening With Adyashanti – Everlasting Truth organised by Alternatives. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square London WC1R 4RL. Time: 7pm - 9pm. Tickets £20/£15. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/