Halloween might be a couple of weeks away yet, but I thought along with my usual list pagan events in and near London for the week ahead I would include a few Samhain events for the following week too, as these things can book up fast.
Now to 11 January 2015. Witches and Wicked Bodies exhibition at the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Free event. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/
Now - 2 November; The London Month of the Dead. A series of tours, talks a private views to inform, entertain and provoke on the subject of death and London cemeteries. It has been curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat. For more details and to book tickets, visit: http://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/
Saturday 18 October; London Dreamtime at Garden Museum - Six Story Saturdays. Venue: Garden Museum Lambeth, Lambeth Palace Rd, London SE1 7LB. Price: Free. Time: 11am-noon. For more details visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/ or http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/
Saturday 18 October; Skeletons in the Closet - a guided tour of the City's forgotten burial grounds and a private view of the Museum of London's bone archive with Jelena Bekvalac and Robert Stephenson. Part of The London Month of the Dead curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat. Time: 11am to 1pm. Tickets are £12, For more details and to book tickets, visit: http://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/
Sunday 19 October; A Day in the Life of Death. Talk by Rupert and Claire Callender and Richard Putt. Part of The London Month of the Dead curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat. Venue: Brompton Cemetery Chapel, Fulham Road, London. Time: 1pm to 3pm. Tickets are £12, For more details and to book tickets, visit: http://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/
Sunday 19 October; Apocalypse Now and Then - coping with catastrophe in the capital. A salon in the cemetery with Matt Brown and Matthew Hogan. Part of The London Month of the Dead curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat. Venue: Brompton Cemetery Chapel, Fulham Road, London. Time: 4pm to 6pm. Tickets are £12, For more details and to book tickets, visit: http://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/
Sunday 19 October; Visions of the Holy Grail. Talk by Simon Wilson. Venue: 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA. Starts at 6pm. Tickets: £7 (£5 concessions, £4 TS members). For full details: http://www.theosophicalsociety.org.uk
Monday 20 October; Tarot Meditation: The Fool, with Marysia Kolodziej. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £10. Advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/
Monday 20 October; Pagan Pathfinders Halloween / Samhain celebration in Finchley, London N3. Time: 7.30pm. Contact Pagan Pathfinders for more details and to reserve a place: https://www.facebook.com/events/740248846045843
Monday 20 October; The Toltec Secret. Talk by Sergio Magana "Ocelocoyotl" organised by Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Tickets £12/£8. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/
Tuesday 21 October– 2 November; IMAGE 2014, Travelling with Unfamiliar Spirits - two-week celebration of esoteric art with series of events at The Cob Gallery, 205 Royal College St, London NW1 0SG. The I:MAGE Opening Night is on October 21 from 6pm - 9pm and is free, but you must This event is free but you must RSVP Livia as spaces are limited – livia @fulgur.co.uk. To see the full list of events taking place over the two weeks, visit:http://fulgur.co.uk/events/
Wednesday 22 October; The Colours of Western Esotericism - An Evening Workshop with Jesse Bransford as part of the I:Mage Esoteric Art Exhibition. Venue: Cob Gallery, 205 Royal College Street, London, NW1 0SG United Kingdom. Time: 7.30pm - 9.30pm. Tickets £20. http://fulgur.co.uk/event/colour-western-esotericism/
Thursday 23 October; Meetup to introduce Wicca and the Order of the Horse and the Moon to prospective new members. Venue: The Avalon, 14-16 Balham Hill, London. Time: 7.30pm. Private meet-up for prospective new members. For more details, call 07462 422125 or 07848 448669 or visit http://www.meetup.com/Wicca-Initiatory-Pathway-Samhain-Beltane-Cycle
Thursday 23 October; The Veil of Dreams Jesse Bransford and Max Razdow on Pilgrimage as part of the I:Mage Esoteric Art Exhibition. Venue: Cob Gallery, 205 Royal College Street, London, NW1 0SG United Kingdom. Time: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm. Tickets £7. http://fulgur.co.uk/event/veil-dreams-jesse-bransford-max-razdow-pilgrimage/
Thursday 23 October; Crossbones Vigil to honour The Goose and the outcast dead of Cross Bones Graveyard with Halloween observances, including a reading of names of the dead. 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/
Thursday 23 October; Ten days in the life of Dura-Europos: gods, cults and temples on the Seleucid, Parthian and Roman Euphrates. BP Lecture Theatre , British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 4pm-5pm. Free, booking essential. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx
Friday 24 October; The Wisdom of Near-Death Experiences. Talk by Penny Sartori. 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/
Friday 24 October; Songs for Samhain. Gig with folk musician Hannah Sanders. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £10. Advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/
Friday 24 October; Passage through the Spheres between Death and Rebirth as Preparation for the New Earthly Life. Talk by Sylvia Francke, author of The Tree of Life and the Holy Grail, at Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT. Entry £3.50 (£1 concessions), no need to book, just turn up. Time: 7.30pm – 9pm. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/
24, 25 and 26 October; Mind Body Soul Experience London. Venue: Olympia Central, London. Opening Times: Friday 11am - 6pm, Saturday 10am – 6pm, Sunday 10am – 5pm. Online admission costs: Adults £10, Concessions £8. On the door: Adults: £12, Concessions £10. Full information and tickets: www.mbsevents.co.uk
Saturday 25 October; I:MAGE - A Special One Day Conference on Esoteric Art. Venue: The Warburg Institute, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB. Time: 10am - 10pm. http://fulgur.co.uk/event/image-at-the-warburg/
Saturday 25 October; The Way of All Flesh - Rat Taxidermy in the Cemetery with Margot Magpie. Venue: The Dissenters' Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery, London. Part of The London Month of the Dead curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat. Time: 2.30pm. Tickets are £60. For more details and to book tickets, visit: http://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/
Saturday 25 October; Herbs for Winter Health Workshop run by Master Herbalist Jacqui Apostolides with Cobwebs at Cauldrons. Venue: Romford Shopping Hall. Cost is £50, deposit of £5. Time 10am start. http://www.cobwebsandcauldrons.co.uk/
Saturday 25 October; High Seat Rite With Katie Gerrard. The High Seat Rite is an early Norse practice of Shamanic Trance Prophecy. Venue: Wheatsheaf Hall, Wheatsheaf Lane, London, SW8 2UP. Time: 7pm-10pm. To reserve a place email HighSeatRitesLondon@gmail.com. Tickets are £8 and are limited. Details: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=762509093791348&id=145516445490619
Sunday, 26 October; PFL Samhain family gathering - an informal get together for pagan families at the Horniman Museum Hallowe'en Fair. Venue: Horniman Museum and Gardens, 100 London Rd, London SE23 3PQ. Meet around 11am by the bandstand (in the gardens) to enjoy family-friendly chat and activities. PFL website: http://london.paganfed.org/ Details of the Horniman Halloween Fair here: http://www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/horniman-halloween-fair
Sunday, 26 October; The World Without Us. A salon in the cemetery with Dr John Troyer and James Norris. Venue: The Dissenters' Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery, London. Part of The London Month of the Dead curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat. Time: 1pm - 3pm. Tickets are £12. For more details and to book tickets, visit: http://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/
Monday 27 October; What will Death be Like? Talk by Dr Brooke Magnanti. Venue: Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre in the Whitehead Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW. Talks start at 6.10pm. (Note: this is not the normal venue or day) Free event. For more details, contact Duncan Colvin on d.colvin@gold.ac.uk or visit http://www.gold.ac.uk/apru/speakers/
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Thursday 30 October; PFL Samhain Open Ritual facilitated by Sorita d’Este and the Covenant of Hekate. 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 30 October; Fortean London Halloween: Ghost, Witches and Demons. Evening of talks: Roger Clarke, Queen Victoria and the Child Medium; Jessie Childs, Beware the Foul Fiend: An Elizabethan Exorcism in Hackney; Deborah Hyde, The Witch of Eye; Scott Wood, Ghosts and Demons of the City. Venue: The London Fortean Society. Venue: The Vaults Bar, Dirty Dicks, 202 Bishopsgate, City of London EC2M 4NR. Time: 7.30pm - 10.30pm. Entry: £3/£2 concessions. For more details, visit http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/
Friday 31 October; Wheel of the Year Festival - Resting Meditation at Chalice Well World Peace Garden, in Glastonbury. Gather at the Well Head at noon for celebration and meditation until 12.30pm, followed by a chance to chat around the fire on the lower lawn. Free admission to the gardens from 10am to noon. In the evening there will be an All Hallow’s Eve / Samhain event suitable for families, starting after 4.30pm and ending at around. The cost of that is £7.50 adults, £4.50 children. For more details and to book, visit the website http://www.chalicewell.org.uk/
Friday 31 October, Gallery talk: Witches and Wicked bodies. Room 90, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm-2pm. Free, drop in. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx
Friday 31 October; Paranormal Photography. Talk by Harry Oldfield at The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm-9pm. Cost: £14/£16 Advance booking advised. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Saturday 1 November; Free and Open Gorsedd of Caer Abiri Samhain Ritual at Avebury Sun Circle, in Avebury, Wiltshire. Open druidic style ceremony to mark Samhain, the end and beginning of times. Meet at the Red Lion Pub, Avebury, at noon for rite at 1.30pm, ending at around 3pm. Contributions of song, poetry, mead and cakes are welcome. There will be music and entertainment in the Red Lion pub in the evening. The overflow car park will be available for tent camping on Friday 31 October and Saturday 1 November.
Saturday 1 November; Embodied Spirits and Fetishes- An evening talk from David Graeber as part of the I:Mage Esoteric Art Exhibition. Venue: Cob Gallery, 205 Royal College Street, London, NW1 0SG United Kingdom. Time: 7pm - 8.15pm. Tickets: £7. http://fulgur.co.uk/event/embodied-spirits-fetishes-david-graber/
Saturday 1 November; Hendon Heathens Moot, Venue: Greyhound Pub, Church End, Hendon, London, NW4 4JT. Time: 6pm. Hendon Heathens meets at this pub the first Saturday of every month.
Sunday November 2; Kali Puuja. A one day workshop to explore the wisdom of the Vedas at Caer Corhain Shamamic Development Centre of the Isle of Sheppey, 1 Southleas farm cottages, Lower Road, Minster, Sheppey ME12 3SW. For more details and information on how to book, contact Bruce at auberzone@yahoo.com or phone on 07928 149659 or visit;http://www.touchtheearthuk.com/
Sunday November 2; Echoes Ever After. A salon in the cemetery with Mark Pilkington and Dr. Christopher Belshaw. Venue: The Dissenters' Chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery, London. Part of The London Month of the Dead curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat. Time: 4pm - 6pm. Tickets are £12. For more details and to book tickets, visit: http://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/
Sunday November 2; Samhain Rite with The Cotswold Order of Druids at the Rollright Stones, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. Time: 4pm. Free event but donations welcome to cover site hire. http://www.rollrightstones.co.uk/
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