Friday 3 October 2014

This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London


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/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Friday 3 October; Therion’s Teutons - Aleister Crowley’s Berlin and Beyond. Lecture by William Thirteen. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £7, advance booking recommended. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 3 October; London Dreamtime present… Scary Stories in the Forest at Night. Venue: Secret location near South End Green NW3. Price: £3. Time: 9.30pm. Reservations essential. For more details visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Friday 3 October to Sunday 5 October; A Shamanic Experience - The Power Of The Drum. A full weekend of shamanic mysteries at Caer Corhain Shamamic Development Centre of the Isle of Sheppey, North Kent. £250 for the entire weekend, £180 for Drum Making, £40 each for Sat/Sunday. For more details and information on how to book, visit http://www.touchtheearthuk.com/

Saturday 4 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 4 October; Sigil Magick. Afternoon Workshop with Mark Vincent. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 12.45pm for 1pm start. Finishes 5.30 pm. Tickets £30, advance booking essential. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 4 October; Pagan Rite in Beddington Park to raise energy for the Warrior's Call anti-fracking campaign (see below). Meet in the cafe in Beddington Park, Hackbridge, on the borders of Croydon and Sutton, at 1pm, moving on to the river for the rite itself. Closest station is Hackbridge.

Saturday 4 October; The Warrior's Call at Avebury - Earth Web 2014. Rite to protect the Earth from fracking. Main ritual at Avebury stone circle, in Wiltshire, but people are invited to do their own rituals wherever they are if they can't get to Avebury and one is taking place in Beddington Park (see above). Time: 2pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1543073425916337/

Saturday 4 October; Kensington Gardens Pagan Well Walk. A three-mile walk to sacred sites and wells with short pagan ritual. Meet at Bayswater Underground Station, 89 Queensway London W2 4QH at 11.30am. Organised by London Pagan and Heathen Circle. To book a place, visit: http://www.meetup.com/London-Pagan-Circle

Saturday 4 October; Harvest Full Moon Rite with the London Wicca Meetup Group - a rite for members of the group who have already attended a meet-up rite. Initial venue: The Wheatsheaf, 2 Upper Tooting Road, Tooting Bec, SW17 7PG at 7.15pm, then at a private house. To reserve a place, call 07581 198380 and 07848 448669. To join the meet-up group visit http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Wicca-Meetup-Group

Saturday 4 October; Pagans at Home. Informal, family-friendly social with drumming at a private home in Chislehurst, NW Kent. Time: 4pm to 8pm. This is a private pagan event; those interested should email interzone@talktalk.net. Address and directions will be given to those attending.

Saturday 4 October; 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.

Saturday 4 October - Sunday 5 October; Plant Consciousness 2-day event at Regent's University Conference Centre, Tuke Hall, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4NS. Tickets per workshop from £45. For more details and to book visit: http://www.plantconsciousness.com/

Sunday 5 October; Super Sense. Workshop with Andy Shipley, organised by Alternatives. Venue: Heythrop College, University of London, 23 Kensington Square, London, W8 5HN. Time: 10.30am - 5pm. Tickets £65/£55. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Sunday 5 October; Crystal Healing and Divination Workshop with Wanda Sellar. Venue: 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA. Starts at 2pm. Tickets: £15 (£10 concessions, £7 TS members). For full details: http://www.theosophicalsociety.org.uk

Sunday 5 October; Ghouls' Night Out - Symposium of Sickness. An evening of comedy, film, live music and talks on the subject of splatterpunk and gore hosted by occult comedian Andrew O’Neill. Venue: The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JB. Time: 7pm. Tickets £7 plus booking fee. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/518231474974938/.

Monday 6 October; Kenneth Grant Remembered. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm-9pm. Places must be reserved in advance. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Monday 6 October; Dreaming a New World – Indigenous Shaman Meets Economic Hit Man. Talk by John Perkins, author of The World Is As You Dream It: Teachings from the Amazon and Andes.Organised by Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Tickets £8/£12. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Tuesday 7 October; Spectrophilia. Seminar Paper - Dr Stephen Alexander. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £7, advance booking recommended. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Tuesday 7 October; Cobwebs and Cauldrons Moot. Venue: White Horse Pub, Chadwell Heath, Essex. Moot normally takes place on the first Tuesday of every month. 7.30pm start. https://www.facebook.com/cobwebs.cauldrons

Tuesday 7 October; What's Weighing You Down? Talk by Judy Sharp. 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 7 October; The phenomenon of children’s imaginary companions: An exploration of their characteristics and purposes they serve. Talk by Karen Majors. 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 further information contact Duncan Colvin at d.colvin@gold.ac.uk or visit http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=7866

Tuesday 7 October; Thresholds in Colour. Talk by Angela Lord 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/

Tuesday 7 October; Cobwebs and Cauldrons Moot. Venue: White Horse Pub, Chadwell Heath, Essex. Moot normally takes place on the first Tuesday of every month. 7.30pm start. https://www.facebook.com/cobwebs.cauldrons

Wednesday 8 October; An introduction to Palmistry with Cobwebs at Cauldrons at Romford Shopping Hall. Workshop for beginners. Cost is £20, deposit of £5. Time 10am-noon. http://www.cobwebsandcauldrons.co.uk/

Wednesday 8 October; Sacred Walks and The Kingston Zodiac Adventure - walking the Libra sign. Meet at the side entrance of All Saints Church, Kingston, KT1 1JP at 11.30am. Walk takes about 3 hours. Cost £10, advance booking required: http://www.meetup.com/Sacred-Walks-Kingston-Zodiac-Adventure/

Wednesday 8 October; Prosperity Consciousness: Leading Yourself to Money with Conscious Awareness. Talk and book signing by Steve Bowman at Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit the website http://www.watkinsbooks.com/

Wednesday 8 October; Cat Vincent Searching for Slenderman. Talk at the London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Time: 7.30pm - 10.30pm. Entry: £3/£2 concessions. For more details, visit http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Wednesday 8 October; The Enfield Poltergeist revisited. ASSAP lecture at Seriously Strange London by Guy Lyon Playfair, author of This House Is Haunted: The Investigation of the Enfield Poltergeist.Venue: Function Room, Star of Kings pub, Kings Cross, London. Time: 7pm-9pm. Cost: free to ASSAP members, £5 to non-members. For more details: http://www.assap.ac.uk/london/index.html

Thursday 9 October; The Occult Life of Anna Kingsford. Talk at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £7, advance booking recommended. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Thursday 9 October; Bert Lloyd in South East London. Talk by Dave Arthur at 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. Meetings are the second Thursday of each month. http://www.selfs.org.uk/ To guarantee a seat, email nigelofbermondsey@gmail.com

Thursday 9 October; Enfield Town Circle Pagan Moot. Venue: Crown and Horseshoes pub, 15 Horseshoe Lane, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 6PZ. Time: 7pm to 11pm. This moot takes place on the 2nd Thursday of every month. For more details join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

Friday 10 October; Import or export? Foreign gods in the Roman Empire. Gallery Talk. Venue: Room 70, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm-2pm. Free event, just drop in. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Friday 10 - Saturday 11 October; The UK Tarot Conference. Speakers are Mary K Greer, Geraldine Beskin, Sarah Bartlett, Richard Abbot, Israel Ajose D.Psych.Astrol, Dr Maria Antoniou and Dr Les CrossCity. Venue: Thistle Barbican Hotel, London. Tickets from £40 for a single workshop, £90 for Friday afternoon and Evening, £95 for Saturday. VIP tickets for both days from £144. For full details and to book tickets: http://tarotconference.co.uk/

Friday 10 October; Group Healing Night and Social organised by the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Westminster Quakers Meeting House, 8 Hop Gardens, off St Martins Lane, London WC2N 4EA, London. Time: 7pm. Cost: £10, booking essential. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Friday 10 October; The Weird Sisters with RIFT theatre company. An evening in the exhibition Witches and wicked bodies with theatre company RIFT for an evening of tricks, tales and supernatural talismans, and a drink. Room 90, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 6.30pm-8pm. Free, booking essential. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Friday 10 October; A Demonstration of Psychic Ability and Mediumship with Gerrie March at 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 11 October - 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. The first event is The Great Garden of Sleep - A Guided Tour of Brompton Cemetery with Robert Stephenson on Saturday 11 October from 1pm to 3 pm. Tickets are £7, For more details and to book tickets, visit: http://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/

Saturday, 11 October; Write Yourself Well. Workshop with Jackee Holder, organised by Alternatives. Venue: Heythrop College, University of London, 23 Kensington Square, London, W8 5HN. Time: 10.30am - 5.30pm. Tickets £65/£55. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Saturday, 11 October; Cunning Folk presents Stick In The Wheel and John Constable live folk in a Tudor House in Hackney run by the National Trust. Hosted by Nigel of Bermondsey. Vebue: Sutton House, 2-4 Homerton High St, Hackney, London E9 6JQ. Time: 8pm - 11pm. Tickets: £10 (numbers limited). https://www.facebook.com/events/478348645640556/

Saturday, 11 October; Witches' Banquet: to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wiccan Rede with the London Wicca Meetup Group. Hercules Pillars Pub, 18 Great Queen Street, Holborn, London. Time: 7pm. To reserve a place, visit: http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Wicca-Meetup-Group/events/201846532/

Sunday 12 October; City of Bone - London's Macabre Heritage. A salon in the cemetery with Jelena Bekvalac and Robert Stephenson. Part of The London Month of the Dead curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat. Time: 1pm to 3pm. Tickets are £12, For more details and to book tickets, visit: http://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/

Sunday 12 October; Memento Mori - a salon in the cemetery with Dr Richard Barnett and Dr Marek Kohn. Part of The London Month of the Dead curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat. Time: 4pm to 6pm. Tickets are £12, For more details and to book tickets, visit: http://www.londonmonthofthedead.com/

Sunday 12 October; 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

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