Friday 10 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

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

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. Venue: 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; Dawn of the Oak. Pagan moot (please note that in October this event is not on its usual schedule of 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.

Monday 13 October; 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 13 October; 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/

Tuesday 14 October; Ghost therapy. Talk by Cal Cooper of the University of Northampton. 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 Duncan Colvin on d.colvin@gold.ac.uk or visit http://www.gold.ac.uk/apru/speakers/

Tuesday 14 October; John Dee of Mortlake Society AGM. Co-authors Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince will speak on The Dawn of Science: John Dee and the Copernican Revolution. Venue: St Mary the Virgin Mortlake, Mortlake High St, London SW14 8JA. Time: 7.30 pm. Tickets: Members free, non-members £3. http://johndeemortlakesoc.org/

Tuesday 14 October. Nova Stellar Wicca Meet-Up Group for genuine seekers to the Craft. Venue The Castle, 34-35 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6DB London. 6.30pm - 10pm. You must reserve a place in advance by emailing mickijl@yahoo.co.uk. The group meets on the second Tuesday of each month.

Tuesday 14 October; Change Your Mind, Heal Your Body. Lecture by Anna Parkinson 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/

Wednesday 15 October; Introduction to Chakras Workshop with Cobwebs at Cauldrons at Romford Shopping Hall. Cost is £25, deposit of £5. Time 10am-noon. http://www.cobwebsandcauldrons.co.uk/

Wednesday 15 October; Turning Love Into a Global Force. Talk by Marianne Williamson organised by Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Tickets £20/£15. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Thursday 16 Ocotber; Medieval Mysteries: A Guide to History, Lore, Places and Symbolism. Talk and book signing by Karen Ralls at Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit the website http://www.watkinsbooks.com/

Thursday 16 October; 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/

Thursday 16 October; Mythic London - Goddesses, Guardians and Propaganda. Talk by Caroline Wise in Sacred Space at Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT. Entry £10, no need to book, just turn up. Time: 7.30pm – 9pm. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/

Friday 17 October; Carl Jung and Spiritual Transformation (SOLD OUT at last time of checking). Lecture by Vivanne Crowley. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 18 October;Make your own Witch Hat. Day Workshop with Val Thomas. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am-5.30pm. Tickets £55. Advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.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 Close - 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; Pagan Future Fests Samhain Celebration 2014. Pagan festival with live music, readings, stalls selling pagan supplies, talks, workshops, drum session and open and closing rituals. Venue: The Bedford Pub/Theatre, 77 Bedford Hill, Balham, London SW12 9HD (Near Balham Station). Time: Noon - 10pm. Tickets: £15 all day (12 - 10pm), £9 evening only (5 - 10pm). For more details and to book tickets: http://www.paganfuturefests.org.uk/

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

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