Friday 23 January 2015

This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London


Friday 23 January; Wisdom of Near-Death Experiences.Talk and book signing by Penny Satori 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/

Friday 23 January; The Roots and Routes of Wicca: Part 2 The Roots of Modern Traditions of Wicca with The London Wicca Meetup Group. Venue: The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG. Meet at the Lion of Knidos in the Great Court of the British Museum at 7pm. The talk will last an hour, followed by a pub chat. Phone: 07848 448669 and 07581 198380. For more information and to sign up for this event, visit: http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Wicca-Meetup-Group/events/219909878/

Friday 23 January; Crystal Prescriptions: Combating Electromagnetic and Geopathic Stress. Talk by Judy Hall 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/

Friday 23 January; Crossbones Vigil to honour The Goose and the outcast dead of Cross Bones Graveyard. 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/

Saturday 24 January. Falling in Love with Where You Are. Workshop with Jeff Foster. Venue: Study Society, Colet House, 151 Talgarth Road, London, W14 9DA. Time: 10.30am - 5pm. Tickets: £65/£55. http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Saturday 24 - Sunday 25 January; Aphrodite's Flame. Join Aphrodite's Flame Keepers to tend a flame from dusk on 24 January until dusk on 25 January. Venue: Worldlwide. Time: 4.30pm-4.30pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/926064864084935/

Sunday 25 January; London Dreamtime storytelling at Dulwich Picture Gallery Family Sunday. Venue: Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gallery Rd, Southwark, London SE21 7AD. Time: 2pm-4pm. Free. For more details visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/ or http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/

Sunday 25 January; Where is the Mystery in the Mystery Tradtions? Talk by Ken Rees. 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 26 January; Change Your Mind Heal Your Body. Talk by Anna Parkinson 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/

Monday 26 January; Meditation and Journeying Circle run by Shamanic Spirit at a venue in New Addington, Croydon, South London. Starts 7.30pm. For more details and to book places call 07952 041477. For more information, visit http://shamanicspirit.co.uk/

Tuesday 27 January; Chertsey Moot. A social moot held on the last Tuesday of the month at the Golden Grove pub, Ruxbury Road, St Annes Hill, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9EN. All welcome. From 8pm to 11pm. For more details, email: sian_ap_pysgotwr@yahoo.co.uk

Tuesday 27 January; Drumming Circle run by Shamanic Spirit at a venue in New Addington, Croydon, South London. Every second Tuesday starting 7.30pm. Cost £10. For more details and to book places call 07952 041477. For more information, visit http://shamanicspirit.co.uk/

Tuesday 27 January; The Golden Age of Paranormal Television. Talk by Professor Richard Wiseman. 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 27 January; The Power of Sound - A Meditation on the Space In-Between with Olaf Nixon. 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/

Thursday 29 January; 'The Terror of London': Spring-heeled Jack and the Victorian Metropolitan Press. Talk by Dr Karl Bell, author of The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack: Victorian Urban Folklore and Popular Cultures.Venue: London Fortean Society, 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/

Thursday 29 January; PFL Imbolc Open Ritual facilitated by Goddess Enchantments. 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 29 January; Necronomicon and Mesopotamia. Talk by a Sumerologiest at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £7. Advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday January 30 - February 1; Into the Wild Winter Warmer festival. Winter festival with music and workshops Venue: Emerson College, Pixton, Hartfield Road, Forest Row RH18 5JX. Weekend tickets are £75, day tickets are £40 and include lunch and dinner. More details and ticket booking: http://www.intothewildgathering.com/#!imbolc/cm6w

Friday 30 January; London Gothic Conference. A day of talks and activities focused on the Gothic imagination, its cultural impact and influence on London. Venue: London Metropolitan Archives, 40 Northampton Rd, London EC1R 0HB. Time: 10am to 4pm. Cost: £10. Tickets: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-gothic-tickets-14972977579

Friday 30 January; The Medicine Way Atlantis and the Native American Path. Talk by Edwin Courtenay. 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 30 January; Lecture: Curses! The British Museum's 'unlucky' mummies. Venue British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 6.30pm–7.30pm. Cost £5/£3. For more details and to book tickets call 020 7323 8181 or visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Friday 30 January; Stone-Age Drugs 'N' Rock and Roll. Talk by Paul Devereux at Rilko (Research Into Lost Knowledge). Venue: 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA. Doors open 6.45pm, lectures starts 7.15pm. Entrance: £8/£6. http://www.rilko.net/EZ/rilko/rilko/home.php

Friday 30 January; Divine I Am Transmission with Crystal Bowl Bath run by Vaz of the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Windsor Suite, Columbia Hotel, 95- 99 Lancaster Gate, London W2 3NS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £20. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Saturday 31 January; Mysteries of Imbolc. One-day workshop including a full ritual at the end of the day with Suzanne Corbie at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Tickets £45 (£25 deposit, balance due on the day). Time: noon to 5.30pm. Booking essential and limited places. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com. http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 31 January; Spring Youth Workshop organised by the Pagan Federation London. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London WC1A 1LY. Noon to 4pm. PF members: £6, others: £8. https://www.facebook.com/events/767056493332239/

Saturday 31 January; The Art of Avalon - Creating the Rainbow Path of the Goddess. Workshop with Elle Hull at Cobwebs at Cauldrons at Romford Shopping Hall. 1pm-4pm. Cost is £24. http://www.cobwebsandcauldrons.co.uk/

Saturday 31 January; Open Imbolc Ritual at Avebury Stone Circle. A family friendly event run by The Cauldron of Cerridwen to raise energy to herald in the spring and spend time in a wonderful location. Time: noon. FFI: email: sian_ap_pysgotwr@yahoo.co.uk or call Sue on 07746365980

Saturday 31 January; Free and Open Gorsedd of Caer Abiri Imbolc Rite at Avebury Sun Circle, in Avebury, Wiltshire. Open druidic style ceremony to celebrate the first stirrings of spring. Meet at the Red Lion Pub, Avebury, around noon for rite at around 1.30pm, ending around 3pm. Bring bread, cakes and drink to share, bring poetry to read.

Saturday 31 January - 1 February; Learn How to Lucid Dream – 24hr sleepover workshop with Charlie Morley, author of Lucid Dreaming: A Beginner's Guide to Becoming Conscious in Your Dreams
Venue tba. Time: 10.45am - February 1 11am. Tickets £150/£120. Details: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Sunday 1 February; Wheel of the Year Festival - First Stirrings 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. http://www.chalicewell.org.uk/

Sunday 1 February; Imbolc on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Open ritual hosted by Jeremy Morgan, the Druid of Wormwood Scrubbs. Venue: The Hawthorne Grove, Primrose Hill, Regents Park, London NW1. Gather at 12.45pm for 1pm start, ends at around 2.30pm. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm.

Sunday 1 February; Imbolc Celebration in Glastonbury at The Goddess Hall, Benedict Street, Glastonbury, BA6 9NB. Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm. Details: http://www.goddesstemple.co.uk/

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