This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here are events in London and other parts of the UK that could be of interest to pagans.

Now until 15 March: From the Forest to the Sea: Emily Carr in British Columbia. Art exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gallery Road, London, SE21 7AD. It is open every day except Mondays. Tickets: £10/£5. http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/

Friday 6 March; Shakespeare and Self-Knowledge with Elizabeth Crofts. Venue: Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8EA. Starts at 7pm. Tickets: £5, £3 concessions, £2 TS members. Later in the day, at 6pm. http://www.theosophicalsociety.org.uk

Friday 6 March; Demonstrations of Mediumship plus question and answers session with Anthony Kesner. 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/

Saturday 7 March; Seriously Possessed Conference co-organised by ASSAP (the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena) and the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Venue: Goldsmiths College, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW. Time: 10am - 7pm. Advance tickets booked online £15, regular tickets £30. More details and ticket booking: http://assap.ac.uk/Possessed/

Saturday 7 March; Digital workshop - Ancient Egyptian journey to the afterlife. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 11am-4pm. Free event, just drop in. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Saturday 7 March; Spring Goddess Temple at Treadwell's Books, 33 Store Street, London WC1E 7BS. Various events taking place from 10am-5pm. Caroline Wise will be offering a mini-Goddess workshop on Elen of the Ways and the Return of the Sun from 11.30am - 12.45pm. The cost for this is £10 and advance booking is required, contact info@londontemplecreative.co.uk to reserve a space. At 3.30pm there will be a spring celebration Ritual. Cost: Free, but donations appreciated. For the rest of the day people can come in to meditate with the Divine Feminine free of charge. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/294267320783471/ or http://www.londontemplecreative.co.uk/

Saturday 7 March; Spirit of Me - Celebrating Women in Paganism. Organised by the Pagan Federation London with talks by Christina Oakley Harrington of Treadwell’s Bookshop; Fiona Mackenzie, lead Seidrkona for the Kith of Yggdrasil; Philip Heselton, author of Witchfather: A Life of Gerald Gardner;Michelle Hawcroft and Avril Price, of The College of Psychic Studies. Venue: Dragon Hall, 17 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LT. Time: Noon-5pm. Tickets £10/£8. For details and tickets: http://london.paganfed.org/spirit-of-me/

Saturday 7 March; Wicca: The elements of Wiccan ritual and practice - South London Wicca Meetup meeting at a private house in Tooting hosted by Wiccan High Priestess Caroline Westbury. Start time 7pm, ends 10pm. Free but you must reserve a place in advance. Details at: http://www.meetup.com/South-London-Wicca-Meetup/

Saturday 7 March; 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 8 March, Learn to Read Tea Leaves. Workshop with Inspiral Mediums. Venue: Chopsys Cafe, Grays, Thurrock, Essex. Time: 1.30pm. Cost: Price £35. Advance booking required via: https://www.facebook.com/inspiral.mediums

Sunday 8 March, Spring Goddess Temple at Waltham Forest International Women's Day Hosted by London Temple Creative. Venue: Walthamstow Assembley Hall, London E17 4JD. Admission is free and for women only. Time: noon - 6pm. For more details visit: http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/Pages/Events/International-Womens-Day-Waltham-Forest.aspx

Sunday 8 March, Let Go and Get Unstuck! Design your Life Masterclass with Mary Daniels, organised by Alternatives. London venue. Time: 1pm - 5:30pm. Tickets £50/£40. Details: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Sunday 8 March, Crossbones Garden Fund-raising Launch at Crossbones Garden, Redcross Way, London SE1 1HA. Opening ceremony at the gates at 2.30pm to remember the 'Single Women' on International Woman's Day, followed by short tours of the garden. Free. Donations welcome. Time: 2.30pm to 3.30pm: For more information on the BOST events contact Nicola: info@bost.org.uk or visit http://www.bost.org.uk/ Also visit: http://www.crossbones.org.uk/

Sunday 8 March, Beginners' Tarot - part of a series of six classes with Cobwebs at Cauldrons at Romford Shopping Hall. Time: 1.30pm - 4pm. Cost £20 per session, £20 deposit to secure place on course. http://www.cobwebsandcauldrons.co.uk/ Email: cobwebsandcauldrons@gmail.com

Sunday 8 March; Schroedinger's Cat, Quantum Mechanics and the Inner Planes. Talk by Gwyn Hocking. 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 9 March; 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/

Monday 9 March; On Liberty. Talk by Shami Chakrabarti. Venue: Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL. Time: 7pm - 8.30pm. Tickets £12/£8 online. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 9 March; Focused Transformative Energy Healing with Aang and Vazof the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Time: 7pm. Cost: £33. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Tuesday 10 March; Learning the Tarot (Major Arcana) workshops led by Debbie Gallagher. South London Wicca Meetup meeting in a private house in Tooting hosted by Wiccan High Priestess Caroline Westbury. Start time 7pm. Cost £7. Details at: http://www.meetup.com/South-London-Wicca-Meetup/

Tuesday 10 March; 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 10 March; Screening of the film Sea Without Shore. Venue: Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Time 8.30pm. Tickets: Standard £12/£8. https://www.ica.org.uk/whats-on/sea-without-shore

Tuesday 10 March; Magical Thinking and Religion. Talk by Professor Konrad Talmont-Kaminski. 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 10 March; Trance Lecture: The Pursuit of Happiness. Talk by Sarah Tyler-Walters 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/

Tuesday 10 March; Life Events and Karma. Talk by Julia Dvinskaya. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT. Time: 7.30pm – 9pm, Cost: £3.50 (£1 concessions, students and under 25s), No bookings required, just turn up. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/

Thursday, 12 March; The Last Witchtrial - Helen Duncan. Talk at South East London Folklore Society (SELFS) by Geraldine Beskin of the Atlantis Bookshop. 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, 12 March; Spirituality at Work. Talk at Global Co-operation House, 65-69 Pound Lane, Willesden Green, London, NW10 2HH. 7pm start. http://www.brahmakumaris.org/

Thursday, 12 March; 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 13 March; The Human Energy Field and Beyond. Talk by Harry Oldfield 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 13 March; Unlucky - London Dreamtime storytelling at a secret ruin in Peckham. Time: 9pm. £3. Adults only, advance booking essential, email vanessa@londondreamtime.com. For more details visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Thursday, 12 March; Face To Face With Reality.Talk and book signing by Rajini Menon 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/

Saturday 14 March; Mysteries of spring Equinox. 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: 11am to 5.30pm. Booking essential and limited places. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com. http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 15 March; Palmistry. Workshop at Cobwebs at Cauldrons at Romford Shopping Hall. 11am. Cost is £20. http://www.cobwebsandcauldrons.co.uk/

Sunday 15 March; 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 15 March; Near Death Experiences: What Do They Tell Us About Life After Death? Talk by Philip Martyn. 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

I do not organise any of these events myself and am not responsible for them. Although I try to be as accurate as possible, it is always worth checking the details if you want to go to an event. If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com. Please also email me if you spot any errors in my listings as I am happy to correct mistakes.