Thursday, 23 July 2015

Lammas Pagan Events In London and Elsewhere


This weekend and over the coming weeks, Pagans are celebrating Lammas - or the festival of the first fruits of the harvest. Here are some of the events taking place in London and some other parts of England:

Thursday 23 July; How to Find Heaven:Your Guide to the Afterlife book signing and talk with Theresa Cheung 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 23 July; 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/

Thursday 23 July; Fortnightly Druid Order Open Introductory Evening. A chance to learn more about at The Druid Order (A.D.U.B.) at an evening with talks and a meditation. Venue: Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Price: £5 on the door. For more details, visit http://thedruidorder.org/druidorder/Meetings.html

Thursday 23 July; Sacred heart Awakening: Relationship Healing with Aang of the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Time: 7pm. Cost: £15. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Friday 24 July - Sunday, 2 August; Fabularium Fairytale Festival run by the Crick Crack Club. Various locations in London. For more details: http://crickcrackclub.com/fabularium/. Tickets: www.fabularium.eventbrite.co.uk

Friday 24 July; Gallery talk. Even more Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. Venue: Room 4, 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 24 July; Group Healing Night: Sacred Mother Earth and Crystal Bowl Bath with the London College of Spirituality. All Welcome. Venue: Windsor Suite, Columbia Hotel, 95- 99 Lancaster Gate, London W2 3NS. Time: 7pm. Cost: £15. Details and sign-up: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Friday 24 July; An Evening of Mediumship with Daniel Pitt, Maria Antoniou and Gary Wright. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm-8.45pm. Cost: £10/£12 Advance booking advised. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 July; Eastbourne Lammas Festival. Lammas ritual plus music, dance, stalls, food and drink on Eastbourne seafront. Western Lawns, Eastbourne Seafront West, King Edwards Parade, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4EE. Free. http://www.lammasfest.org/

Saturday 25 July; Day trip to Eastbourne Lammas Festival with Wiccan High Priest Mani Navasothy of London Witches Magicians and Pagans. Meet in East Croydon station by 8.30am and get trains together to Eastbourne. To find out more and to reserve a place, visit: http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Saturday 25 July; Occult London: Guided Walk with Delianne Forget organised through Treadwell's bookshop. Meet 2pm at a central London tube station - details given after you book. Price: £10. Call 020 7419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 25 July; Lore and Mysteries of Lammas. A one-day course on symbolism, folklore, custom and magic by Suzanne Corbie at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am - 5.30pm. Cost £55, advance booking and deposit essential. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com. http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 25 July; Autumn Youth Workshop hosted by The Pagan Federation London. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London WC1A 1LY. Time 12.20pm-5pm. Cost £6 PF members, £8 all others. For more details, visit http://london.paganfed.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/1605956043019323/

Sunday 26 July; Fairies and Nature Spirits including a visit to Kensington Gardens. workshop with Amanda Roberts. The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 10am-5pm. Cost: £65/£85 Advance booking essential. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Sunday 26 July; "O Hear the Voice of the Bard" Workshop in Greenwich with Oak Druid Order. Meet at 2.30pm in front of The Greenwich Picture House, 180 Greenwich High Road, London SE10 8NN. Details: http://www.meetup.com/London-Pagan-Circle/. Details: http://www.meetup.com/London-Pagan-Circle/

Sunday 26 July; Palmistry workshop with Cobwebs at Cauldrons at Unit 137, Romford Shopping Hall, 43 Market Place, Romford RM1 3AB. Price: £20 per person, deposit required to secure a place. Time: 11am. Visit http://www.cobwebsandcauldrons.co.uk/ or email cobwebsandcauldrons@gmail.com

Sunday 26 July; Healing Energy Workshop with Sensing Energy and Intuition Development. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Time: noon-2pm. £10. For more details and to reserve a place visit http://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development/

Sunday 26 July; The Kith of The Well and The Tree. Upstairs at The Horseshoe Inn, Melior St, London SE1 3QP. Time: 2pm.

Monday 27 July; Tarot Meditation: Justice, 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 27 July; Divine I Am Transmission and Activation with Vaz of the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Time: 7pm. Cost: £20. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Monday 27 July; London Energy Share meet-up. Venue: Friends Meeting House, 52 St Martins Lane London WC2N 4EA. Cost: £10. Time: 7.15pm. To reserve a place: http://www.meetup.com/londonenergyshare/

Tuesday 28 July; 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 28 July; 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

Tues 28 July; Launch: A Coin for the Ferryman: The Death and Life of Alex Sanders.by American author Jimahl Di Fiosa. Drinks, a signing session, refreshments and an conversation with the author. Venue: Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: arrival any time after 7pm. Price: Free but RSVP essential: info@treadwells-london.com

Wednesday 29 July; Free Outdoor Event - Guided Meditation and Picnic Social with Himesh and the London Spirituality Meetup Group in Regents Park. Meet at Regents Park tube at 6.40pm to walk to St Johns Lodge. Free event but bring water and a picnic and something to sit on. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspiritualcommunity

Thursday 30 July; PF-London Lammas Open Ritual. 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 July; The Awakening: 9 Principles for Finding the Courage to Change Your Life.Book signing and talk with Sidra Jafri 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 31 July; Story-Fest - storytelling aimed at children and families at the Museum of Childhood.Venue: A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9PA. Free event for all ages, just drop in. Sign up for some workshops on the day. Time: 11am - 4pm. http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/events/osummer-holidays-fun-fridays/

Friday 31 July; The Spiritual Child: The New Science on Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving.book signing and talk with Lisa J Miller 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 31 July; Gong Soundbath - for people who seek deep relaxation, rejuvenation and acceleration of their inward journey. With Diana Vernon MCSH. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm-8.30pm. Cost: £18/£20 Advance booking advised. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 31 July; Once in a Blue Moon - Energize your aura with powerful Lunar energy with Global Wicca Earth Healing Temple London. Meet at St James Street railway station, Walthamstow, London E17 7PJ, event is at a private location. Bring any of your own ritual tools if you have. Meet at 7pm. Price: £10. To reserve a place and for more information, visit http://www.meetup.com/Global-Wicca-Earth-Healing-Temple-London/

Friday 31 July; Blue Moon Ceremony and Picnic with optional evening visit to Krishna Temple with Wiccan High Priest Mani Navasothy. Location: St James Park, London, London. SW1A 2BJ. This event is also part of a Hindu Magical meetup. Location: Terrace Gardens Richmond, London. Meet at 4pm. To find out more and to reserve a place, visit: http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/ or http://www.meetup.com/Krishnas-and-Hindu-Magicians/

Saturday, 1 August; HT Lammas: Pan's Picnic 2015. Venue: Queen's Wood, Highgate, London. Meet at the Woodman's pub at 2pm. Ritual takes 4-5 hours. Bring food and drink to share. Free event, all pagans welcome. Full details: https://www.facebook.com/events/671409319639224/

Saturday, 1 August; Wheel of the Year Festival - Fruition 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 on the lower lawn. Free admission to the gardens from 10am to noon. http://www.chalicewell.org.uk/

Saturday, 1 August; Free and Open Gorsedd of Caer Aribi Lughnasadh Ritual. Druidic ceremony to celebrate the First Harvest and the festival of Lugh at Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire. Time: meet at the Red Lion pub from noon; ritual 1.30pm - 3pm. Free event but offerings of bread, cake, mead and Bardship welcome. Camping in tents in the overflow car park is allowed on the nights of Friday and Saturday.

Saturday, 1 August; Lammas Earth healing ritual - free event with Global Wicca Earth Healing Temple - London. Meet at Meet at the Peter Pan Statue near Lancaster Gate side of Kensington Gardens, London. Time: 5pm. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Global-Wicca-Earth-Healing-Temple-London/

Saturday, 1 August; 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 2 August; The Craft of Silversmithery With Neil Burridge. Full-day workshop at Caer Corhain Shamamic Development Centre of the Isle of Sheppey, 1 Southleas farm cottages, Lower Road, Minster, Sheppey ME12 3SW. Time: 11am-4.30pm. Cost £35 per person. Very limited places, so advance booking and payment essential. For more details and information on how to book, call 07885682295 or 01795 874542, email ccearthevents@live.co.uk or visit;http://www.touchtheearthuk.com/

Sunday 2 August; Pagan Pride Nottingham - UK's largest celebration of the diversity within the Pagan community with live music, dance, talks, workshops, performances. Venue: The Arboretum, Nottingham. Time: noon-6pm. Free event. http://www.paganpride.org.uk/

Sunday 2 August; Anderida Gorsedd Lughnasadh open ritual at the Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex. Meet near the car park between 1.30pm and 2pm for a walk up to the chalk hill figure at 2pm. Afterwards back to the Giants Rest pub in Wilmington for a social drink together.

Sunday 2 August; Wheel of the Year ritual drawing from Celtic earth/pagan traditions at Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim's Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Tel: 020 7433 3267. http://www.rosslynhillchapel.com/

Sunday 9 August; Lughnasadh, also known as Lammas, Celebration on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Gather in the Hawthorne Grove at Primrose Hill, London, NW1 8YH, between 12.30pm and 12.45pm to prepare the site ready for a prompt 1pm start. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm. Bring a small contribution of food and drink to share. All are welcome.

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