Friday 10 July 2015

This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London


Here are some of the events in London over the next week nthat could be of interest to pagans.

Now to Sunday 19 July. Numinous - photographic exhibition by Sara Hannant inspired by the tradition of offering votive rags at Cornwall’s Holy Wells. Venue: Forty Hill, Enfield EN2 9HA. Free to enter, opening times: Tuesday–Friday 11am–5pm, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays noon–5pm. For more details, call 020 8363 8196 or visit: http://www.fortyhallestate.co.uk/

Friday 10 July; Manifest with Spirit - Access and Create Your True Heart’s Desire. Lecture by James Philip. 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 11 July; Nature Walk in Hyde Park with Meditation and Social. Organised by Inspirational Healing London Meetup Group. 1pm to 5pm. Meet at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Bring food and water. For details and to sign up: http://www.meetup.com/Inspirationalhealing/

Saturday 11 July; Sigil Magick. Afternoon workshop with Mark Vincent. Venue: Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm - 5.30pm. Tickets £30. Advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 11 July; Storytelling with London Dreamtime in a tangled forest in SE23 in the evening. Location details given to those who sign up. Tickets £3, booking essential, email vanessa@londondreamtime.com. For more details, visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Sunday 12 July; Conference: Shubbak: Disappearing cities of the Arab world. This event explores issues of architecture, post-colonialism, globalisation and psychogeography. Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: from 11am to 5pm. Tickets £20 - rsvp@mosaicrooms.org For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Sunday 12 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/

Sunday 12 July; Poetry and Picnic in the Park (Free Your Heart) with Live from your Heart, London in Hyde Park. Meet Meet outside Lancaster Gate Tube at 1pm. Free event but bring a pen and notebook, water, food and something to sit on. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspiritualcommunity and http://www.meetup.com/Live-from-your-heart-London

Monday 13 July; Science in Wonderland: The scientific fairy tales of Victorian Britain.Talk by author Melanie Keene at the London Fortean Society. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Tube: Holborn. Time: 7.45pm - 10pm. Entry: £5. For more details, visit http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Monday 13 July; Treadwell's Open Circle. Wiccan-style ceremony for those with some experience led by Lisa Grace and Ellie Hughes. Venue: Treadwell's, 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 13 July; Light Is the New Black.Talk by author Rebecca Campbell. 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 13 July; Meditation, Energy and Sound Bath with Carly Grace of the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Time: 7.30pm. Cost: £15. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Monday 13 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 14 July; Sound Meditation. Venue: Goose Green Clinic, 57 East Dulwich Road, London SE22 9AP. Time: 10.45am. Cost:£12/£10. More information and booking: http://www.meetup.com/Holistic-SoundBath-Meditation-Summoning-The-Sacred-Dulwich/

Tuesday 14 July; Gordon the Toad, author of Celebrating Nature and Sacred Animals, will be talking about his magical life at Nova Stellar Wicca Meet-Up Group for genuine seekers to the Craft. Venue is normally a pub in London, but the location for this event will only be shown to members of the meet-up group. Door open 7pm, talk starts 8.30pm. You must reserve a place in advance by emailing mickijl@yahoo.co.uk or via the group website. The group normally meets on the second Tuesday of each month. http://www.meetup.com/South-London-Wicca-Meetup/

Tuesday 14 July; Occult Power in Greek Icons. Lecture by Dr Sasha Chaitow. Venue: Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets £7. Advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Tuesday 14 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/

Wednesday 15 July; Faust's Pact: Legend, Life, Magic. Lecture by Dr Leo Ruickbie, author of Faustus: The Life and Legend of a Renaissance Magician.Venue: Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm. Tickets £7. Advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Wednesday 15 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

Wednesday 15 July; Shamanic Ceremony in the Kingston Zodiac with Kingston Zodiac Walks and Sacred London Adventures. Venue is Canbury Pavilion, Lower Ham Road, Kingston but full details only given to those who sign up. Time: 6.30pm meet for 7pm start. Price: £22. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Sacred-Walks-Kingston-Zodiac-Adventure/events/223836207/

Thursday 16 July; New Moon Esbat workshop - Working with Runes 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. Time: 3pm-4pm. Price: £10. To reserve a place and for more information, visit http://www.meetup.com/Global-Wicca-Earth-Healing-Temple-London/

Thursday 16 July; Numerology. Talk and book signing by Sonia Ducie 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 July; The Circle of Ankerwycke moot on the third Thursday in each month. Venue: Function room at the back of the Two Rivers Pub, 43 Church Street, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 4EN. Time: 8pm.

Thursday 16 July; Birth of Goddess Isis: Night of the Cradle Ritual with Wiccan High Priest Mani Navasothy. Location: Terrace Gardens Richmond, London. Meet at Richmond train station at 6.30pm to walk to the ritual site for 7pm start. Ritual will take 30mins followed by feasting. Wear suitable clothes and bring food and drink to share. To find out more and to reserve a place, visit: http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Thursday 16 July; Croydon CoA Gathering: Social evening open to all Pagan Paths at 1 Mathews Yard off Surrey Street, Croydon. Event held on the third Thursday of the month at 8pm. For any questions email coacentral@witchcraft.org or visit http://www.witchfest.net/

Thursday 16 July; South Essex Red Tent. Women only event. Venue: Fairkytes Art Centre, 51 Billet Lane, Hornchurch RM11 1AX. Time: 7.30pm. Suggested donation to cover costs is £5. Wear something red. http://www.cobwebsandcauldrons.co.uk/

Saturday 18 July; Earth Day Workshop - Sacred Connection and Drumming with the Spirits of Mother Earth run by Shamanic Spirit at a venue in Croydon, South London. Time: 11am-4pm. For more details and to book places call 07952 041477. For more information, visit http://shamanicspirit.co.uk/

Saturday 18 July; Starting Out in Tarot. Day Workshop with Sue Merlyn. Venue: Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Price: £55 (£30 deposit, balance due on the day). Time: 10.45am start. Ends 5.30pm. Advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 18 July; The Hero's Journey - Exploring The Sun in the Astrological Chart. Workshop with Cat Cox at The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London WC1A 1LY. Time 11am-5pm. Cost £55. To reserve a place, contact Bali on either 020 7405 2120 or atlantis@thatlantisbookshop.com

Saturday 18 July; Learn Reiki Healing Level 1 Day Class with Sensing Energy and Intuition Development. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Time: 10am start. £50. For more details and to reserve a place visit http://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development/

Sunday 19 July; The Highgate Vampire Symposium 2015. Talks from David Farrant, Geraldine Beskin and other supernatural and folklore experts. Venue: the haunted theatre Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate. Time: 1pm-8pm. Tickets: £12/£10 Concessions. Details: http://highgatevampire2015.uk

Sunday 19 July; LGBTQ Discussion Group with Pagan Federation London. Venue: Treadwell's Books, 33 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 2pm-5pm. For more details, visit http://london.paganfed.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/1382323595402518/

Sunday 19 July; 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.

If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com

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