Samhain or Halloween Pagan Events around London

Here are events taking place over Samhain - or Halloween - in London and a few in other parts of the UK that could be of interest to pagans.

Now – 31 January 2016; Celts: Art and Identity Exhibition. Venue: Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery (Room 30), British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Tickets £16.50, children under 16 free. Booking online at: http://www.britishmuseum.org and by phone: 020 7323 8181

Throughout October to All Souls Day; London Month of the Dead organised by Curious Invitation and Antique Beat in conjunction with Brompton and Kensal Green cemeteries. Tours, talks, workshops and entertainment on the theme of death. For a full list of the events and to book tickets, visit the London Month of the Dead website: http://londonmonthofthedead.com/index.html

Thursday 22 October; The Old City Ghost Walk organised by The College of Psychic Studies. Meeting outside exit 3 of Bank underground station at 7.30pm. The walk finishes near to St Paul underground station at 9.30pm. Cost: £25 Advance booking essential. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 23 October; ‘Magic and Rituals’ Art Exhibition Launch. Venue: Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm - 9pm. Free event but advance booking required. After the launch, the show will be up 11.30 am – 6pm until THursday 29 October. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 23 October; 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/

Friday 23 October; I Met A Monk. Book signing and talk by Rose Elliot at Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit the website http://www.watkinsbooks.com/

Friday 23 October; Celtic voices: modern poetry from the Celtic world. Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 7pm-8.30pm. Tickets: £8/£5. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Friday 23 October; That Cabbage Knows what You're Thinking. Talk by Anna Parkinson. 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 23, Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October; Mind Body Soul Experience. Venue: Alexandra Palace, London, N22 7AY. Opening Times: Friday 11am - 6pm, Saturday 10am – 6pm, Sunday 10am – 5pm. Online tickets: Adults £10, Concessions £8; On the door: Adults: £12, Concessions £10. The Mind Body Soul Experience ticket also gives free access into the OM Yoga Show, in an adjoining hall. For a free show guide and to buy tickets, visit www.mbsevents.co.uk

Saturday 24 October; Workshop: Activate Your Heart Intelligence with Howard Martin through London College of Spirituality. Venue: Wellcome Collection 183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE. Time: 9.30AM to 4.30PM. Cost: £149 (discounts available). For more details and to book places visit http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Saturday 24 October; Lore and Mystery of Samhain workshop with Suzanne Corbie. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 10.45am arrival for 11am start. Finishes 5.30pm. Tickets £55 (£30 deposit, balance on the day). Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 24 October; Walkies in the Paradise Garden - Tour of Hyde Park and its dark secrets including a visit to the pet cemetery - part of London Month of the Dead organised by Curious Invitation and Antique Beat. Walks start at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Tickets £15. To book tickets, visit the London Month of the Dead website: http://londonmonthofthedead.com/index.html

Saturday 24 October; Lady of the Mysteries - Exploring The Moon 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

Sunday 25 October; Meditation at Russell Brands Trew Era Cafe, 30 Whitmore Road, London N1 5QA. Starts 10.15am. Free event. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspiritualcommunity

Sunday, 25 October; Spirit work for beginners - workshop. Venue: with Cobwebs at Cauldrons, Unit 137, Romford Shopping Hall, 43 Market Place, Romford RM1 3AB. Tickets £20. For times and other details Visit http://www.cobwebsandcauldrons.co.uk/ or email cobwebsandcauldrons@gmail.com

Sunday 25 October; October Plenty - an Autumn harvest celebration held annually in Southwark, mixing ancient seasonal customs and theatre with contemporary festivity. Startsat noon on the Bankside, by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Free event. For more details, visit http://www.thelionspart.co.uk/octoberplenty/index.html

Sunday 25 October; Woodland Wicca - Full Moon Ritual and Monthly social with Mani of London Woodland Wiccans Meet-up group. Location: Wimbledon Common, south London. Meet at Bus stop `S' on Parkside Avenue by Wimbledon Common at 5.30pm for a 10-minute walk to the ritual site. Ritual ends 9.30pm. Wear sensible clothing and bring food and drink to share. More details and to reserve a place: http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Monday 26 October; Tarot Archetypes: Temperance, with Marysia Kay. Mini workshop at 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 26 October; The Courage to Change. Lecture by Malcolm Stern. 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 26 October; The Psychology of Ghosts and Hauntings. Talk by Professor Chris French at South West London Humanists. Venue: Kingston Quaker Centre, Fairfield East, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 2PT. Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm. Free event, booking essential: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-psychology-of-ghosts-and-hauntings-professor-chris-french-tickets-18381862646

Monday 26 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/

Tuesday 27 October - Friday 30 October; Half-term activity for families: The world of the Celts. Art, storytelling and other activities. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 11am-60pm. Free event, just drop in. For more details visit: http://www.britishmuseum.org

Tuesday 27 October; What can we learn about people from fairies? Lecture by Deborah Hyde. Venue: LG01, Professor Stuart Hall Building, Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW. Time: 6.10pm. Attendance is free and there is no need to book in advance. For further information, visit http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/apru/speakers or contact Duncan Colvin (email: d.colvin@gold.ac.uk).

Tuesday 27 October; Woodland Wicca - Full Moon Ritual and Magical social in Wimbledon Common, suitable for those wanting to learn about Wicca and Witchcraft. Location: Wimbledon Common, Parkside, London SW19, London. Wear suitable clothing and bring food and drink to share after the rite. Time: 7.30pm. For details and to reserve a place: http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/events/222916958/

Tuesday 27 October; Children of Artemis Central London Monthly Moot Meeting. Venue: Counting House, 50 Cornhill, London. Time: 6pm. Gathering meeting up on the last Tuesday of the month, venue permitting. https://www.facebook.com/pages/CoA-Central-London-Gathering/505714086232636?

Tuesday 27 October; Gwen Tate Lecture - The Gift of Alzheimer's.Talk by Maggie La Tourelle. 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/

Tuesday 27 October; 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 October; Healing Energy Workshop and Meditation workshop with the Sensing Energy and Intuition Development Meet-up Group. Venue: St Stephen's Church Hall, 48 Emperor's Gate, London SW7 4HJ. Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. Details and bookings: http://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development/

Wednesday 28 October; Fairytales for Grown-Ups. Storytelling by Ben Haggarty and Sherry Robinson with the Crick Crack Club. Venue: The Forge, 3-7 Delancey Street, London, NW1. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £10. Booking and details: https://uk.patronbase.com/_Forge/Productions/UB/Performances

Thursday 29 October; God's Blueprint.Book signing and talk by Christopher Knight 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 29 October; London Fortean Society: Halloween Gathering: Encountering Ghosts. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Tickets: £4/£2. Time: 7.45pm. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Thursday 29 October; The Day of the Dead. Storytelling by Clare Muireann Murphy, Xanthe Gresham Knight and TUUP with the Crick Crack Club. Venue: Rich Mix Bar, Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £8, £6. Booking and details: http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/the-crick-crack-club-presents-the-day-of-the-dead15/

Thursday 29 October; Talk: Astrology, Time and Consciousness with Zoe Hind at the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH, Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality

Thursday 29 October; PF-London Samhain 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 29 October; 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

Friday 30 October - Friday 6 November; Samhain with White Horse Camps - druid event with include ritual, crafts, oracular work, dreaming and deep journeying. Venue: Wildways, Borle Mill Bank, Highley, Shropshire Price: Full price: £32 per day, concessions £22 per day, Half day (30 October and 6 November) £15, Children £7/£15 per day. Details: http://whitehorsecamps.co.uk/?event=samhain-2015

Friday 30 October, Art of Witchcraft - talk and look at the paintings of artist Lachlan Goudie. Venue: National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London. Time: 6.30–8pm. Tickets: £26/£24 concessions/£22 Members. For more details and to book tickets, visit: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/calendar/friday-lates-social-30-october-2015-18-30

Friday 30 October, The Nine Resonance Patterns. Lecture by Joseph Sylvia Francke at Rilko (Research Into Lost Knowledge). Public lecture. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 6.45pm, lecture starts 7.15pm. Entrance: £7/£5. http://www.rilko.net/EZ/rilko/rilko/home.php

Friday 30 October; Launch Party: Arabic Influences on Occult Philosophy by Dr Liana Saif. Venue: Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm - 10pm. This event is free but advance booking is essential. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 30 October; Druid Samhain Ritual Discussion and Bardic Class with Oak Druid Order and London Pagan and Heathen Circle. Venue: Souk Medina, 1a Short's Gardens, London WC2H 9AT. Time: 6.30pm. Details and reservations: http://www.meetup.com/London-Pagan-Circle/

Friday 30 October; Yoga and Gong - Vauxhall Yoga and Sound Meditation. Venue: Bonnington Centre, 11 Vauxhall Grove, London SW8 1TD. Time: 7pm. Entry: £15. http://www.meetup.com/Vauxhall-Gong-Bath/

Friday 30 October; Ghosts and Monsters of Bankside walk with Scott Wood of the London Fortean Society and author of London Urban Legends.Meet at the exit for Southwark Station, 68 - 70 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8JZ. Time: 7pm-8.30pm. Tickets: £5. Details: http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Friday 30 October; Silver Chalice Twilight Samhain Ritual in the Sun Circle, Avebury Henge, Wiltshire. Starts at 4pm. All most welcome, but bring a lantern or pumpkin.

Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November; Workshop: Day of the Dead family festival. Art, storytelling and other activities. Venue: British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 11am-60pm. Free event, just drop in. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Saturday 31 October; Wheel of the Year Festival - Resting Meditation at Chalice Well World Peace Garden, in Glastonbury. Gather at the Well Head at noon for 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 31 October; Free and Open Gorsedd of Caer Abiri Samhain Ritual at Avebury Sun Circle, in Avebury, Wiltshire. Open druidic style ceremony to mark Samhain, the end and beginning of times. Meet at the Red Lion Pub, Avebury, around noon for rite at around 1.30pm, ending at around 4.30pm. Contributions of song, poetry, mead and cakes are welcome. There will be music and entertainment in the Red Lion pub in the evening. Overnight camping will be allowed in the nearby overflow car park.

Saturday 31 October; Samhain - Woodland Wicca Seasonal Ritual and Halloween social with Mani of London Woodland Wiccans Meet-up group. Location: Queen's Woods, Highgate, north London. Meet at The Woodman's pub, Archway Road, from 4pm for a ritual talk-through and then a walk to the woods around 4.30pm to start the ritual. Wear sensible clothing and bring food and drink to share. More details and to reserve a place: http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Saturday 31 October; The Halloween of Crossbones. A ritual drama to honour the Outcast Dead of Crossbones Graveyard,with performance from The Southwark Mysteries, Magical poems and songs by John Constable aka John Crow,Moksha, and Nigel of Bermondsey plus a Samhain ritual and procession to Crossbones Graveyard. Venue: The Table Cafe, 83 Southwark Street, London SE1 0HX. Time: 7pm (Doors open 6pm for welcome, bar and snacks). Tickets £10 (+ £1 booking fee) - advance booking essential. For tickets: www.wegottickets.com/event/335617 For more details: http://www.crossbones.org.uk/#/events/4527977528

Saturday 31 October; The Unbelievers Ghost Walk (London EC1) with Scott Wood of the London Fortean Society. Meet outside Farringdon station on Cowcross Street, London EC1. Time: 7pm-8.30pm. Tickets: £5. Details: http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Saturday 31 October; The Circle of Ankerwycke will be holding its amazing 12th Samhain Ritual and Celebration near Staines on the evening of October 31st. Attendees are required to arrive by 7.30pm and to wear something warm as the ritual will be held outdoors in the woods. For more information and an invitation, please call 07889 126311 or email ankerwytch@hotmail.co.uk

Sunday 1 November; Meditation at Russell Brands Trew Era Cafe, 30 Whitmore Road, London N1 5QA. Starts 10.15am. Free event. Details: http://www.meetup.com/londonspiritualcommunity

Sunday 1 November; Day of the Dead on the rooftop with London Dreamtime. Venue: Queen of Hoxton, 1-5 Curtain Road, London E2. Time: 4pm-6pm. Tickets £5, booking essential, For more details, visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/ or https://queen-of-hoxton.eventcube.io/events/2481/day-of-the-dead-storytelling-on-the-rooftop

Sunday 1 November; Kali Puuja - A one day workshop to explore the wisdom of the Vedas with ancient mantras and meditation techniques. Venue: Caer Corhrain, 1 Southleas farm cottages, Lower Road, Minster, Sheppey ME12 3SW. Time: 10am-4pm. Bring packed lunch. for booking and more info contact Bruce at auberzone@yahoo.com or phone on 07928 149659 http://www.touchtheearthuk.com/

I try to make sure all the details in my events listings are correct, but I am only human and sometimes make a mistake. If you spot something that needs changing, or if you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com.