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

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

Friday 16 October, In search of the Celts: beyond art, language and genetics - interdisciplinary panel discussion Celticity chaired by Sir Barry Cunliffe, University of Oxford, and featuring Miranda Aldhouse-Green, Cardiff University, Martin Richards, University of Huddersfield, Simon James, University of Leicester, and John Koch, University of Wales. Event to tie in with the Celts: Art and Identity Exhibition.Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 6.30pm-7.30pm. Tickets £5, Members/Concessions £3. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Friday 16 October, Documentary: Wanassa, Kypris, Aphrodite! The Great Goddess of Cyprus. Venue: Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 7pm-9pm. Free, booking essential. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Friday 16 October; Through the Mists - The Magik and Mystery of Avalon. Lecture 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 16 October, Light, the Life Force and Earth Changes. Lecture by Ralf Roessner through Sacred Space. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT. Time: 7.30pm - 9pm. Tickets: £12 pay on the door. https://www.facebook.com/events/453203378215273/ http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/

Saturday 17 October; Ritual and Magic - delve into the supernatural side of the Museum of London's archaeological archive and explore London’s remains of curses, witching bottles and animal sacrifice. Venue: Museum of London, 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN. Time: 11am – 12.30pm and 1.30-3pm. £9. Details and tickets: www.museumoflondon.org.uk

Saturday 17 October; Crop Circles: Insights Into An Enduring Mystery. An afternoon with Gary S Bobroff and Andy Thomas. Venue: St James Church, 97 Piccadilly London W1J 911. Entrance is on the left side, in Church Place, down the outside staircase. Time: 2pm-5.30pm. Ticket: £12, available on the door, or contact Margaret Novakovic at: mnovakovic@hotmail.co.uk

Saturday 17 October; Luxmi Pooja in the Park (part of Navarathree celebration) with Mani of London Woodland Wiccans Meet-up group. Meet at the Italian Gardens in Hyde Park, London at 2pm, move to ritual site at 2.30pm. More details and to reserve a place: http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Saturday 17 October; The Grey Soul of London - a guided walk lead by Robert Kingham into the London of Arthur Machen. This is to celebrate The Three Impostors' launch of their edition of Arthur Machen's Things Near and Far. Time: 2pm to 6pm. Tickets are £10 (£7 concessions). For more details and to book tickets, visit, http://www.minimumlabyrinth.org/the-grey-soul-of-london.html

Saturday 17 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

Sunday 18 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 18 October; UK Rokkatru Moot London. Venue: Cafe Bella Maria, 4 Lower Grosvenor Place, London SW1W 0EJ. Time: 1pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1616000108664968/

Sunday 18 October; Pagan Future Fests Samhain Celebration 2015. Pagan festival with live music, readings, stalls selling pagan supplies, talks, workshops, drum session and open and closing rituals. Venue: The Bedford Pub/Theatre, 77 Bedford Hill, Balham, London SW12 9HD (Near Balham Station). Time: Noon - 10pm. Tickets: £15 all day (12 - 10pm), £9 evening only (5pm - 10pm), accompanied children free. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.paganfuturefests.org.uk/

Sunday 18 October; City of Bone - London's Architecture of Death. A salon in the cemetery with Gavin Stamp and Brian Parsons as part of London Month of the Dead organised by Curious Invitation and Antique Beat. Venue: Brompton Cemetery Chapel, Fulham Road, London. Time: 1pm. Tickets £12. To book tickets, visit the London Month of the Dead website: http://londonmonthofthedead.com/index.html

Sunday 18 October; Subterranean Sanctuaries - Crypts and Charnel Houses. A salon in the cemetery with Jane Sidell and Malcolm Johnson as part of London Month of the Dead organised by Curious Invitation and Antique Beat. Venue: Brompton Cemetery Chapel, Fulham Road, London. Time: 3.30pm. Tickets £12. To book tickets, visit the London Month of the Dead website: http://londonmonthofthedead.com/index.html

Monday 19 October; Wild Awakening.Lecture and book signing by Mary Daniels. Venue: Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL. Doors open 6pm. Talk: 7pm - 8.30pm. Tickets £12/£8 online. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 19 October; Watching for UFOs: The Edges of Ufology. Talks by Join Mark Pilkington and Micah Hanks at London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX London. Tickets £4 / £2 concessions. No advanced tickets. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1467484203560629/

Monday 19 October; Workshop on Self Love wth Anna 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/events/225182351/

Tuesday 20 October; 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 20 October; Private view: Flash of Splendour: pop-up exhibition inspired by the poet laureate Michael Drayton (1563-1631)'s epic topographical poem of England and Wales, Poly Olbion, a magicaljourney through the landscape, history, folk traditions and customs of early modern England and Wales. Venue Cecil Sharp House, London NW1 7AY. Tickets: Free. Day event. http://www.cecilsharphouse.org/

Tuesday 20 October; Talk about Aleister Crowley and Pagan Moot. Venue: Souk Medina Tea Room, 1a Short's Gardens, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9AT. Time: 6pm-9pm. Free event. http://www.meetup.com/London-Pagan-Circle/

Tuesday 20 October; 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, 21 October; Workshop: Re-Opening to Sacred Union within and without with Anna Aria of the London College of Spirituality. Venue@ The Boy's Club, St Gabriel's Hall, Churchill Gardens, London SW1V 3AA. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Thursday 22 October; Living Jainism.Book signing and talk by Aidan Rankin 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 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/

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. Starts at noon on the Bankside, by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Free event. For more details, visit http://www.thelionspart.co.uk/octoberplenty/index.html

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