Thursday 12 November 2015

This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London


Witchfest is the big event for witches and other pagans in London this coming weekend. Here are details of that and other events taking place over the next week or so.

Now - 3 December; Voices of the Winter Hearth - A mixed media art exhibition exploring the theme of winter in a time of folklore and superstition. Situated in a Grade 1-listed church, in the candlelit and richly atmospheric setting of the belfry, it conjures the bleak yet beautiful landscape of winter, interspersed with images of myth and folk tales. Venue: St John on Bethnal Green, London E2. Opening Times: Saturdays and Sundays 1pm – 6pm; Thursdays 6pm-9pm. Free entry Website: http://www.stjohnonbethnalgreen.org/?p=1879190. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/winterhearth?ref=hl Twitter: @thewinterhearth

Thursday 12 November; Angels are Real. Lecture by Kyle Gray, author of Angels: How to See, Hear and Feel Your Angels.Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm - 9pm. Tickets £20/£15 online. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Thursday 12 November; Symbolic Devices: On the Hieronymous Machine and Other Magical Technologies. Talk by Mark Pilkington at South East London Folklore Society (SELFS). Venue: The Old King's Head, Kings Head Yard, 45-49 Borough High St, London SE1 1NA. Entry: £3/£1.50 concessions. Meetings are normally the second Thursday of each month. http://www.selfs.org.uk/ To guarantee a seat, email nigelofbermondsey@gmail.com

Thursday 12 November; 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/

Thursday 12 November; 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 12 November; Dance of the Heart with Karen Skehel. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. Details and booking: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality

Friday 13 November; Margaret Murray: Witchcraft theory and the ‘lunatic’ fringe? Venue: The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT. Time: 6pm. Free event but registration essential: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/margaret-murray-witchcraft-theory-and-the-lunatic-fringe-tickets-17149796503

Friday 13 November; Myth in Life, When the Dragon Wins. Storytelling workshop for adults with writer Francesco Dimitri, running alongside Out of the Fire Exhibition. A photographic installation by Sara Hannant. Venue: Oxford House Gallery, Derbyshire St, London E2. Time: 6pm. Tickets £9. More details and booking: http://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/

Friday 13 November; The Unexpected History of the Crystal Skulls. Talk by Judy Hall. 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 13 November; Yoga and Sound Immersion. Venue: Bonnington Centre, 11 Vauxhall Grove, London SW8 1TD. Time: 7pm. Entry: £15/£17. http://www.meetup.com/Vauxhall-Gong-Bath/

Friday 13 November; Unlucky Again - storytelling with London Dreamtime. Venue: Secret Location Near Peckham. Time: 9pm. Tickets £3, prebooking essential email vanessa@londondreamtime.com. For more details, visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Saturday 14 November; Witchfest International 2015. Large pagan and witchcraft conference and evening entertainment with live music run by Children of Artemis. Stalls, talks, workshops, music, food, bar and more. Venue: Fairfield Halls, Croydon, South London. Earlybird online tickets £17 for CoA members/£22 non-members. Tickets also available on the door for £24, visit http://www.witchfest.net/

Saturday 14 November; Here be Dragons - Communicating with your Dragon. Workshop with Judy Hall. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 10am-5pm. Cost: £85/£65 Advance booking advised. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Saturday 14 November; Healing Energy Workshop and Meditation with the Sensing Energy and Intuition Development Meet-up Group. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Time: noon. Price: £10. Bookings: http://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development/

Sunday 15 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 15 November; Pagan Family Book Event, including author Zaro Weil signing copies of her new book, Journey Back to the Great BeforeVenue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: noon to 2pm. Free, just drop in. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 15 November; 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 November; Wendy Rule Concert. Venue: Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm - 10pm. £10 tickets. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Monday 16 November, Satanic Feminism: Historic Perspectives. Lecture by Dr Per Faxneld. Venue: Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: Time: 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. Tickets £8. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Monday 16 November, The Baba Yaga Show. Storytelling by Xanthe Gresham Knight with the Crick Crack Club. Venue: Soho Theatre, Dean Street, London W1D 3NE. Time: 8pm. Tickets: £10/£8. Booking and details: http://sohotheatre.com/whats-on/crick-crack-club-the-baba-yaga-show/

Monday 16 November; Body Calm.Talk and book signing by Sandy Newbigging. 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, 16 November; Group Healing Share with London Energy Share. Venue: Friends Meeting House, 52 St Martins Lane London WC2N 4EA. Time: 7.15pm. Price: £10 per person. http://www.meetup.com/londonenergyshare/

Tuesday 17 November; 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 17 November; Talk on History of Wicca Part 2: Doreen Valiente. 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 17 November; This dissociated brain: What do dissociative experiences and out-of-body experience (OBE) tell us about self-consciousness? Lecture by Dr Jason Braithwaite. 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 17 November; Paul Beard Lecture - Morphic Resonance, Memory and the Collective Unconscious. Lecture by Rupert Sheldrake. 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 18 November; 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/

Thursday 19 November; The Origin Speaks.Book signing and talk by Guy Needler 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 19 November; Icepicks and Violets. Performance at Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. Tickets £10. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Thursday 19 November; Croydon CoA Gathering: Social evening open to all Pagan Paths at 1 Matthews 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 19 November; 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.

Friday 20 November; Group Healing Night with the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Columbia Hotel (Regency Suite), 95 - 99 Lancaster Gate, London W2 3NS. Time: 7pm. Price: £10. For more details and to book places visit http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Friday 20 November; An Introduction to British Native Shamanism. Talk by Elen Sentier, author of Shaman Pathways - Following the Deer Trods: A Practical Guide to Working with Elen of the WaysVenue: 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 21 November; 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: 3pm. For details and to reserve a place: http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 November; Two-day Workshop with Vivianne and Chris Crowley at Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 10am- 6pm. Price: £120 (deposit £60, balance due on first day). For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 22 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 22 November; Workshop - Crystals for Beginners. Venue: with Cobwebs at Cauldrons, Unit 137, Romford Shopping Hall, 43 Market Place, Romford RM1 3AB. For details, visit http://www.cobwebsandcauldrons.co.uk/

Sunday 22 November; UK Rokkatru Moot London - meet and chat about Rokkatru, Lokean and Heathen topics. Venue: Cafe Bella Maria, 4 Lower Grosvenor Place, London SW1W 0EJ. Time: 1pm - 3pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1524728664514718/

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.

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