This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here are some of the events in London that could be of interest to pagans 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

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/whats_on/exhibitions/celts.aspx and by phone: 020 7323 8181

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; Film: Agora. Venue: Stevenson Lecture Theatre , British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 2pm. Tickets £3 for the film, but advance booking essential. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

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.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 21 November; Telepathic Healing Experience with Sensing Energy and Intuition Development Meetup Group. Venue: At your own home. Time: 11am. Details and to reserve a place: http://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development/

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 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/

Sunday 22 November; Global Wicca Event: Introduction and Basics of Magick, Witchcraft and Wicca. Venue: St James Street Park, Walthamstow, Near St James Street station, London E17 8AX. Time: 3pm. Free introductory class for genuine seekers. Details and to reserve a place: http://www.meetup.com/Global-Wicca-Earth-Healing-Temple-London/

Monday 23 November; 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/

Monday 23 November; Find What You Love, Love What You Do. Talk by Julian Russell. 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 23 November; Spirit and Channelling 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/

Monday 23 November; The Strange Person Theory of History. Talk by John Higgs organised by London Fortean Society in partnership with Conway Hall. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Tickets: £5. Time: 7.30pm. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Monday 23 November; Self Love Experience Workshop. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH Time: 7pm. Tickets £10. Details and booking: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality

Tuesday 24 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 24 November; 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 24 November; 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

Wednesday 25 November; Nostradamus. Book signing and talk by Mario Reading 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/

Wednesday 25 November; Dion Fortune's West Country. Lecture at Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £8. Advance booking required. Call 0207 419 8507. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Wednesday 25 November; The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Talk by Dr Nida Chenagtsang. 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/

Thursday 26 November, Lewis Carroll and the Supernatural. Hosted by London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £4/£2. https://www.facebook.com/events/1181998771828449/

Thursday 26 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

Friday 27 November, Sir Isaac Newton: England’s Greatest and Mystic. Lecture by Dr Edi Bilimoria 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

Saturday 28 November; Seriously Bewitched Conference co-organised by ASSAP (the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena) and the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Venue: Goldsmiths College, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW. Time: 10am - 7pm. More details: https://www.facebook.com/groups/7552750587/

Saturday 28 November; Healing Portraits Workshop with the Sensing Energy and Intuition Development Meetup Group. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Time: noon. Cost: £20. Book and pay online: http://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development/

Sunday 29 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 29 November; London Witches are joining The People's March for Climate Change, Justice and Jobs with Mani of London Woodland Wiccans Meet-up group. The venue is currently being kept a secret but is on Park Lane, London. Time: Noon. More details and to reserve a place: http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

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.