Thursday 3 December 2015

This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here are events in London and nearby over the next week or so that could be of interest to pagans.

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 3 December; Be Your Own Fairy Tale.Book signing and talk by Alison Davies 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 3 December; Polar Otherworlds. Lecture with Dr Shane McCorristine. 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/

Thursday 3 December; Class - Freedance and Relaxation with Lizzie Adams of the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH. Time: 7pm. Price: £10. For more details and to book places visit http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Thursday 3 December; Experience Rosslyn Chapel as a Temple of Initiation with Jackie Queally of Sacred Sites and Sacred Walks. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1 6XT. Time: 7.30pm. Booking and details: http://www.meetup.com/Sacred-Sites-and-Sacred-Walks/

Friday 4 December; Wind Down to Winter Festive Sound Bath with Diana Vernon MCSH. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm-8.30pm. Cost: £18/£20 Advance booking advised. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 4 December; The Warriors Call Ritual in Support of Upton. Location: Where you are. Time: 8pm. Details of the ritual to perform are here: https://www.facebook.com/events/457113577814634/

Saturday 5 December; Study day: Myth in the Greek and Roman worlds. Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 10.30am-4pm. Tickets £23, booking essential. There is also a free talk on Greek myths in the Enlightenment Gallery at 1.15pm that you can just turn up for. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Saturday 5 December; Global Wicca Event: Wicca and Witchcraft Tools - Walking tour of Spiritual stores in Central London. Meet outside Treadwells's Books, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS at 11.45am. Details and to reserve a place: http://www.meetup.com/Global-Wicca-Earth-Healing-Temple-London/

Saturday 5 December; Hendon Heathens Moot, Venue: Greyhound Pub, Church End, Hendon, London, NW4 4JT. Time: 6pm. Hendon Heathens meets at this pub the first Saturday of every month.

Sunday 6 December; 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 6 December; Tree Energy Walk: Holland Park with the Sensing Energy and Intuition Development Meetup Group. Meet at High Street Kensington Tube Station, Kensington, London W8 5SA at noon. Price £5. Advance booking essential: http://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development/

Sunday 6 December; Thelema Films "Witch House" Screening. Venue: Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, 42-46 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, London E2 6NB. Time: 4pm. Entry £5. Tickets: http://www.guerrillazoo.com/tickets.html Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1705007873064621/

Monday 7 December; 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 £8, advance booking required. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Tusday 8 December; The Art of Manifesting. Lecture by Sarah Tyler-Walters. 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 8 December; an evening gathering with Maxine Sanders. 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 closed group. Door open 7pm, talk starts 8.30pm. You must reserve a place in advance by emailing mickijl@yahoo.co.uk. The group normally meets on the second Tuesday of each month. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1472510443017948/

Wednesday 9 December; Gallery talk: Gift giving in ancient Britain. Venue: Room 50, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm. Free event that you can just turn up for. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Thursday 10 December; Connecting with the Devasand Angels. Talk and tarot set signing by Cilla Conway and W Erlick 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/

Thursday 10 December; Meditation, Energy and Sound Bath with Carly Grace. Venue: Latvian House, 72 Queensborough Terrace, London, W2 3SH Time: 7pm. Tickets £15.30. Details and booking: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality

Thursday 10 December; 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 10 December; PF-London Yule Open Ritual Facilitated by Elen of the Ways Group. 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 10 December; Of Shadows:Objects From the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic. Talk by Sara Hannant 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. Time: 8pm start. Meetings are normally the second Thursday of each month. http://www.selfs.org.uk/ To guarantee a seat, email nigelofbermondsey@gmail.com

Thursday 10 December; 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 11 December; Open Evening at the College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 5pm-9pm. Cost: £20 Advance booking advised. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 11 December; Saturnalia at Atlantis, Storytelling with London Dreamtime. Venue: Atlantis Occult Bookshop 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. Time: 7pm-9pm. Free event, for more details email vanessa@londondreamtime.com or visit visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Friday 11 December; 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/

Saturday 12 December; Workshop to mix and explore the different uses for Henna. Venue: Caer Corhrain, 1 Southleas farm cottages, Lower Road, Minster, Sheppey ME12 3SW. Time: 9.30am-4pm. Tickets £35. Bring packed lunch. For booking and payment details, email teirrahdreams@live.co.uk. For more information visit http://www.touchtheearthuk.com/

Saturday 12 December; Gallery talk: Gallery talk - Feeding the Gods: Feasting in Mesopotamia. Venue: Room 56, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm. Free event that you can just turn up for. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx

Saturday 12 December; storytelling with London Dreamtime at Hunter Boots in Regent Street, London W1B 4EW. Time: 2pm. Free event. For details email vanessa@londondreamtime.com. For more details, visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Saturday 12 December; The Madness, the Magic and the Morrigans! Book launch for The Madness and the Magic,music and party with author Sheena Cundy. Venue: The Blue Boar Hotel, Maldon, Essex, CM9. Time: 7pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1505163686463058/

Saturday 12 December; Mind, Body and Spirit Fair, North London. Venue: Coffee Republic North Finchley, 778 High Road, London N12 9QR. Time: 6.30pm-10.30pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/157160087971212/

Sunday 13 December; 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 13 December; Angels and Fairies - deepen your connection with them, with New Thought Minister Heather Andrews-Dobbs. Venue: South Woodford Spiritualist Church, Grove Crescent, London E18 2JR. Time: 11am-4pm. Cost: £20 for one person, or £15 each for two people if you book in advance. Bring a packed lunch. Email Heather.Andrews.Dobbs@gmail.com or phone 07773 127178. http://www.heather-andrews-dobbs.com/

Sunday 13 December; A Spell for Global Peace and Unity with Global Wicca Tradition. Meet at noon in Hyde Park at the goddess Isis statue. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Global-Wicca-Earth-Healing-Temple-London/

Sunday 13 December; Crossbones London Ghost Walk led by John Constable. Meet 1.45pm for departure at 2pm at the Tabard Street pedestrian area by St George the Martyr church, Borough High Street, London SE1 1JA. Tickets £9 / £8 concessions. Advance booking advised. Tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/340312. All proceeds from ticket sales go to Bankside Open Spaces Trust for the Crossbones Garden Appeal

I try to make sure all the details in these 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. If you want any more information about any of the events, contact the organiser directly.

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