Here is a list of events over Imbolc, the festival of the first stirrings of spring, that could be of interest to pagans. Most are in London but a few are in other parts of Southern England.
Now - 29 July 2016; Scholar, courtier, magician: the lost library of John Dee. London exhibition. Venue: Royal College of Physicians, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4LE. Entry free. Opening times vary but normally only Monday-Friday until 5pm, visit the website for details: https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/events
Thursday 28 January; Mindfulness in Motion.
Talk and signing by Tamara Russell 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 28 January; Storytelling - Flaming Brigid at Imbolc with Janice Witherspoon. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm to 9.15pm. Ticket price £10 in advance. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/
Thursday 28 January; Thursday Psychic and Spiritual Circle. Venue: Fairkytes Art Centre, 51 Billet Lane, Hornchurch RM11 1AX. Time: 7pm. £8. https://www.facebook.com/events/162553734113902/
Thursday 28 January; Rennes-le-Château – Incredible New Discoveries. Talk by Rat Scabies organised by London Fortean Society, The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Tickets: £4/2. Time: 7.45pm. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/
Thursday 28 January; PF-London Imbolc 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 28 January; The Lakota Star People. Lecture by Loraine Doherty hosted by Earthstars Sacred Space. Public lecture. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7.30pm. Entrance: £12. https://www.facebook.com/Earthstars-Sacred-Space-104790729559515/
Friday 29 January; Curator's Introduction to Faith After the Pharaohs. Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.30pm. Free event but advance booking essential. For more details visit: http://www.britishmuseum.org/
Friday 29 January, Where Moses Stood. Lecture by Robert Feather 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 29 January, A History of Christian Rosenkreutz. Talk by Philip Martyn. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: lecture starts 7.30pm. Entrance: £3.50/£1. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/
Friday 29 January, Launch party for my own book Pagan Portals - Candle Magic. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, London WC1E 7BS. Nearest tube: Goodge Street. Party runs from 7pm to 10pm, arrive any time after 7pm. Short speeches at 7.45pm. Free event but you must reserve a place in advance. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/ Book details: http://www.moon-books.net/books/pagan-portals-candle-magic
Friday 29 January; Enchantment - An Evening of Chant and Mantra with Stewart Pearce. 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 30 January; AnderidaFest 2016 - one day pagan festival with talks and entertainment. Venue: Southwick Community Centre, 24 Southwick Street, Southwick, West Sussex BN42 4TE. Time: Starts 10am. Tickets £20 in advance, £25 on the day. Details: www.anderidagorsedd.org
Saturday 30 January; Lore and Mystery of Imbolc - Candlemas. One-day workshop about the lore of Imbolc with Wiccan priestess Suzanne Corbie. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am-5.30pm. Ticket price £55, deposit of £30 in advance. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/
Saturday 30 January; Workshop on Healing with Magickal Wands run by Swati Prakash and Mani Navasothy. Venue: The Victoria pub, 10a Strathearn Place, London. Price for one session £20. Starts 11.30am. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Global-Wicca-Earth-Healing-Temple-London/ or http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/
Saturday 30 January; Lost in the Forest: a shapeshifting adventure with London Dreamtime in south east London. Time: 4pm. Price: £15. For details email vanessa@londondreamtime.com. For more details, visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/
Sunday 31 January; Conscious Walking in Pinner with Light in London. Venue: Roxbourne Park, Harrow HA29. Time: 9am. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Light-in-London/
Sunday 31 January; 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 31 January; Imbolc public rite with The London Wicca Meetup Group. Meet at the Rose and Crown, 55 High Street Wimbledon SW19 5BA at noon. The group will leave the pub at 1 pm to go to the ritual site. For details visit: http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Wicca-Meetup-Group/
Sunday 31 January; The Kith of the Tree and the Well Heathen Moot. Upstairs at The Horseshoe Inn, Melior St, London SE1 3QP. Time: 2pm.
Monday 1 February; Gene Keys.
Talk and signing by Richard Rudd 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/Monday 1 February; Mary Magdalene - The Original Feminine Archetype. Talk by Lars Muhl. Venue: Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL. Doors open 6.30pm. Talk: 7pm - 8.30pm. Tickets £15/£10 online. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/
Monday 1 February; Oak Druid Order (ODO) Imbolc Festival of Brigit Talk and Celebration. Venue: Souk Media, 1a Short's Gardens, London, WC2H 9AT. Time: 6.30pm start. For more details and to reserve a place visit: http://www.meetup.com/LondonMagicians/
Tuesday 2 February; 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 2 February; Energy Secrets for 2016. Talk by Dr Alla Svirinskaya. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm-8.30pm. Cost: £12/£15. Advance booking advised. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Tuesday 2 February; Cobwebs and Cauldrons Moot. Venue: White Horse Pub, Chadwell Heath, Essex. Moot takes place on the first Tuesday of every month. 7.30pm start.
Tuesday 2 February; The Witches' Inn Gathering. Venue: The Feathers Hotel in Merstham, Surrey RH1 3EA. Starts at 8pm. Moots are the first Tuesday of each month. For more details and to reserve a place visit: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Witches-Inn/1568424150049437
Wednesday 3 February; Gallery talk: Egypt’s sacred crocodiles: what we can learn from mummified animals. Venue: Room 3, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.15pm. Free event. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar.aspx
Wednesday 3 February; London Aleister Crowley Appreciation Society meeting. Venue: Souk Media, 1a Short's Gardens, London, WC2H 9AT. Time: 6pm for 7pm start. For more details and to reserve a place visit: http://www.meetup.com/LondonMagicians/
Thursday 4 February; BioHarmonizing and Abulafia's Ecstatic Kabbalah. Talk and signing by Frank Ra 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 4 February; 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 5 February; Spiritual Crisis, Shamanic Awakening with Jez Hughes, author of The Heart of Life: Shamanic Initiation and Healing in the Modern World.
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 6 February; Past Life Healing Workshop run by Swati Prakash and Mani Navasothy. Venue: The Victoria pub, 10a Strathearn Place, London. Cost £20. Starts 11.30am. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Global-Wicca-Earth-Healing-Temple-London/ or http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/
Saturday 6 February; Albion Mysteries - Hern's Tribe February New Moon Ceremony. Meet at Coombe Lane tram stop, Croydon, to walk to the woodland site for the ritual, Time: 3pm. Details and to reserve a place: http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/
Saturday 6 February; 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 7 February; 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 7 February; Imbolc Celebration on Primrose Hill with the Loose Association of Druids. Gather in the Hawthorne Grove at Primrose Hill, London, NW1 8YH, between 12.30pm and 12.45pm to prepare the site ready for a prompt 1pm start. Nearest tube: Chalk Farm. Bring a small contribution of food and drink to share. All are welcome.
The information above is correct to the best of my knowledge, but always contact the organiser before attending an event to check times, details and ticket availability. If you spot anything that needs changing or know of any other pagan events that you would like to see listed, please email badwitch1234@gmail.com
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