Thursday 7 April 2016

This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London


Here are events in London and a few in other parts of the UK over the next week or so 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.

Now to 30 September; Folklore, Magic and Mysteries: Modern Witchcraft and Folk Culture in Britain - exhibition of artefacts, manuscripts and documents from the Doreen Valiente Foundation. Venue: Preston Manor, Preston Drove, Brighton BN1 6SD. Time: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 2-5pm. Free entry to exhibition with Preston Manor admission (adult £5.85, child (5-15) £3.15). Details: http://brightonmuseums.org.uk/prestonmanor/

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

Now - 31 August; Akhenaten: Heretic, Visionary, Icon Exhibition at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT. Lunchtime tours: 1.15pm-1.45pm. For more details, email events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk or phone 020 7679 4138.

Now - 12 September; Austin Osman Spare - A Major Retrospective. Venue: The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art and Natural History, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP. http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/

Thursday 7 April; Late opening of the John Dee exhibition - Scholar, Courtier, Magician: the lost library of John Dee. Venue: Royal College of Physicians, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4LE. Late opening this evening until 7pm, last entry at 6.30pm. (normally only Monday-Friday until 5pm). Free admission. Visit the website for details: https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/events

Thursday 7 April; Wake the F*ck Up.Talk and book signing by Brett Moran 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 7 April; Wimbledon Wicca Pub Moot. Venue: The Wibbas Down Inn, 6-12 Gladstone Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 1QT. Time: 7pm. Reserve a place here: http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Thursday 7 April; Psychometry Workshop - Psychic and Spiritual Circle. Venue: Fairkytes Art Centre, 51 Billet Lane, Hornchurch RM11 1AX. Time: 7pm. £8. https://www.facebook.com/events/1046637655392775/

Friday 8 April - Sunday 10 April; Declaration of a chapter from Book of the Lawto commemorate its reception in Cairo in 1904 by Aleister Crowley. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum Street, London, WC1A 1LY. Time: noon each day. On Sunday 10 April the shop will be open from 11am to 2pm and Nigel of Bermondsey will be performing some Crowley inspired material. Call the shop on 020 7405 2120 for more details.

Friday 8 April; Open evening with a variety of activities at the College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 4.30pm-9pm. Cost: £20. Advance booking advised. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 8 April; Change Your Posture, Change Your Life.Talk and book signing by Richard Brennan 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 8 April; Leasungspell: an Anglo-Saxon fool's tale. Venue: Room 41, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Friday 8 April; London College of Spirituality social and pub moot. Venue: New Moon Pub (Downstairs), 88 Gracechurch Street, Bank, London, EC3V 0DN. Time: 7pm. Entry: Only those who have booked. Details and booking: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality

Saturday 9 April; Heartsong Circle: Fearless Love / Time to share in public! Singing in public at the bandstand in a London park. Meet at Baker Street Tube Station at 10.45am to walk to the park. Tickets £11.11 - advance booking required. Details: http://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Saturday 9 April; Practical Candle Magic. Afternoon workshop with myself, Lucya Starza, author of Pagan Portals - Candle Magic. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm to 3.15pm. Ticket price £20 in advance, all materials supplied. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 9 April: Sacred Oils workshop with Felicity Warner. Venue: The Study Society, Colet House, 151 Talgarth Road, London W14 9DA. Time 1pm start. Tickets £50/£60 online. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Saturday 9 April; Shakti Dance : Dancing with elements (indoors). Venue: The Brockwell Lido, Brockwell Park, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PA. Time: 2pm. Cost £15 per class/ £12 concessions. Cost: £15. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/506337662889863/

Saturday 9 April; Subterranea: Myths, Mysteries and Magic of the Underground World hosted by London Fortean Society. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Time: 2.30pm-5.30pm. Tickets: £8+booking fee. Details and booking: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lfs-subterranean-saturday-tickets-21428647662

Sunday 10 April; 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 10 April; First part of four one-day workshops on the Path of Earth run by Shamanic Spirit at a venue in Croydon, South London. Starts 10am. For more details and to book places call 07952 041477. For more information, visit http://shamanicspirit.co.uk

Monday 11 April; If you want the present, you have to open the box. Talk by Doug Duncan 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 11 April; 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/

Tuesday 12 April;  Talk by Jim Bennett at Nova Stellar Wicca Meet-Up Group for genuine seekers to the Craft. Venue is a pub in central London - details given to members of the Meet-Up group. Door open 7pm, talk starts 8.30pm. Tickets £3. You must reserve a place in advance. The group normally meets on the second Tuesday of each month. http://www.meetup.com/South-London-Wicca-Meetup/

Tuesday 12 April; Gifts from the Drum - open circle, no experience needed, organised by Behind The Veil Shamanism. Venue: Organic Down to Earth Cafe, 240-242 High Street Kensington, London W8 6ND. Cost: £25. Tickets and details: http://www.meetup.com/Behind-The-Veil-Shamanism/

Wednesday 13 April;  Healing Share run by Shamanic Spirit at a venue in Croydon, South London. The circle is held fortnightly starting at 7.30pm. For more details and to book places call 07952 041477. For more information, visit http://shamanicspirit.co.uk

Wednesday 13 April; Designing Utopia: John Hargrave and the Kibbo KiftTalk organised by the London Fortean Society with Conway Hall. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Tickets: £5, advance booked required. Time: 7.30pm. Details: http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Thursday 14 April; Film Screening: A River. Hosted by Frack Off London. Venue: Lush Oxford Street, 175 Oxford Street, London, W1D 2JS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/screening-a-river-tickets-24088554515

Thursday 14 April; 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 14 April; John Dee, Emperor Rudolf and their Mission for Europe. Talk by Ralf Roessner with Earthstars Sacred Space. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7.30pm. Entrance is £12, pay at the door  https://www.facebook.com/Earthstars-Sacred-Space-104790729559515/

Thursday 14 April; 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 14 April; Root Chakra Alignment: Meet Your Fears with Himesh of the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Columbia Hotel (Viceroy Suite), 95 - 99 Lancaster Gate, London  W2 3NS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15. Details and booking: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality

Thursday 14 April; Talk on Aleister Crowley 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. Meetings are normally the second Thursday of each month. http://www.selfs.org.uk/ To guarantee a seat, email nigelofbermondsey@gmail.com

Friday 15 April; The Light Root and the New Spiritual Stream of Nourishment. Talk by Ralf Roessner with Earthstars Sacred Space. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7.30pm. Entrance is £12, pay at the door  https://www.facebook.com/Earthstars-Sacred-Space-104790729559515/

Saturday 16 April; A Celebration of the Goddess Flora - Day Workshop with Caroline Wise and others in honour of the 40th anniversary of the FOI and the memory of its founders. Venue in Central London. Time: 11am – 6pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1737155229836857/

Saturday 16 April; Healing Intensive with the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Columbia Hotel (Viceroy Suite), 95 - 99 Lancaster Gate, London W2 3NS. Time:1.30pm. Tickets: £15. Details and booking: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality

Sunday 17 April; 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.

Note: The only one of these events I am personally involved with is my candle magic workshop. I am not responsible for any of the other events listed here. Do check with the organisers about tickets and timings before turning up to any event. I try to keep my listings accurate, but do not always know of late changes, cancellations or ticket availability.

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