Wednesday 25 May 2016

This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London


Here are events in London and a few in other parts of England over the next 10 days 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 - 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/

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 to 3 June; Hay House Online Summit - free online health and wellness event with online talks and workshops over 4 weeks (started 7 May). Sign up here: https://www.hayhouseworldsummit.com/

Wednesday 25 May; Meditation Circle with The Summerland Pagans. Venue details given to those who reserve places. Time: 7pm. Details: http://www.meetup.com/The-Summerland-Pagans/

Wednesday 25 May; Hertford Pagan Moot. Topic of the evening is Rites of Passage and Death. Venue: White Horse Pub, 33 Castle Street, Hertford, Herts SG14 1HH (45 mins from central London). The pub does not have disabled access. This moot meets on the last Wednesday of each month at 8pm. contact via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/104788436218047/

Thursday 26 May; 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 26 May; Meetup with Judy Hall and learn about the Crystal Wisdom Healing Oracle KitTalk and book signing at Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6.30pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit http://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks/

Thursday 26 May; Clearing Sexual Wounds: Sacral Chakra Meditation with Sound Journey run by Himesh with 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 26 May; 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 26 May; The Lakota Star People. Talk at 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 26 May; Candlelit Tales London: 'Women Warriors' - storytelling tales from pagan folklore. Venue: The Star by Hackney Downs, 35 Queensdown Road, London E5 8NN. Time: 7.30pm. Free event but donations welcome. https://www.facebook.com/events/1917566505136527/

Thursday 26 May; Snake Oil! The Golden Age of Quackery in Britain and America - lecture by Caroline Rance, author of The Quack Doctor.Talk organised by the London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Tickets: £4/£2. Time: 7.45pm. Details: http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Friday 27 May; Meetup with Mark Matousek, author of When You're Falling Dive: Using Your Pain to Transform Your Life.Talk and book signing at Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 6pm. Free event. For more details Tel 020 7836 2182 or visit http://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks/

Friday 27 May; Spiritual Ecology: Eyes of the Wild: Journeys of Transformation with the Animal Powers.
Evening Lecture by author Eleanor O'Hanlon. Venue: St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG. Time: 6.30. Tickets £12/£8. Details and booking: https://www.stethelburgas.org/

Friday 27 May; A Demonstration of Spirit Portraits and Clairvoyance with Angela Watkins and June-Elleni Laine. 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 28 May; Spiritual Ecology and the Circle of Life. A one-day workshop with writer and conservationist Eleanor O'Hanlon. Venue: St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, 78 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AG. Time: 10am. Tickets £65/£35. Details and booking: https://www.stethelburgas.org/

Saturday 28 May; Staffordshire Pagan Conference II. Venue: Lea Hall Colliery Sports and Social Club, Sandy Ln, Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15. Time: 10am-10pm. Tickets £8/£5 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/staffordshire-pagan-conference-tickets-17259573850

Saturday 28 May; Mantra Meditation class in Ealing. Venue: Friends Meeting House, 17 Woodville Road, W5 2SE Ealing. Free event but you must book a ticket in advance. Time: 2pm-4pm. Details: http://www.mantrameditation.co.uk/

Saturday 28 May and Sunday 29 May, Family storytelling at Vauxhall City Farm with Vanessa Woolf and George Hoyle of London Dreamtime. Free event. Starts at 2pm. For more detials email vanessa@londondreamtime.com or visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Sunday 29 May; 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 May, Sigil Magic. Workshop with Mark Vincent. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm to 5.30pm. Ticket price £30. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 29 May; Meditation, Energy and Sound Bath - Carly Grace with the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Coate Studios, 37 Coate St, London, E2 9AG. Time: 3.30pm. Tickets £20. Details and booking: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality

Tuesday 31 May; Surviving Trauma - How Writing About My Life Helped Heal my Broken Soul. Talk by Garri Holness. 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 31 May; Meditation as the Spiritual Journey in the Inner Light of Music, with Eric Klein. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7.30pm – 9pm. Entry £3.50 (£1 concessions, students and under 25s). No bookings required - just turn up. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/

Tuesday 31 May; 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 1 June; Greenwich Skeptics in the Pub - How to Predict the Future Better than a Psychic or a Spy. Talk Michael Story. Venue: The Star and Garter, 60 Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich, London SE10 9NY. Time: 7.30pm. Details: http://greenwich.skepticsinthepub.org/

Thursday 2 June; Secrets of the 5000-Year-Old Toltec Wisdom Path. Lecture by Sergio Magana. 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 2 June; Spiritual and Psychic Circle - Tasseography or tea leaf reading workshop. Venue: Willow Herbal Centre, 2 The Dr, RM3 0DU Essex. Time: 7pm start. Cost: £8, refreshments included. For more information visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/567533260096188/

Friday 3 June; Living the Truth of Awakening in the Midst of Everyday Life. Lecture by Amoda Maa. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm-8.30pm. Cost: £10/£12. Advance booking advised. For further information and to book tickets call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 3 June; Photography and Nazi Pagan Dreams. Lecture by Christopher Webster van Tonder. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm to 9pm. Ticket price £8. Tel: 020 7240 8906 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 4 June; The London Tarot Festival hosted by the UK Tarot Conference and The Atlantis Bookshop. Venue: The Islington Ecology Centre and Gillespie Park Nature Reserve, 191 Drayton Park, London, N5 1PH. Time: 10am-5.30pm. Tickets £11.99 on the door, or in advance from Atlantis Bookshop, 49a Museum St, London. For more details, call 01843 847803, email: info@tarotconference.co.uk or visit the website: http://tarotconference.co.uk/tarot-festival/

Saturday 4 June; The Upminster Sanctuary Open Day - a chance to try out mini treatments. Venue: The Upminster Complementary Healing and Teaching Sanctuary Pea Lane Upminster Essex, UK, RM14 2XH. Time: 11am-4pm. No charge for mini treatments, but donations are welcome and booking advised. Email info@healingandteaching.co.uk or 01708 251124 https://www.facebook.com/events/1683803895216091/

Saturday June 4 and Sunday June 5; London Alchemy - a series of salons on alchemy and magic in Brompton Cemetery Chapel, organised by A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat. Tickets £12-£15 per session, including one Hendrick's Gin cocktail and a 20% donation toward renovation projects at Brompton Cemetery. Venue: Brompton Cemetery Chapel, Fulham Road, London. Details and tickets: http://londonmonthofthedead.com/alchemyatbrompton.html

Sunday 5 June; 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 5 June; Family storytelling at Vauxhall City Farm with Vanessa Woolf and George Hoyle of London Dreamtime. Free event. Starts at 2pm. For more detials email vanessa@londondreamtime.com or visit http://londondreamtime.com/calendar/

Note: I am not responsible for any of the 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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