This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here are events in London and other parts of the UK for the end of November and early December 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 27 November; 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. Opening times: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 2-5pm until 30 September, then at weekends and some Fridays in October and November. Free entry to exhibition with Preston Manor admission (adult £5.85, child (5-15) £3.15). Details: http://brightonmuseums.org.uk/prestonmanor/

Now to 27 November, Sunken Cities - Egypt’s Lost Worlds. Major exhibition at the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Tickets £16.50. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Now - 9 December; Art Exhibition - The Bees and the Kingdom of the Animals, Libuse Mikova-Mika. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: open from noon to 7pm. Details: http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/pages/exhibit.php

Now to 26 November; Autopsia Thanatopolis.Exhibition at the Horse Hospital, 30 Colonnade, London, WC1N. Details: http://www.thehorsehospital.com/now/autopsia-thanatopolis/

Now - Sunday 27 November; Doreen: An English Witch. A play about Doreen Valiente at the Marlborough Theatre, Brighton, Sussex. Tickets £5-£15. Evening performances start at 8pm. Bookings: https://www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/53293/chk/ef4d/

Tuesday 22 November; Film Screening and Discussion: Wisdomkeepers, Paqo Andino and The Andean Holy Mountain Tradition with Jeffrey Wium. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm-9pm. Cost: £14/£18. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 22 November; Behind The Veil - Shamanism. Journey Group - everyone welcome - Inviting Joy in our Lives. Venue: Private venue in London, address on booking. Time: 7pm for 7.15pm start. Suggested donation: £10-£25. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Behind-The-Veil-Shamanism/

Wednesday, 23 November; Crossbones Vigil to honour The Goose and the outcast dead of Cross Bones Graveyard. Bring a flower, a ribbon, a totem or memento to tie to the shrine. Gather from 6.45pm for a 7pm start in Redcross Way outside the Memorial Gates, London SE1 1TA. For more details, visit http://www.crossbones.org.uk/ The new website is: http://crossbones.org.uk/

Thursday 24 November, The original night-mare: The psychology and mythology of sleep paralysis. Talk by Dr Brian Sharpless talking in the Psychology Department's Research Seminar Series. Venue: Cinema, Richard Hoggart Building Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW. Time: 4pm. Free entry, no need to book. https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=10255

Thursday 24 November, Curator's Introduction to the BP Exhibition Sunken Cities: Egypt's Lost Worlds. Venue: BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: 1.30pm. Free, but booking advised. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Thursday 24 November; The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen, Illustrated talk by Sylvia Francke hosted by Earthstars Sacred Space. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London NW1 6XT. Time: doors open 7pm, talk at 7.30pm.  https://www.facebook.com/Earthstars-Sacred-Space-104790729559515/

Thursday 24 November, Religion and Ritual by the River: Archaeology in the Inter-Tidal. Talk by Nathalie Cohen hosted by London Fortean Society. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Time: 7.45pm. Tickets: £4 / £2 concessions https://www.wegottickets.com/event/378558

Thursday 24 November; The Art House and the Crick Crack Club Present Cinema of the Imagination! Little Red Riding Hood, and other Lost Girls. Performance Storytelling by Nell Phoenix. Venue:  ArtHouse Crouch End, 159A Tottenham Lane, N8 9BT. Time: 8.30pm. Audience: 14 (Or Thereabouts) + Tickets £8/10. http://www.arthousecrouchend.co.uk/crickcrackclub/

Friday 25 November; Meet up with Lars Muhl and talk about The Seer. Venue: 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/

Friday 25 November; The Astrology of the ‘Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn’. Lecture by Demian Allan. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm-8.30pm. Cost: £10/£12. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 25 November; The John Michell Memorial Lecture: John Wood and the Cosmological Vision of Albion. Talk by Simon Wilson.  Venue: 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: £8/£6. http://www.rilko.net/EZ/rilko/rilko/home.php

Friday 25 November; Eily: Austin Spare's Muse - Jerusalem Press book launch. Venue: Treadwell's, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm start. Free, but advance booking required. For further details: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 25 - Saturday 26 November; Witchfest International - witchcraft conference organised by Children of Artemis. Venue: The Brighton Centre, Brighton, Sussex. Time: 6pm-11pm Friday, 10am-late Saturday. Tickets for non-members advance/online £40 for two days, £30 for Saturday; members £35/£25. Details and booking: http://witchfest.net/events/witchfest-international/

Saturday 26 - Sunday 27 November; Spellcrafting With Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki. Venue: Islington Ecology Centre, Gillespie Park, London. Time. Starts 9.30am Saturday, ends 5pm Sunday. Cost is £145, Deposit is £75. To reserve a place contact Maria-Teresa either at mariateresaharmer@yahoo.co.uk. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1255811307797519/

Saturday 26 November Seriously Suspicious 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. Advance tickets booked online £13/£20, regular tickets £30. Free advance tickets for students. More details and ticket booking: http://www.assap.ac.uk/suspicious/index.html

Saturday 26 November; Astral Doorways Into Other Realms. Learn about astral projection with Hayley and Trefor. Venue: 28 New James Court Nunhead, London SE15. Cost £35. Time: 11am-5pm. Advance booking essential. https://www.facebook.com/events/108339202967150/

Saturday 26 November and Saturday 3 December; Tutor Ken Rees is running a two-day Saturday course called Creating Personal Mythology starting on 26 November. Venue: The Mary Ward Centre, Queen Square, London WC1. Time: 10.30am – 5.30pm. Fees are £53 or £19 concessions. Course No. 444. Enquiries: 020 8671 6372 or email: kenrees@talktalk.net Enrolment (credit/debit card): 020 7269 6000 or on-line via: www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

Saturday 26 November; All Souls Festival. Venue: 35 Rudolf Steiner House, Park Rd, London NW1 6XT. Time: 6pm. Entry: £5. Details: https://www.meetup.com/spiritual-science-at-rudolf-steiner-house/

Sunday 27 November; Meditation at Russell Brands Trew Era Cafe, 30 Whitmore Road, London N1 5QA. Starts 10.15am. Free event. Details: http://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london/

Sunday 27 November; September Kith of the Tree and Well Moot. A talk and discussion on Yuletide and a seasonal Blot ceremony. Venue: The Horseshoe Inn, 26 Melior Street, London SE1. Time: 2pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/groups/860184530737157/

Sunday 27 November; Ageless Wisdom for Everyone. Ongoing study class. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8EA. Time: 2pm. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Theosophical-Society-in-London/

Sunday 27 November; Psychedelic Supper: The Magic of Mushrooms, hosted by The Psychedelic Society of London. Venue: Hosted by The Psychedelic Society of London. Starts: 6pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1802699160001049/

Monday 28 November; The Celtic Revival's Forgotten Mystic - Art O’Murnaghan. Lecture by Sally North.Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Ticket price £8. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Monday 28 November; Witches Gathering (was Croydon Children of Artemis Gathering). (Usually meets on the last Monday of each month.) Venue: downstairs in the cellar of the Cittie of Yorke, 22 High Holborn, London WC1V 6BS. Starting for 7.30pm. onwards. For any questions email coacentral@witchcraft.org or visit http://www.witchfest.net/

Tuesday 29 November; Imaginal Reality. Talk by writer and broadcaster Dr Paul Broks. Part of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit Invited Speaker Series 2016/17 at Goldsmiths. Venue: Room LG01, Prof Stuart Hall Bulding, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW. Time: 6.10pm. Free entry, no need to book. Details: http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/apru/speakers

Tuesday 29 November; Healing Energy Workshop: Healing Energy of Food, with the Sensing Energy and Intuition Meetup Group. Venue: St Stephen's Church Hall, 48 Emperor's Gate, London SW7 4HJ. Time: 7pm. Tickets Price£15. https://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development/

Tuesday 29 November; Behind the Veil - Shamanism. Healing Evening. Venue: Private venue in London, address on booking. Time: 7pm for 7.15pm start. Suggested donation: £10-£25. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Behind-The-Veil-Shamanism/

Tuesday 29 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 30 November; Numerology: What will life be like in 2017 for you and the world? Talk and book signing by Sonia Ducie. Venue: 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 30 November; Open to love: Heart Chakra Healing Journey with Sound with Himesh of the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Viceroy Suite, Columbia Hotel, 95- 99 Lancaster Gate, London W2 3NS. Time: 7pm. £25. Details and reservations: http://www.meetup.com/londonspirituality/

Wednesday 30 November; Hertford Pagan Moot. 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 page Hertford Pagan Moot.

Thursday 1 December; Temple of Levanah Meditation Circle with Vivianne  and Chris  Crowley. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7pm. Ticket price £10. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Thursday 1 December; Joglaresa perform folk and medieval songs for Yuletide. Venue: St Christopher's Hospice, 51-59 Lawrie Park Road, London SE26 6DZ. Time: 7.30pm. £10 ticket includes interval canapés and wine! http://www.stchristophers.org.uk/event/concert-series-2016-joglaresa/

Friday 2 December; Magikal Trance. Lecture by Edwin Courtenay. Venue: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm-8.30pm. Cost: £14/£18. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 2 December; Consciousness of Working with one's Biography. Talk by Julia Dvinskaya. Venue: 35 Rudolf Steiner House, Park Rd, London NW1 6XT. Time: 7.30pm - 9pm. Entry: £5 (£3 concessions) - no need to prebook, just turn up. Details: http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/

Saturday 3 December, Myth in the Greek and Roman Worlds - study day. Venue: Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Time: starts 10am. Tickets £23, booking advised. For more details visit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Saturday 3 December, Hoodoo -'Melting Pot' Workings Afternoon Workshop with Lisa Mead. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm-5.30pm. Ticket price £40. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Saturday 3 December, Michael Bertiaux: Launch of Ontological Graffiti, published by Fulgur. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 70pm. Free event but advance booking essential. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Sunday 4 December, Making Silver Amulets. Workshop with Jutta Rethe. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am-5.30pm start. Ticket price £70 (deposit £40). Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/ or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Note: I am not responsible for any of the events listed here and cannot comment on their quality or content. I try to keep my listings accurate, but do not always know of late changes, cancellations or ticket availability. Check with the organisers for any further details about the events, including tickets and timings, before turning up.