This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London

Here are events over the next 10 days or so that could be of interest to pagan. Most are in London, because that's where I live, but I often mention a few that are in other parts of southern England. If you know of an event that you want listed, please email the details to me at badwitch1234@gmail.com.

Now to 3 Feb. Exhibition - Art and Consciousness, by Peter Miles. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/

Thursday 19 January; Wisdom of the Body - movement class with live drumming with Behind the Veil Shamanism. All welcome, Venue: The Hall, St Philips Church, Earls Court Road, London W8 6QH, London . Time: 7pm for 7.15pm start. Entry: £18. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Behind-The-Veil-Shamanism/

Thursday 19 January; The Circle of Ankerwycke moot on the third Thursday in each month. Venue: Function room at the back of the Two Rivers Pub, 43 Church Street, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 4EN. Time: 8pm.

Thursday 19 January; Drum Circle to Shamanic Journey. Venue: Caer Corhrain, 1 Southleas farm cottages, Lower Road, Minster, Sheppey ME12 3SW. Time: 8pm. This takes place on the third Thursday each month. For more information visit ;http://www.touchtheearthuk.com/

Friday 20 January; How to Break Free from the Herd. Talk and book signing by Wendy Treynor. 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/

Friday 20 January; Spiritual Alchemy and the Philosophers Stone. Talk 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 20 January; Being Deep Awake. Talk by Tim Freke at the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Columbia Hotel, 95-99 Lancaster Gate, London, W2 3NS. Time: 7pm. £10. Details and reservations: http://www.londoncollegeofspirituality.co.uk/events

Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 January; The Search for the Meaning of Life - two days of talks on subjects such as shamanism, mysticism and other aspects of spirituality, part of a year-long festival called Belief and Beyond Belief about what it means to be human. Elen Sentier is part of the panel on Saturday afternoon. Venue: Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX. Saturday tickets £15, weekend tickets £25. More details and booking: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/festivals-series/belief-and-beyond-belief

Sunday 22 January; Meditation at Russell Brands Trew Era Cafe, 30 Whitmore Road, London N1 5QA. Starts 10.15am. Free event. Details: https://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london/

Sunday 22 January; Ageless Wisdom for Everyone - talk about Theosophy. Venue: The Theosophical Society, 50 Gloucester Place London, W1U 8EA. Time: 2pm. Details: https://www.meetup.com/Theosophical-Society-in-London/

Sunday 22 January; Zodiac Perfume Oils Workshop with Tanya Moulding. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 11am - 5.30pm. Ticket price £70. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Monday 23 January; Hand Magic Class: Water Energy with the Meditation, Sensing Energy and Intuition Development Meetup Group. Venue: St Stephen's Church,
Gloucester Road, London SW7. Time: 6pm. Price: £10. Details and booking: https://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development/

Monday 23 January; Water and the Age of Aquarius. Talk and book signing by Timothy Shieff. Organised by Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL, Doors open 6.30pm. Event starts: 7pm. Tickets £12/£8 online. For more details and to book tickets: http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 23 January; 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/

Monday 23 January; British Witchcraft Documentaries of the 1970s hosted by the London Fortean Society. Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets £5 plus booking fee. http://forteanlondon.blogspot.co.uk/

Tuesday 24 January; Creating paranormal drama for film and TV. Talk by Stephen Volk. Part of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit Invited Speaker Series 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 24 January; Spirit Circle: Connecting with the Spirit World, with Tim Braun. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Cost: £14/£18. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Tuesday 24 January; Healing Energy Workshop: Healing the Future with the Meditation, Sensing Energy and Intuition Development Meetup Group. Venue: St Stephen's Church Hall, 48 Emperor's Gate, London SW7 4HJ. Time: 7pm. Price: £15. Details and booking: https://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development/ or http://www.mariasuniverse.com/

Wednesday 25 January; Let's Meditate - group meditation. Venue: Buddha on a Bicycle, Covent Garden, London. Starts 6pm. Donations of £3 recommended. Details: http://www.meetup.com/meditation-trust-london/

Wednesday 25 January; 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 26 January; Connect with Source: Crown Chakra Healing Journey with Sound with Himesh of the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Columbia Hotel, 95- 99 Lancaster Gate, London W2 3NS. Time: 7pm. £20/£25. Details and reservations: http://www.londoncollegeofspirituality.co.uk/

Thursday 26 January; The Spirits of Crossbones Graveyard - talk at London Fortean Society. Oxford anthropologist Prof Sondra L Hausner looks at the historical practices of sex work. Venue: The Bell, 50 Middlesex Street, London, E1 7EX. Tickets £4/£2 plus online booking fee. Time: 7.45pm. Bookings: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/383003 Details: https://www.facebook.com/LondonForteanSociety/

Thursday 26 January; The Art House and the Crick Crack Club Present Cinema of the Imagination! Rebranding Beelzebub. 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/

Thursday 26 January; Oscar Wilde's Supernatural Lecture - Nina Antonia. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pmstart. Ticket price £8. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 27 January; Shamanistic Healing. Talk by Francesca G. Rossetti. 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 27 January; Ancestral Healing. Lecture by Jez Hughes. Venue: College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2EB. Time: 7pm. Cost: £14/£18. Advance booking recommended. For details call: 020 7589 3292 or visit https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/

Friday 27 January; Earthstars Group Meeting. Chris Street will speak about the Earthstars Healing Chant, where it comes from and how it fits with the geometry of the Earthstar. Venue:  Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London NW1 6XT. Time: doors open 7pm, talk at 7.30pm. Entry by donation.  https://www.facebook.com/Earthstars-Sacred-Space-104790729559515/ or http://www.earthstars.co.uk/

Saturday 28 January; Introduction to shamanism, shamanic journey and healing with Behind the Veil Shamanism. All welcome, Venue in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. Time: 11am. Entry: £85. Details: http://www.meetup.com/Behind-The-Veil-Shamanism/

Saturday 28 January; Herbal Magic with Macbeth's Witches Afternoon Intensive with Trefor Wickens. 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 28 January; South London Red Tent Meetup - welcoming the new year. Make a vision board for the year ahead. Women-only event and you must be a member of the group to attend. Venue: The Horse and Groom, 60 Streatham High Road, South London. Time: 11am-1pm. Details and booking here: https://www.meetup.com/South-London-Red-Tent/

Saturday 28 January; Religion, Myth and Superstition in London's History - guided tour at the Museum of London. Venue: Museum of London, 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN. Time: 11am. Tickets: £12.50/£10. Booking and details: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london/event-detail?id=90610

Saturday 28 January; Imbolc Ceremony in Queens Wood, Highgate, with London Woodland Witches Magicians and Outdoor Pagans. Meet in the back garden of The Woodman's pub near Highgate tube, North London at 2pm to walk to the woods shortly after that, set up an altar and do ritual. Cost £3. You must reserve a place in advance. Wear outdoor clothes and bring food and drink to share. Details and bookings:  https://www.meetup.com/London-Woodland-Witches-Outdoor-Pagans/

Saturday 28 January; Wassail in South London with Pagan Future Fests. Time: 2pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/Pagan-FutureFests-352385661439366/ and  https://www.meetup.com/Londonpagancommunity/events/235506706/

Sunday 29 January; South London Wicca Meetup.  Imbolc Celebration, Venue: Tooting Bec, London - a private house. Time: 3pm. You must be a member of the meetup group to reserve a place on this event: http://www.meetup.com/South-London-Wicca-Meetup/

Sunday 29 January; Consciousness Expanding Talks, Yoga, Meditation, Sound and more! Event with Steve Nobel. Venue: Brady Arts and Community Centre, 192-196 Hanbury St, London, E1 5HU. Time: noon-6pm. Tickets £12. Details: http://www.ourgom.com/event/consciousness-expanding-talks-yoga-meditation-sound-and-more/

Note: I do not organise any of these events. Although I try to make sure the details on my listing are accurate, I do not always know about late changes or ticket availability etc. Please contact the organiser before attending any event.