Wednesday, 1 March 2017

This Week's Pagan Events In and Near London


Here are events in London plus a few in other parts of the UK over the next 10 days 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-Friday 31 March; Exhibition - The Four Elements in the Human Body by the Visual Arts and Sculpure Students of Emerson College. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. http://www.rsh.anth.org.uk/

Wednesday 1 March - 31 March; Practising Apart Together online events run by the Kitchen Witch School of Natural Witchery. These events will run throughout the month and you can join in wherever you are as they are online. They are led by Starlitenergies with Kitchen Witch Hearth Guardians and other elders of the craft. Details: http://tansyfiredragon.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/practicing-apart-togethercome-join-us.html

Wednesday 1 March; 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/

Thursday 2 March;  The Lazy Guru’s Guide to Life. Talk and book signing by Lawrence Shorter. 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/

Thursday 2 March; Expression - Part of the Divine I Am Ancestral Series (Money, Expression, Power) at the London College of Spirituality. Venue: Columbia Hotel, 95-99 Lancaster Gate, London W2 3NY. Time: 7pm. Tickets £33. http://www.londoncollegeofspirituality.co.uk/

Thursday 2 March; The Druid Order Open Meeting. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm. Entry £5. http://druidorder.macmate.me/meetings.html

Saturday 4 March; The Hedge Witches Celebrate Spring. A one-day workshop to make magical lotions and potions for yourself and to spring clean your home. Venue: 4 Moore St, Strood, Kent ME2 3BD. Time: 10am to 4pm (approx). Cost £50 Includes lunch (detox soup and roll), tea and coffee. Booking essential ~ email mayeve@blueyonder.co.uk or louisebalderston1@virginmedia.com
www.mayeve.co.uk

Saturday 4 March; Candle Magic Afternoon Workshop. I am running another candle magic workshop based on my book Pagan Portals - Candle Magic. Venue: Treadwell's Bookshop, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury London, WC1E 7BS. Time: 1pm to 3.15pm. Cost: £20 per person. You can book online at https://www.treadwells-london.com/events/ or reserve a place by calling 020 7419 8507, emailing info@treadwells-london.com or visiting the shop.

Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 March; How Do We Live with Death? Weekend of talks, part of a year-long festival called Belief and Beyond Belief about what it means to be human. Venue: Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX. Weekend tickets £25. More details and booking: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/festivals-series/belief-and-beyond-belief

Saturday 4 - 18 March; The Mystical Art of Karen Cater. Exhibition to coincide with Pagan Art, Folk Art book launch. Karen will be in residence on 4, 11 and 18 March. Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY. The shop is near the British Museum. The exhibition is open every day except Sundays from 10.30am to 6pm, For details, email atlantis@theatlantisbookshop.com, phone 020 7405 2120 or pop in to the shop.

Sunday 5 March: 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 5 March; Isidias Navigatum- Goddess Isis Blessing of the Fleet Ceremony 2017 with London Woodland Witches Magicians and Outdoor Pagans. Venue: Richmond Riverside. Meet at Richmond train station at 1.30pm to walk to the site. 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/

Sunday 5 March; 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/

Monday 6 March; Games People Play. Talk by Haim Shapira organised by Alternatives. Venue: St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, W1J 9LL, Doors open 6.30pm. Event starts: 7pm. Tickets £8/£12 online. For more details and to book tickets http://www.alternatives.org.uk/

Monday 6 March; The Philosophy of Freedom. Study Group at Rudolf Steiner House, 35, Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 7pm. Details: https://www.meetup.com/spiritual-science-at-rudolf-steiner-house/

Tuesday 7 March; Can Science Explain Consciousness? Lessons from coma and related states. Talk by Charlotte Martial. 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 7 March; Demonstration: Tarot, Psychometry, Mediumship and More with Avril Price. 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 7 March; Healing Power of Colours with the Meditation, Sensing Energy and Intuition Development Meetup Group. Venue: St Stephen's Church, Gloucester Road, London SW7. Time: 7pm. Price: £15. Details and booking: https://www.meetup.com/Sensing-Energy-and-Intuition-Development/

Tuesday 7 March; Illuminating Darkness: Aleister Crowley, Poetry and the Equinox. Talk by Matthew Levi Stevens at the Last Tuesday Society. Venue: The Last Tuesday Society and the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, 11 Mare Street, London E8 4RS. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £11.21 – £18.11. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/illuminating-darkness-aleister-crowley-poetry-and-the-equinox-tickets-30555929608

Tuesday 7 March; Enfield Town Circle Pagan Moot. Venue: Crown and Horseshoes pub, 15 Horseshoe Lane, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 6PZ. Time: 7.30pm. For more details join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EnfieldTownCircle/

Tuesday 7 March; Romford Moot hosted by Mamma Moon Magick. Pete Jennings will be talking on How to Kill with Heathen Magick. Venue: The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford RM1 1HR. Entry £4 and raffle for the Wildlife Trust at £1 per ticket. Time: 7.30pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1124844727637862/

Tuesday 7 March; Witches' Inn Gathering. Venue: Red Lion, 48 Linkfield Lane, Redhill, RH1 1DP. Starts at 8pm. Moots are the first Tuesday of each month. For more details visit: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Witches-Inn/1568424150049437

Wednesday 8 March; 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/

Thursday 9 March; Stepping stones in the Mist. Talk and  book signing by Miguel Dean. 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/

Thursday 9 March; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - He is Not Dead. Gwen Tate Memorial Lecture – Ann Treherne . Venue: Society for Psychical Research, 1 Vernon Mews, London W14 0RL. Time: 7pm. Members free, nonmembers £5/£2. https://www.spr.ac.uk/

Thursday 9 March; 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 9 March; The Pendle Witch Trials. Talk at 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 10 March; Spirit of the Hedgerow - following the Sacred Celtic Wheel of the Year.
Lecture by author Jo Dunbar and Adrian Rooke. 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 10 March; Earthstars Group Meeting. Our Journey to the Threshold and Beyond - how Eurythmy can accompany us. Talk by Hanne Kristiansen Risvik. Venue:  Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Rd, London NW1 6XT. Time: doors open 7pm, talk at 7.30pm. Entry £12.  https://www.facebook.com/Earthstars-Sacred-Space-104790729559515/

Friday 10 March; Norse Tales, Norse Wisdom Storytelling Evening - Andreas Kornevall. Venue: Treadwells, 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS. Time: 7.30pm start. Ticket price £10. Tel: 0207 419 8507 or email: info@treadwells-london.com http://www.treadwells-london.com/

Friday 10 March; Oasis of Sound - Sound Bath and Mantra with Anne Malone. Organised by the Oasis of Sound Meetup Group. Venue: The Life Centre Islington, Brittania Row, London. Tickets £15. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: http://www.thelifecentre.com/  Details: https://www.meetup.com/Oasis-of-Sound-Sound-Bath-n-Sound-Scape/

Saturday 11 March; Herb Magic with Plants of the ‘Nine Herbs Charm’Afternoon Workshop 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 11 March; Evening with David Farrant: Shadow of the Paranormal. Venue: King and Queen Hotel, 1 Foley St, London, W1W 6DL. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £5. Details: https://www.meetup.com/spookylondonpubs/events/236801626/

Sunday 12 March; Earthkin Family Moot hosted by PF London. Venue: Private home in north London, close to Turnpike Lane. Time: 2pm-5pm. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/409920832688677/

Sunday 12 March; The Thin Veil of London. Two-hour walk around Holborn and Bloomsbury, interwoven with mysteries from the stories of Arthur Machen, with Minimum Labyrinth. Tickets:  £17.50 (£12.50 concessions). Time: 4pm-6.30pm. Details and booking:  www.minimumlabyrinth.org.

Sunday 12 March; Global Sacred Fire Ceremony and Candlelight Meditation with the prayer: “Let there be peace on earth and love for one another.” Venue: Wherever you are in the world, for anything from 10 minutes to an hour or longer. Details: http://www.pujasforpeace.org/

Sunday 12 March; Remote Rite: Calling Down The Moon - Egg Moon Full Moon Ritual with the London Pagan Community. You must be a member of the meetup group to book for this event and take part. Time: 9pm https://www.meetup.com/Londonpagancommunity/

Note: I am not responsible for any of these events except my candle magic workshop. 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.

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